PRINTER'S NO. 1808

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 1536 Session of 1987


        INTRODUCED BY PIEVSKY, JUNE 10, 1987

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, JUNE 10, 1987

                                     AN ACT

     1  Making an appropriation to the Trustees of the University of
     2     Pittsburgh for the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic.

     3     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     4  hereby enacts as follows:
     5     Section 1.  The sum of $7,122,000 is hereby appropriated to
     6  the Trustees of the University of Pittsburgh for the fiscal year
     7  July 1, 1987, to June 30, 1988, for the general maintenance and
     8  operation of the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic by the
     9  University of Pittsburgh and the purchase of such apparatus and
    10  equipment as the trustees may deem necessary for the best
    11  interest of the purposes of the institute and clinic, which
    12  purposes shall include the teaching of personnel for the staffs
    13  of the various mental institutions of the Commonwealth and the
    14  conduct of research into the treatment, prevention and cause of
    15  the various types of nervous disorders and mental diseases in
    16  compliance with the laws providing for the lease of the Western
    17  Psychiatric Institute and Clinic to the University of


     1  Pittsburgh. In addition to the above amount, all income and all
     2  moneys collected at the institute and paid into the General Fund
     3  of the State Treasury under existing laws are hereby
     4  appropriated out of the General Fund to the institute for the
     5  same purposes, the institute to receive from such appropriation
     6  the exact amount which was collected at said institute during
     7  the said fiscal period.
     8     Section 2.  Payments to the institute on account of the
     9  appropriation provided in section 1 shall be made by the
    10  Secretary of Public Welfare in equal quarterly payments.
    11     Section 3.  The Trustees of the University of Pittsburgh
    12  shall provide such information as may be necessary to carry out
    13  the provisions of this act and in such form and manner as the
    14  Department of Public Welfare shall prescribe.
    15     Section 4.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1987, or
    16  immediately, whichever is later.










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