HOUSE AMENDED PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 861 PRINTER'S NO. 1061
No. 738 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY TILGHMAN AND CONTI, APRIL 12, 1999
AS RE-REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, MAY 6, 1999
AN ACT
1 Making appropriations to the Thomas Jefferson University,
2 Philadelphia.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. (a) The sum of $5,869,000 is hereby appropriated
6 to the Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, for the fiscal
7 year July 1, 1999, to June 30, 2000, for instruction in the
8 Doctor of Medicine program.
9 (b) The sum of $4,113,000 $4,263,000 is hereby appropriated <--
10 to the Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, for the fiscal
11 year July 1, 1999, to June 30, 2000, for the general maintenance
12 of the Thomas Jefferson University, including the College of
13 Allied Health Sciences, student aid and Children's Heart
14 Hospital.
15 (c) The sum of $56,000 is hereby appropriated to the
16 Trustees of Jefferson Medical College and Hospital,
1 Philadelphia, for the fiscal year July 1, 1999, to June 30, 2 2000, for a comprehensive program relating to persons with Tay- 3 Sachs disease. 4 Section 2. (a) Payments to the Thomas Jefferson University 5 on account of the appropriations provided in section 1(a) and 6 (b) shall be made quarterly by the Secretary of Education on the 7 basis of costs during the fiscal year and shall be conditioned 8 on continuing authority for inclusion on the Board of Trustees 9 of the Thomas Jefferson University of a minimum of five 10 individuals who are not elected officials and who are appointed, 11 one each, by the Governor, the President pro tempore of the 12 Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the 13 House of Representatives and the Minority Leader of the House of 14 Representatives, for terms of office coterminous with that of 15 their appointing authority. 16 (b) The Thomas Jefferson University shall provide full, 17 complete and accurate information as may be required by the 18 Department of Education or the chairman or the minority chairman 19 of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the chairman or 20 the minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the 21 House of Representatives. 22 (c) The Thomas Jefferson University shall report its 23 revenues and expenditures and present its financial statements 24 in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and 25 procedures for educational institutions as set forth in the 26 "Higher Education Finance Manual (1975)" and the "Commonwealth 27 of Pennsylvania Budget Instructions for the State System of 28 Higher Education, State-Related Universities and Non-State- 29 Related Colleges and Universities." 30 (d) The trustees of the Thomas Jefferson University shall 19990S0738B1061 - 2 -
1 report on forms provided by the Department of Education to both 2 the chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations 3 Committee of the Senate and the chairman and minority chairman 4 of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives 5 by September 30, 2000, on how State-appropriated funds were 6 expended for fiscal year 1999-2000 to reduce the costs to 7 Pennsylvania resident students or to provide services to 8 Pennsylvania residents. 9 Section 3. (a) Payment to Jefferson Medical College and 10 Hospital on account of the appropriation relating to Tay-Sachs 11 disease as provided for in section 1(c) shall be made by the 12 Secretary of Health in equal quarterly payments and shall be 13 conditioned upon a program which shall include the detection of 14 Tay-Sachs disease in the community, counseling of individuals 15 and families, education of the public, coordination of research 16 into the treatment for Tay-Sachs disease and the expansion of 17 genetic diagnostic services and treatment of persons with the 18 disease. 19 (b) Jefferson Medical College and Hospital shall provide 20 full, complete and accurate information as may be required by 21 the Department of Health or the majority chairman or the 22 minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate 23 or the majority chairman or the minority chairman of the 24 Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives. 25 Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 1999, or 26 immediately, whichever is later. D12L84VDL/19990S0738B1061 - 3 -