PRINTER'S NO. 988
No. 886 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY BARLEY, MARCH 12, 1997
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, MARCH 12, 1997
AN ACT
1 Making appropriations to the Allegheny University of the Health
2 Sciences.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. (a) The sum of $6,514,000 is hereby appropriated
6 to the Allegheny University of the Health Sciences for the
7 fiscal year July 1, 1997, to June 30, 1998, for instruction in
8 the Doctor of Medicine program.
9 (b) The sum of $1,438,000 is hereby appropriated to the
10 Allegheny University of the Health Sciences for the fiscal year
11 July 1, 1997, to June 30, 1998, for the general maintenance of
12 the Allegheny University of the Health Sciences, including the
13 Allied Health, Professions and Graduate School of the Allegheny
14 University of the Health Sciences, and student aid.
15 (c) The sum of $257,000 is hereby appropriated to the
16 Allegheny University of the Health Sciences for the fiscal year
17 July 1, 1997, to June 30, 1998, for minority educational and
1 recruitment programs.
2 Section 2. Payments to the Allegheny University of the
3 Health Sciences on account of the appropriations provided in
4 section 1 shall be made quarterly by the Secretary of Education
5 on the basis of costs during the fiscal year. The secretary
6 shall not release more than the first quarterly payment until
7 such time as the trustees of Allegheny University of the Health
8 Sciences agree in writing to include a minimum of five members
9 appointed by the Governor and the General Assembly. The
10 Governor, the President pro tempore of the Senate, the Minority
11 Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
12 Representatives and the Minority Leader of the House of
13 Representatives may each, upon receipt of the written agreement
14 from the trustees, appoint a nonelected official to serve as a
15 member of the board and the terms of office shall be coterminous
16 with that of their appointing authority.
17 Section 3. The Allegheny University of the Health Sciences
18 shall provide full, complete and accurate information as may be
19 required by the Department of Education or the chairman or the
20 minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate
21 or the chairman or the minority chairman of the Appropriations
22 Committee of the House of Representatives.
23 Section 4. The Allegheny University of the Health Sciences
24 shall report its revenues and expenditures and present its
25 financial statements in accordance with generally accepted
26 accounting principles and procedures for educational
27 institutions as set forth in the "Higher Education Finance
28 Manual (1975)" and the "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Budget
29 Instructions for the State System of Higher Education, State-
30 Related Universities and Non-State-Related Colleges and
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1 Universities."
2 Section 5. The trustees of the Allegheny University of the
3 Health Sciences shall report on forms provided by the Department
4 of Education to both the chairman and minority chairman of the
5 Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the chairman and
6 minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the House
7 of Representatives by September 30, 1998, on how State-
8 appropriated funds were expended for fiscal year 1997-1998 to
9 reduce the costs to Pennsylvania resident students or to provide
10 services to Pennsylvania residents.
11 Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 1997, or
12 immediately, whichever is later.
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