SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1102 PRINTER'S NO. 1761
No. 994 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY BARLEY, MARCH 22, 1999
SENATOR TILGHMAN, APPROPRIATIONS, IN SENATE, RE-REPORTED AS
AMENDED, MAY 10, 1999
AN ACT
1 Making appropriations to the Philadelphia Health and Education
2 Corporation FOR THE MCP HAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY. <--
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. (a) The sum of $8,142,000 is hereby appropriated
6 to the Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation for the MCP
7 Hahnemann University for the fiscal year July 1, 1999, to June
8 30, 2000, for instruction in the Doctor of Medicine program.
9 (b) The sum of $1,798,000 is hereby appropriated to the
10 Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation for the MCP
11 Hahnemann University for the fiscal year July 1, 1999, to June
12 30, 2000, for the general maintenance of the MCP Hahnemann
13 University, including the Allied Health, Professions and
14 Graduate School of the MCP Hahnemann University, and student
15 aid.
16 (c) The sum of $321,000 is hereby appropriated to the
1 Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation for the MCP
2 Hahnemann University for the fiscal year July 1, 1999, to June
3 30, 2000, for minority educational and recruitment programs.
4 (d) The sum of $500,000 is hereby appropriated to the <--
5 Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation for the MCP
6 Hahnemann University for the fiscal year July 1, 1999, to June
7 30, 2000, for cardiovascular and heart failure/transplant
8 studies.
9 (e) (D) The sum of $2,000,000 $3,000,000 is hereby <--
10 appropriated to the Philadelphia Health and Education
11 Corporation for the MCP Hahnemann University for the fiscal year
12 July 1, 1999, to June 30, 2000, for transition expenses.
13 Section 2. Payments to the Philadelphia Health and Education <--
14 Corporation for the MCP Hahnemann University on account of the
15 appropriations provided in section 1 shall be made quarterly by
16 the Secretary of Education on the basis of costs during the
17 fiscal year. The secretary shall not release more than the first
18 quarterly payment until such time as the trustees of
19 Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation for the MCP
20 Hahnemann University agree in writing to include a minimum of
21 five members appointed by the Governor and the General Assembly.
22 The Governor, the President pro tempore of the Senate, the
23 Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
24 Representatives and the Minority Leader of the House of
25 Representatives may each, upon receipt of the written agreement
26 from the trustees, appoint a nonelected official to serve as a
27 member of the board and the terms of office shall be coterminous
28 with that of their appointing authority.
29 SECTION 2. PAYMENTS TO THE PHILADELPHIA HEALTH AND EDUCATION <--
30 CORPORATION FOR THE MCP HAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY ON ACCOUNT OF THE
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1 APPROPRIATIONS PROVIDED IN SECTION 1 SHALL BE MADE QUARTERLY BY
2 THE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION ON THE BASIS OF COSTS DURING THE
3 FISCAL YEAR AND SHALL BE CONDITIONED ON CONTINUING AUTHORITY FOR
4 INCLUSION ON THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE PHILADELPHIA HEALTH
5 AND EDUCATION CORPORATION OF A MINIMUM OF FIVE PERSONS WHO ARE
6 NOT ELECTED OFFICIALS AND WHO ARE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR, THE
7 PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE, THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE
8 SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE
9 MINORITY LEADER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR TERMS OF
10 OFFICE COTERMINOUS WITH THAT OF THE RESPECTIVE APPOINTING
11 AUTHORITY.
12 Section 3. The Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation
13 for the MCP Hahnemann University shall provide full, complete
14 and accurate information as may be required by the Department of
15 Education or the chairman or the minority chairman of the
16 Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the chairman or the
17 minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the House
18 of Representatives.
19 Section 4. The Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation
20 for the MCP Hahnemann University shall report its revenues and
21 expenditures and present its financial statements in accordance
22 with generally accepted accounting principles and procedures for
23 educational institutions as set forth in the "Higher Education
24 Finance Manual (1975)" and the "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
25 Budget Instructions for the State System of Higher Education,
26 State-Related Universities and Non-State-Related Colleges and
27 Universities."
28 Section 5. The trustees of the Philadelphia Health and
29 Education Corporation for the MCP Hahnemann University shall
30 report on forms provided by the Department of Education to both
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1 the chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations
2 Committee of the Senate and the chairman and minority chairman
3 of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives
4 by September 30, 2000, on how State-appropriated funds were
5 expended for fiscal year 1999-2000 to reduce the costs to
6 Pennsylvania resident students or to provide services to
7 Pennsylvania residents.
8 Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 1999, or
9 immediately, whichever is later.
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