[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 113 (Friday, July 24, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1978]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                            HON. GEOFF DAVIS

                              of kentucky

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, July 24, 2009

  Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican 
Leadership standards on earmarks, I am submitting the following 
information regarding earmarks I secured as part of H.R. 3293, the 
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Geoff Davis
  Bill Number: H.R. 3293
  Account: Dept of Education--Higher Education
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Northern Kentucky University 
Foundation
  Address of Requesting Entity: Administrative Center, 616 Nunn Drive, 
Highland Heights, KY 41099
  Description of Request: Appropriate $350,000 for the Northern 
Kentucky University Center for e-Health Innovation. Health 
informatics--applying information technology to health care--provides 
the foundation for developing significant improvements to our health 
care system. It promotes increased productivity; pay for performance; 
cost transparency; quality and safety; outcome based practices; access 
to health care and personal health records; and technological 
scalability and evolution. In these respects, it holds great promise 
for literally thousands of affected businesses oriented to support 
health care, large and small, for profit and not-for-profit. The U.S. 
Department of Labor projects the health care industry to hold 12 of the 
20 fastest growing occupations; five of the remaining eight are in the 
computer technology industry. NKU seeks to prepare future employees for 
a burgeoning industry that understands both computer technology and its 
applications to improve patient care and reduce health care costs. 
NKU's Center for e-Health Innovation will offer an applied, practical 
research environment (physical laboratories) for studying 
interoperability in health care and developing real world solutions for 
the local health care industry. Federal funding will cover equipment, 
faculty development and start up operations. Each lab will be comprised 
of physical space incorporating duplicates of hospital and medical 
center hardware, software and systems. This is a good use of taxpayer 
funds because it will train the health care workers of tomorrow in the 
science of applying information technology to health care to improve 
efficiency and outcomes.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Geoff Davis
  Bill Number: H.R. 3293
  Account: DOL--Employment and Training Administration--Training & 
Employment Services
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Innovative Productivity, Inc.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 401 Industry Road, Suite 500, 
Louisville, KY 40208
  Description of Request: Appropriate $150,000 for the Career Training 
for Disabled Veterans program. Career Training for Disabled Veterans is 
a program developed by Innovative Productivity, Inc. (IPI). It is 
designed to assist and train disabled veterans, including ``Wounded 
Warriors,'' during and after treatment to reenter the civilian 
workforce. The program enables veterans to obtain career direction 
quickly in order to make important life decisions. The program will 
work in conjunction with the Departments of Defense, Veterans Affairs, 
and Labor in providing industry driven packaged training to match 
positions identified by employers. Surviving spouses of military war 
casualties and spouses of disabled veterans can also take advantage of 
this program. This is an important use of taxpayer dollars because it 
will leverage a relatively small contribution from the federal 
government to develop a robust program for training and placing our 
veterans in quality skilled jobs.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Geoff Davis
  Bill Number: H.R. 3293
  Account: HHS--Health Resources and Services Administration
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: New Horizons Health Systems, Inc.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 330 Roland Avenue, Owenton, KY 40359
  Description of Request: Appropriate $250,000 for the Community Health 
Improvement Initiative at New Horizons Health Systems, Inc. New 
Horizons Health Systems, Inc. is a not-for-profit Critical Access 
Hospital that also serves as a rural health clinic for primary care. 
The funds will be used to purchase a new MRI. Patients currently have 
to travel over fifty miles to another health care facility for MRI 
services or wait for a mobile MRI to come through the area. These 
problems often result in disruption of continuity of care for the 
patient and a delay in diagnosis. This is a valuable use of taxpayer 
funds because it will improve public health service in rural Kentucky.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Geoff Davis
  Bill Number: H.R. 3293
  Account: HHS--Health Resources and Services Administration
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Harrison Memorial Hospital
  Address of Requesting Entity: 1210 KY Highway 36 E, Cynthiana, KY 
41031
  Description of Request: Appropriate $100,000 for the Cardiac 
Catheterization Project at Harrison Memorial Hospital. Harrison 
Memorial Hospital is a private, not-for-profit, rural hospital serving 
a region of five counties and approximately 45,000 residents, providing 
both inpatient and outpatient care. The project would implement a 
cardiac catheterization program at HMH. All federal funds received will 
go towards remodeling the existing space in the hospital to provide the 
cath suite and equipment. This project with make available cardiac cath 
for timely interventions and diagnosis, a key component of cardiac 
care. This is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will improve 
public health service in rural Kentucky.

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