WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS), announced funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to support health projects at Marshall University Health and its partners.

This funding, which was secured through Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) requests made by Senator Capito, will be used to develop enhanced toxicology service, education, and research at Marshall Health, and expand health care facility space to support greater patient volume at Chapman Specialty Care as part of the Coalfield Health Center.

“I am proud to see the resources I personally fought for be awarded to Marshall Health and its partners. I am also grateful to the diligent professionals at Marshall’s Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine for working hard to ensure the funding goes to the areas where it is needed,” Ranking Member Capito said. “By expanding the Coalfield Health Center, more patients have the opportunity to receive more reliable treatment options close to home instead of traveling hours away. And by enhancing toxicology services and research at Marshall Health, we can work to help more West Virginians recover from their battle with opioids and help them toward a path that leads to success and reach their full potential.”

CDS award details listed below:

·         $3,000,000 in CDS funding for Marshall Health (Huntington, W.Va.) to support enhanced toxicology service, medical education, and research aimed at ensuring a drug free and vibrant workforce. Funding will renovate and equip a facility for the development of a Medical Toxicology Center. This multifaceted center will provide a range of services and resources necessary to maintain the health of West Virginia's workforce.

·        $750,000 in CDS funding for Coalfield Health Center (Chapmanville, W.Va.) to complete buildout of the facility's second floor. These renovations will complete the building and add 5,000 additional square feet of patient care capacity to the facility, including eight exam rooms and one procedure room along with a community resource area for patient education.

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