PRINTER'S NO. 1753
No. 1499 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY PIEVSKY, MAY 22, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, MAY 22, 1989
AN ACT 1 Making an appropriation to the Trustees of Jefferson Medical 2 College and Hospital of Philadelphia for a comprehensive 3 program relating to Tay-Sachs disease. 4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 5 hereby enacts as follows: 6 Section 1. The sum of $58,000 is hereby appropriated to the 7 Trustees of Jefferson Medical College and Hospital, 8 Philadelphia, for the fiscal year July 1, 1989, to June 30, 9 1990, for a comprehensive program relating to persons with Tay- 10 Sachs disease. 11 Section 2. Payment to Jefferson Medical College and Hospital 12 on account of the appropriation relating to Tay-Sachs disease as 13 provided for in section 1 shall be made by the Secretary of 14 Health in equal quarterly payments and shall be conditioned upon 15 a program which shall include the detection of Tay-Sachs disease 16 in the community, counseling of individuals and families, 17 education of the public, coordination of research into the 18 treatment for Tay-Sachs disease and the expansion of genetic
1 diagnostic services and treatment of persons with the disease. 2 Section 3. Jefferson Medical College and Hospital shall 3 provide such information as may be necessary to carry out the 4 provisions of this act and in such form and manner as the 5 Department of Health shall prescribe. 6 Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 1989, or 7 immediately, whichever is later. B24L84RZ/19890H1499B1753 - 2 -