PRINTER'S NO. 3872
No. 2592 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY McCALL, YUDICHAK, PASHINSKI, SHIMKUS, CARROLL,
K. SMITH, STABACK, MUNDY, EACHUS, WANSACZ, SIPTROTH, GOODMAN,
MANN, BRENNAN, GRUCELA, GERBER, CALTAGIRONE AND BELFANTI,
JUNE 6, 2008
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, JUNE 6, 2008
AN ACT
1 Making an appropriation to the Commonwealth Medical College,
2 Scranton.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. The sum of $4,700,000 is hereby appropriated to
6 the Commonwealth Medical College, Scranton, for the fiscal year
7 July 1, 2008, to June 30, 2009, for instruction in the Doctor of
8 Medicine program.
9 Section 2. Payments to the Commonwealth Medical College on
10 account of the appropriation provided in section 1 shall be made
11 quarterly by the Secretary of Education on the basis of costs
12 during the fiscal year.
13 Section 3. The Commonwealth Medical College shall provide
14 full, complete and accurate information as may be required by
15 the Department of Education or the chairman or the minority
16 chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the
17 chairman or the minority chairman of the Appropriations
1 Committee of the House of Representatives.
2 Section 4. The Commonwealth Medical College shall report its
3 revenues and expenditures and present its financial statements
4 in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and
5 procedures for educational institutions as set forth in the
6 Higher Education Finance Manual (1975) and the Commonwealth of
7 Pennsylvania Budget Instructions for the State System of Higher
8 Education, State-Related Universities and Non-State-Related
9 Colleges and Universities.
10 Section 5. The trustees of the Commonwealth Medical College
11 shall report on forms provided by the Department of Education to
12 both the chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations
13 Committee of the Senate and the chairman and minority chairman
14 of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives
15 by September 30, 2009, on how State-appropriated funds were
16 expended for fiscal year 2008-2009 to reduce the costs to
17 Pennsylvania resident students or to provide services to
18 Pennsylvania residents.
19 Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 2008, or
20 immediately, whichever is later.
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