SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1497, 1785, 1975, PRINTER'S NO. 2287
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No. 1274 Session of 1977
INTRODUCED BY MR. PIEVSKY, JUNE 6, 1977
SENATOR SMITH, APPROPRIATIONS, IN SENATE, RE-REPORTED
AS AMENDED, NOVEMBER 15, 1977
AN ACT
1 Making appropriations to the Thomas Jefferson University of
2 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. (a) The sum of $3,978,000, or as much thereof as
6 may be necessary, is hereby specifically appropriated to the
7 Thomas Jefferson University of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for
8 the fiscal period July 1, 1977 to June 30, 1978, for instruction
9 in the Doctor of Medicine program.
10 (b) The sum of $1,000,000, $1,500,000, or as much thereof as <--
11 may be necessary, is hereby specifically appropriated to the
12 Thomas Jefferson University of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for
13 the fiscal period July 1, 1977 to June 30, 1978, for the general
14 maintenance of the Thomas Jefferson University including the
15 College of Allied Health Sciences.
16 (c) As a condition of receiving its appropriation, on or
17 after January 1, 1978, the medical school shall, when accepting
1 first-year students for the next term, set aside 10% of the
2 total number of admissions for students who agree that upon the
3 completion of their medical training, they shall engage in the
4 practice of medicine for a period of four years in an area
5 termed medically deprived by the Pennsylvania Department of
6 Health.
7 Section 2. Payments to the Thomas Jefferson University of
8 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on account of the appropriation for
9 instructions in the Doctor of Medicine program as provided in
10 section 1(a) shall be made on the basis of full-time student
11 enrollment at the rate of $4,400 per student.
12 Section 3. Payments to the Thomas Jefferson University of
13 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on account of the appropriation
14 provided in section 1(b) shall be made on the basis of cost
15 during the fiscal period.
16 Section 4. The university shall, upon admitting a first-year
17 class to the Doctor of Medicine program, admit as many students
18 in that class as can be accommodated by the facilities of the
19 university for that program.
20 Section 5. The university shall provide such information as
21 may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act and in
22 such form and manner as the Department of Education may
23 prescribe. The department shall annually report to the General
24 Assembly such data as will show the number of students in each
25 class in the Doctor of Medicine program and the facilities
26 available for them.
27 Section 6. The Thomas Jefferson University of Philadelphia,
28 Pennsylvania, shall report its revenues and expenditures and
29 present its financial statements in accordance with generally
30 accepted accounting principles and procedures for educational
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1 institutions as set forth in the "Higher Education Finance
2 Manual of 1975," without exception.
3 Section 7. This act shall take effect July 1, 1977.
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