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                                                       PRINTER'S NO. 594

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


SENATE BILL

No. 502 Session of 1999


        INTRODUCED BY SALVATORE, MARCH 12, 1999

        REFERRED TO APPROPRIATIONS, MARCH 12, 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 $6,106,500 is hereby appropriated
     6  to the Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation for the MCP
     7  Hahnemann University for the period January 1, 1999, to June 30,
     8  1999, for instruction in the Doctor of Medicine program.
     9     (b)  The sum of $1,348,500 is hereby appropriated to the
    10  Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation for the MCP
    11  Hahnemann University for the period January 1, 1999, to June 30,
    12  1999, 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 $240,750 is hereby appropriated to the
    17  Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation for the MCP


     1  Hahnemann University for the period January 1, 1999, to June 30,
     2  1999, for minority educational and recruitment programs.
     3     (d)  The sum of $375,000 is hereby appropriated to the
     4  Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation for the MCP
     5  Hahnemann University for the period January 1, 1999, to June 30,
     6  1999, for cardiovascular and heart failure/transplant studies.
     7     Section 2.  (a)  Payments to the Philadelphia Health and
     8  Education Corporation for the MCP Hahnemann University on
     9  account of the appropriations provided in section 1 shall be
    10  made twice during the six-month period by the Secretary of
    11  Education on the basis of costs during the six-month period.
    12     (b)  The secretary shall not release the first payment unless
    13  the trustees of the Philadelphia Health and Education
    14  Corporation for the MCP Hahnemann University have agreed in
    15  writing to include on its board a minimum of five members who
    16  are appointed by the Governor and designated officers of the
    17  General Assembly.
    18     (c)  Upon receipt of the written agreement referred to in
    19  subsection (b), the Governor, President pro tempore of the
    20  Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the
    21  House of Representatives and the Minority Leader of the House of
    22  Representatives are authorized to each appoint an individual who
    23  is not an elected official to serve as a member of the board.
    24  The terms of these members shall be coterminous with that of
    25  their respective appointing authorities.
    26     Section 3.  The Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation
    27  for the MCP Hahnemann University shall provide full, complete
    28  and accurate information as may be required by the Department of
    29  Education or the chairman or the minority chairman of the
    30  Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the chairman or the
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     1  minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the House
     2  of Representatives.
     3     Section 4.  The Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation
     4  for the MCP Hahnemann University shall report its revenues and
     5  expenditures and present its financial statements in accordance
     6  with generally accepted accounting principles and procedures for
     7  educational institutions as set forth in the "Higher Education
     8  Finance Manual (1975)" and the "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     9  Budget Instructions for the State System of Higher Education,
    10  State-Related Universities and Non-State-Related Colleges and
    11  Universities."
    12     Section 5.  The trustees of the Philadelphia Health and
    13  Education Corporation for the MCP Hahnemann University shall
    14  report on forms provided by the Department of Education to both
    15  the chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations
    16  Committee of the Senate and the chairman and minority chairman
    17  of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives
    18  by September 30, 1999, on how State-appropriated funds were
    19  expended for fiscal year 1998-1999 to reduce the costs to
    20  Pennsylvania resident students or to provide services to
    21  Pennsylvania residents.
    22     Section 6.  The balance of the funds remaining unpaid under
    23  the act of May 7, 1998 (P.L.   , No.21A), entitled "An act
    24  making appropriations to the Allegheny University of the Health
    25  Sciences," shall lapse on the effective date of this act.
    26     Section 7.  This act shall take effect immediately.



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