PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 3363 PRINTER'S NO. 3836
No. 2328 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY D. EVANS, MARCH 10, 2008
AS RE-REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 2, 2008
AN ACT
1 Making appropriations to the Philadelphia Health and Education
2 Corporation for the Colleges of Medicine, Public Health,
3 Nursing and Health Professions and for continuation of
4 pediatric services.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. (a) The sum of $3,899,000 is hereby appropriated
8 to the Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation for the
9 College of Medicine for the fiscal year July 1, 2008, to June
10 30, 2009, for instruction in the Doctor of Medicine program.
11 (b) The sum of $868,000 is hereby appropriated to the
12 Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation for the Colleges
13 of Medicine, Public Health, Nursing and Health Professions for
14 the fiscal year July 1, 2008, to June 30, 2009, for the general
15 maintenance of the Colleges of Medicine, Public Health and
16 Nursing, including the Allied Health, Professions and Graduate
17 Schools, and for student aid.
18 (c) The sum of $154,000 is hereby appropriated to the
1 Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation for the fiscal
2 year July 1, 2008, to June 30, 2009, for minority educational
3 and recruitment programs.
4 (d) The sum of $712,000 is hereby appropriated to the
5 Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation, for the fiscal
6 year July 1, 2008, to June 30, 2009, for continued pediatric
7 outpatient and inpatient treatment of severe physically
8 disabling diseases.
9 (e) The sum of $74,000 is hereby appropriated to the
10 Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation, for the fiscal
11 year July 1, 2008, to June 30, 2009, for continued support of
12 the handicapped children's clinic.
13 (f) The sum of $1,010,000 is hereby appropriated to the
14 Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation, for the College
15 of Medicine for the fiscal year July 1, 2008, to June 30, 2009,
16 for operating expenses.
17 Section 2. (a) Payments to the Philadelphia Health and
18 Education Corporation on account of the appropriations provided
19 in section 1(a), (b), (c) and (f) shall be made quarterly IN TWO <--
20 EQUAL PAYMENTS, THE FIRST PAYMENT BY SEPTEMBER 15 AND THE SECOND
21 PAYMENT BY DECEMBER 15, by the Secretary of Education on the
22 basis of costs during the fiscal year and shall be conditioned
23 on continuing authority for inclusion on the Board of Trustees
24 of the Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation of a
25 minimum of five persons who are not elected officials and who
26 are appointed by the Governor, the President pro tempore of the
27 Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the
28 House of Representatives and the Minority Leader of the House of
29 Representatives for terms of office coterminous with that of the
30 respective appointing authority; and shall be further
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1 conditioned on these appointees receiving full voting rights as
2 members of the board of trustees.
3 (b) Payments to the Philadelphia Health and Education
4 Corporation on account of the appropriations APPROPRIATION <--
5 provided in section 1(d) and (e) shall be made by the Secretary <--
6 of Health in equal quarterly payments. SHALL BE MADE IN EQUAL <--
7 QUARTERLY PAYMENTS AND THE APPROPRIATION PROVIDED IN SECTION
8 1(E) SHALL BE MADE IN TWO EQUAL PAYMENTS, THE FIRST PAYMENT BY
9 SEPTEMBER 15 AND THE SECOND PAYMENT BY DECEMBER 15, BY THE
10 SECRETARY OF HEALTH.
11 Section 3. (a) The Philadelphia Health and Education
12 Corporation shall provide full, complete and accurate
13 information for the appropriations under section 1(a), (b), (c)
14 and (f) as may be required by the Department of Education or the
15 chairman or the minority chairman of the Appropriations
16 Committee of the Senate or the chairman or the minority chairman
17 of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives.
18 (b) The Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation shall
19 provide full, complete and accurate information for the
20 appropriations under section 1(d) and (e) as may be required by
21 the Department of Health or the chairman or the minority
22 chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the
23 chairman or the minority chairman of the Appropriations
24 Committee of the House of Representatives.
25 Section 4. The Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation
26 for the Colleges of Medicine, Public Health, Nursing and Health
27 Professions shall report its revenues and expenditures and
28 present its financial statements in accordance with generally
29 accepted accounting principles and procedures for educational
30 institutions as set forth in the "Higher Education Finance
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1 Manual (1975)" and the "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Budget
2 Instructions for the State System of Higher Education, State-
3 Related Universities and Non-State-Related Colleges and
4 Universities."
5 Section 5. The trustees of the Philadelphia Health and
6 Education Corporation for the Colleges of Medicine, Public
7 Health, Nursing and Health Professions shall report on forms
8 provided by the Department of Education to both the chairman and
9 minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate
10 and the chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations
11 Committee of the House of Representatives by September 30, 2009,
12 on how State-appropriated funds were expended for fiscal year
13 2008-2009 to reduce the costs to Pennsylvania resident students
14 or to provide services to Pennsylvania residents.
15 Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 2008, or
16 immediately, whichever is later.
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