PRINTER'S NO. 1767
No. 1366 Session of 2000
INTRODUCED BY GERLACH, TILGHMAN AND CONTI, MARCH 17, 2000
REFERRED TO APPROPRIATIONS, MARCH 17, 2000
AN ACT
1 Making appropriations to the Philadelphia Health and Education
2 Corporation for the MCP Hahnemann University and for
3 continuation of pediatric services.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. (a) The sum of $8,142,000 is hereby appropriated
7 to the Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation for the MCP
8 Hahnemann University for the fiscal year July 1, 2000, to June
9 30, 2001, for instruction in the Doctor of Medicine program.
10 (b) The sum of $1,798,000 is hereby appropriated to the
11 Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation for the MCP
12 Hahnemann University for the fiscal year July 1, 2000, to June
13 30, 2001, for the general maintenance of the MCP Hahnemann
14 University, including the Allied Health, Professions and
15 Graduate School of the MCP Hahnemann University, and student
16 aid.
17 (c) The sum of $321,000 is hereby appropriated to the
18 Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation for the MCP
1 Hahnemann University for the fiscal year July 1, 2000, to June
2 30, 2001, for minority educational and recruitment programs.
3 (d) The sum of $3,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the
4 Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation for the MCP
5 Hahnemann University for the fiscal year July 1, 2000, to June
6 30, 2001, for transition expenses.
7 (e) The sum of $791,000 is hereby appropriated to the
8 Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation, for the fiscal
9 year July 1, 2000, to June 30, 2001, for continued pediatric
10 outpatient and inpatient treatment of severe physically
11 disabling diseases.
12 (f) The sum of $166,000 is hereby appropriated to the
13 Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation, for the fiscal
14 year July 1, 2000, to June 30, 2001, for continued support of
15 the handicapped children's clinic.
16 Section 2. (a) Payments to the Philadelphia Health and
17 Education Corporation for the MCP Hahnemann University on
18 account of the appropriations provided in section 1(a), (b), (c)
19 and (d) shall be made quarterly by the Secretary of Education on
20 the basis of costs during the fiscal year and shall be
21 conditioned on continuing authority for inclusion on the Board
22 of Trustees of the Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation
23 of a minimum of five persons who are not elected officials and
24 who are appointed by the Governor, the President pro tempore of
25 the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of
26 the House of Representatives and the Minority Leader of the
27 House of Representatives for terms of office coterminous with
28 that of the respective appointing authority.
29 (b) Payments to the Philadelphia Health and Education
30 Corporation on account of the appropriations provided in section
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1 1(e) and (f) shall be made by the Secretary of Health in equal
2 quarterly payments.
3 Section 3. (a) The Philadelphia Health and Education
4 Corporation for the MCP Hahnemann University shall provide full,
5 complete and accurate information as may be required by the
6 Department of Education or the chairman or the minority chairman
7 of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the chairman or
8 the minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the
9 House of Representatives.
10 (b) The Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation shall
11 provide full, complete and accurate information for the
12 appropriation under section 1(e) and (f) as may be required by
13 the Department of Health or the chairman or the minority
14 chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the
15 chairman or the minority chairman of the Appropriations
16 Committee of the House of Representatives.
17 Section 4. The Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation
18 for the MCP Hahnemann University shall report its revenues and
19 expenditures and present its financial statements in accordance
20 with generally accepted accounting principles and procedures for
21 educational institutions as set forth in the "Higher Education
22 Finance Manual (1975)" and the "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
23 Budget Instructions for the State System of Higher Education,
24 State-Related Universities and Non-State-Related Colleges and
25 Universities."
26 Section 5. The trustees of the Philadelphia Health and
27 Education Corporation for the MCP Hahnemann University shall
28 report on forms provided by the Department of Education to both
29 the chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations
30 Committee of the Senate and the chairman and minority chairman
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1 of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives
2 by September 30, 2001, on how State-appropriated funds were
3 expended for fiscal year 2000-2001 to reduce the costs to
4 Pennsylvania resident students or to provide services to
5 Pennsylvania residents.
6 Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 2000, or
7 immediately, whichever is later.
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