[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 19261-19262]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                         HON. C. W. BILL YOUNG

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 23, 2009

  Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the House Republican 
Standards on Congressional appropriations initiatives, I am submitting 
the following information regarding projects that were included at my 
request in H.R. 3293, the Fiscal Year 2010 Labor, Health and Human 
Services and Education Appropriations Bill:


             BayCare Health System Hardening of Facilities

  Account: Health Resources and Services Administration, Health Care-
Related Facilities and Activities
  Legal name and address of requesting entity: BayCare Health System, 
16331 Bay Vista Drive, Clearwater, FL 33760
  Description of request: $1,000,000 is included in the bill for 
BayCare Health System to harden the acute care/in-patient care 
facilities by focusing on roofs, windows and e-power generation for 
climate control. Such infrastructure investments are critical in order 
to protect patients, staff and the hospital itself during and 
immediately after hurricanes. No previous federal funding was requested 
for this project.


          Cancer LifeLink Program at the Moffitt Cancer Center

  Account: Health Resources and Services Administration, Health Care-
Related Facilities and Activities
  Legal name and address of requesting entity: Moffitt Cancer Center, 
12902 Magnolia Drive, Tampa, FL 33612
  Description of request: $700,000 is included in the bill for the 
Moffitt Cancer Center for its Cancer LifeLink Program, which is an 
online patient portal technology solution that will provide cancer 
patients with access to personalized information on the most 
appropriate medical care available for their specific needs and 
circumstances, which will maximize clinical outcomes, empower 
individuals to take control of their care and enhance the health of the 
entire community through continuous monitoring and support of cancer 
survivors. The project involves a partnership with providers across the 
State of Florida and regionally. No previous federal funding has been 
provided for this project.


              Florida Blood Services Disaster Preparedness

  Account: Health Resources and Services Administration, Health Care-
Related Facilities and Activities
  Legal name and address of requesting entity: Florida Blood Services, 
10100 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Street North, St. Petersburg, FL 
33716
  Description of request: $200,000 is included in the bill for Florida 
Blood Services to procure the required equipment to be able to maintain 
its full complement of blood collection and distribution services 
during a natural disaster. This would allow for the real-time, 
uninterrupted management of more than 800,000 donors and provide for 
the processing of blood for patients at the Tampa Bay area's major 
Category I Advanced Trauma Centers. No previous federal funding has 
been provided for this project.


    Florida Cancer Clinical Trial Patient/Physician Information and 
                           Education Project

  Account: Health Resources and Services Administration, Health Care-
Related Facilities and Activities
  Legal name and address of requesting entity: University of South 
Florida, College of Education, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33620
  Description of request: $500,000 is included in the bill for the 
University of South Florida for its Florida Cancer Clinical Trial 
Patient/Physician Information and Education Project. This program has 
developed continuing education and databases for the public on clinical 
trials for cancer treatments focusing on the nature of clinical trials 
and how patients might benefit, what trials are being conducted in 
Florida, the criteria for participation, and contact information. It 
also has developed an interactive web based program that lists all 
current cancer clinical trials and allows patients to determine 
programs for which they might be eligible. Further, it allows patients 
to share this information with their physicians. Previous funding was 
provided for this project as follows: FY 2004--$500,000, FY 2005--
$500,000, FY 2008--$536,000, FY 2009--$190,000.


                        Florida Holocaust Museum

  Account: Institute of Museum and Library Services
  Legal name and address of requesting entity: Florida Holocaust 
Museum, 55 Fifth Street South, St. Petersburg, Florida 33701
  Description of request: $200,000 is included in the bill for the 
Florida Holocaust Museum to develop and maintain its collection of 
Holocaust related material and to make that information available to 
the public and to student organizations.


       Gulf Coast Jewish Family Services Community Care Facility

  Account: Health Resources and Services Administration, Health Care-
Related Facilities and Activities
  Legal name and address of requesting entity: Gulf Coast Jewish Family 
Services, 14041 Icot Boulevard, Clearwater, FL 33760
  Description of request: $500,000 is included in the bill for Gulf 
Coast Jewish Family Services to consolidate its operations into one 
facility to increase the number of patients served, enhance patient 
privacy, provide a more seamless system of care, and reduce overhead 
costs. Gulf Coast serves more than 50,000 at-risk children, youth, 
adults, and elderly. $190,000 was included for this project in FY 2009.


                    Pinellas County Community Health

  Account: Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health 
Administration
  Legal name and address of requesting entity: Pinellas County Board of 
County Commissioners, 315 Court Street, Clearwater, FL 33756
  Description of request: $300,000 is included in the bill for the 
Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners to support the expansion 
of an integrated, coordinated mental health and substance abuse 
treatment program for chronic minor offenders. Working in

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partnership with local mental health and substance abuse agencies, the 
Pinellas County Sheriff's Office and other agency law enforcement 
officers, who have received specialized training to recognize and 
respond to situations involving an individual suffering from mental 
illness or chronic substance abuse, direct these individuals into the 
Community Care Chronic Minor Offender Program as an alternative to the 
County jail. The expansion of the program will further alleviate 
Pinellas County's cost of frequent detention of individuals for minor 
local offenses thus helping to close the revolving door. This program 
allows such offenders suffering from mental illness or chronic 
substance abuse to be voluntarily taken to a detoxification or mental 
health service facility for a thorough assessment in lieu of the County 
jail. If the individual is cognizant and willing to participate in the 
program, he/she is referred/transported for housing (family or 
transitional housing) and for outpatient substance abuse and/or mental 
health services. Participating agencies have unfunded forensic beds, 
24/7 crisis care, medication and outpatient treatment services needed 
to address the needs of these offenders and reduce the escalating jail 
population. The program also supports the offenders in their ability to 
stay close to family and friends and other support networks. 300 
individuals are anticipated to be served in FY 2010. The county will 
provide $383,648 toward the cost of this project. These are the first 
federal funds requested.


    St. Petersburg College Healthcare Informatics Workforce Training

  Account: Department of Education, Fund for the Improvement of 
Postsecondary Education
  Legal name and address of requesting entity: St. Petersburg College, 
6021 142nd Avenue North, Clearwater, FL 33760
  Description of request: $300,000 is included in the bill for St. 
Petersburg College to continue work to create a course of study in the 
area of health care informatics that will meet the needs of the health 
care industry as it transitions to a system of electronic medical 
records. The college will develop a new postsecondary health care 
informatics curriculum, curricular units for secondary students, 
faculty development, and the marketing materials to recruit high school 
students and college students into health care informatics careers. The 
new courses will be designed for on-line learning but they will also be 
able to be delivered in a blended instructor-led format. Current health 
care employees will be able to receive individualized or group 
instruction and with the training will be able to move from entry-level 
jobs to increasingly responsible positions. A web portal will also be 
developed to serve as a source of information about health informatics, 
the college's certificate and degree programs, and related career and 
training opportunities. Youth will also learn about health care 
informatics through a structured high school outreach program and 
through in-school job and career presentations by college faculty. In 
addition, an online competency-based Introduction to Health Care 
Informatics tutorial will also be available free of charge to anyone 
interested in learning about health care informatics. Finally, an 
annual Health Care Informatics Symposium will bring nationally known 
subject matter experts to the region and provide a health care 
informatics forum for communication industry representatives, secondary 
and postsecondary faculty, and students. $95,000 was included for this 
project in FY 2009.


        Stetson University College of Law Elder Justice Program

  Account: Administration on Aging, Aging Services Programs
  Legal name and address of requesting entity: Stetson University 
College of Law, 1401 61st Street South, Gulfport, FL 33707
  Description of request: $100,000 is included in the bill for the 
Stetson University College of Law to establish a pilot program to 
determine the most effective way to educate seniors about mortgage 
fraud and other financial scams. Through Stetson's Elder Justice 
Resource Center, this program will focus on ways to communicate with 
seniors about the inherent dangers from unsolicited offers for home 
refinancing, reverse mortgages, consumer goods, and financial 
opportunities. Communications strategies will include a telephone 
hotline, a web site, onsite visits to senior centers, retirement homes, 
libraries, clubs, and other places that seniors gather. $95,000 was 
provided in FY 2009 for this project. Stetson will match the FY 2010 
request with $100,000.

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