SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 988 PRINTER'S NO. 1717
No. 886 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY BARLEY, MARCH 12, 1997
SENATOR TILGHMAN, APPROPRIATIONS, IN SENATE, RE-REPORTED AS
AMENDED, MAY 5, 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 $8,142,000 is hereby <--
6 appropriated to the Allegheny University of the Health Sciences
7 for the fiscal year July 1, 1997, to June 30, 1998, for
8 instruction in the Doctor of Medicine program.
9 (b) The sum of $1,438,000 $1,798,000 is hereby appropriated <--
10 to the Allegheny University of the Health Sciences for the
11 fiscal year July 1, 1997, to June 30, 1998, for the general
12 maintenance of the Allegheny University of the Health Sciences,
13 including the Allied Health, Professions and Graduate School of
14 the Allegheny University of the Health Sciences, and student
15 aid.
16 (c) The sum of $257,000 $321,000 is hereby appropriated to <--
1 the Allegheny University of the Health Sciences for the fiscal
2 year July 1, 1997, to June 30, 1998, for minority educational
3 and recruitment programs.
4 (D) THE SUM OF $132,000 IS HEREBY APPROPRIATED TO THE <--
5 ALLEGHENY UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
6 JULY 1, 1997, TO JUNE 30, 1998, FOR CARDIOVASCULAR AND HEART
7 FAILURE/TRANSPLANT STUDIES.
8 Section 2. Payments to the Allegheny University of the
9 Health Sciences on account of the appropriations provided in
10 section 1 shall be made quarterly by the Secretary of Education
11 on the basis of costs during the fiscal year. The secretary
12 shall not release more than the first quarterly payment until
13 such time as the trustees of Allegheny University of the Health
14 Sciences agree in writing to include a minimum of five members
15 appointed by the Governor and the General Assembly. The
16 Governor, the President pro tempore of the Senate, the Minority
17 Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
18 Representatives and the Minority Leader of the House of
19 Representatives may each, upon receipt of the written agreement
20 from the trustees, appoint a nonelected official to serve as a
21 member of the board and the terms of office shall be coterminous
22 with that of their appointing authority.
23 Section 3. The Allegheny University of the Health Sciences
24 shall provide full, complete and accurate information as may be
25 required by the Department of Education or the chairman or the
26 minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate
27 or the chairman or the minority chairman of the Appropriations
28 Committee of the House of Representatives.
29 Section 4. The Allegheny University of the Health Sciences
30 shall report its revenues and expenditures and present its
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1 financial statements in accordance with generally accepted
2 accounting principles and procedures for educational
3 institutions as set forth in the "Higher Education Finance
4 Manual (1975)" and the "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Budget
5 Instructions for the State System of Higher Education, State-
6 Related Universities and Non-State-Related Colleges and
7 Universities."
8 Section 5. The trustees of the Allegheny University of the
9 Health Sciences shall report on forms provided by the Department
10 of Education to both the chairman and minority chairman of the
11 Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the chairman and
12 minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the House
13 of Representatives by September 30, 1998, on how State-
14 appropriated funds were expended for fiscal year 1997-1998 to
15 reduce the costs to Pennsylvania resident students or to provide
16 services to Pennsylvania residents.
17 Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 1997, or
18 immediately, whichever is later.
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