PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 798 PRINTER'S NO. 918
No. 735 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY TILGHMAN, APRIL 9, 1999
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, APRIL 19, 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
17 Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation for the MCP
1 Hahnemann University for the fiscal year July 1, 1999, to June
2 30, 2000, for minority educational and recruitment programs.
3 (d) The sum of $500,000 is hereby appropriated to the
4 Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation for the MCP
5 Hahnemann University for the fiscal year July 1, 1999, to June
6 30, 2000, for cardiovascular and heart failure/transplant
7 studies.
8 (e) The sum of $2,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the
9 Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation for the MCP
10 Hahnemann University for the fiscal year July 1, 1999, to June
11 30, 2000, for transition expenses.
12 Section 2. Payments to the Philadelphia Health and Education
13 Corporation for the MCP Hahnemann University on account of the
14 appropriations provided in section 1 shall be made quarterly by
15 the Secretary of Education on the basis of costs during the
16 fiscal year and shall be conditioned on continuing authority for
17 inclusion on the Board of Trustees of the Philadelphia Health
18 and Education Corporation of a minimum of five persons who are
19 not elected officials and who are appointed by the Governor, the
20 President pro tempore of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the
21 Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the
22 Minority Leader of the House of Representatives for terms of
23 office coterminous with that of the respective appointing
24 authority.
25 Section 3. The Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation
26 for the MCP Hahnemann University shall provide full, complete
27 and accurate information as may be required by the Department of
28 Education or the chairman or the minority chairman of the
29 Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the chairman or the
30 minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the House
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1 of Representatives.
2 Section 4. The Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation
3 for the MCP Hahnemann University shall report its revenues and
4 expenditures and present its financial statements in accordance
5 with generally accepted accounting principles and procedures for
6 educational institutions as set forth in the "Higher Education
7 Finance Manual (1975)" and the "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 Budget Instructions for the State System of Higher Education,
9 State-Related Universities and Non-State-Related Colleges and
10 Universities."
11 Section 5. The trustees of the Philadelphia Health and
12 Education Corporation for the MCP Hahnemann University shall
13 report on forms provided by the Department of Education to both
14 the chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations
15 Committee of the Senate and the chairman and minority chairman
16 of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives
17 by September 30, 2000, on how State-appropriated funds were
18 expended for fiscal year 1999-2000 to reduce the costs to
19 Pennsylvania resident students or to provide services to
20 Pennsylvania residents.
21 Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 1999, or
22 immediately, whichever is later.
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