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                                 HOUSE AMENDED
        PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 861                       PRINTER'S NO. 1061

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


SENATE BILL

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
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     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.



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