The U.S. House Appropriations Agriculture Financial Services Subcommittees approved Fiscal Year 2022 bills this week that include Delegate Gregorio Kilili C. Sablan\u2019s (Ind-MP) request for $391,500 funding for the Rota dialysis expansion project. <\/p>\n
Sablan said in his e-kilili newsletter over the weekend that his request for the Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. Peritoneal Dialysis Expansion Project was included in the FY 2022 Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA Appropriations bill.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis project will expand home dialysis for individuals [on] Rota, allowing them to stay at home instead of relocating to Saipan to obtain treatment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The $391,500 funding for Rota dialysis expansion is part of his $2.3-million community funding requests that the House Appropriations Agriculture Financial Services Subcommittees approved in its FY 2022 legislations.<\/p>\n
Sablan said his community funding requests include the $952,394 for small businesses and $980,639 for health Information Technology upgrades.<\/p>\n
Sablan said that creating a Small Business Development Center Business Innovation Incubator at the Northern Marianas College will foster small business innovation throughout the Marianas. It will be based on Saipan<\/p>\n
Sablan said his request for the Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. will fund health IT upgrades to improve interoperability between islands.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe project will improve interisland connectivity by upgrading the phone systems, facilitating central patient storage, ensuring higher utilization of telehealth, and reducing unnecessary off-island travel,\u201d Sablan said.<\/p>\n
He said the remaining subcommittees will mark up their respective bills in July before heading to the full Appropriations Committee for consideration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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