PRINTER'S NO. 1768
No. 1367 Session of 2000
INTRODUCED BY BELL, TILGHMAN, HOLL, CONTI, THOMPSON AND GERLACH,
MARCH 17, 2000
REFERRED TO APPROPRIATIONS, MARCH 17, 2000
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, 2000, to June 30, 2001, for instruction in the
8 Doctor of Medicine program.
9 (b) The sum of $4,263,000 is hereby appropriated to the
10 Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, for the fiscal year
11 July 1, 2000, to June 30, 2001, for the general maintenance of
12 the Thomas Jefferson University, including the College of Allied
13 Health Sciences, student aid and Children's Heart Hospital.
14 (c) The sum of $56,000 is hereby appropriated to the
15 Trustees of Jefferson Medical College and Hospital,
16 Philadelphia, for the fiscal year July 1, 2000, to June 30,
17 2001, for a comprehensive program relating to persons with Tay-
1 Sachs disease.
2 Section 2. (a) Payments to the Thomas Jefferson University
3 on account of the appropriations provided in section 1(a) and
4 (b) shall be made quarterly by the Secretary of Education on the
5 basis of costs during the fiscal year and shall be conditioned
6 on continuing authority for inclusion on the Board of Trustees
7 of the Thomas Jefferson University of a minimum of five
8 individuals who are not elected officials and who are appointed,
9 one each, by the Governor, the President pro tempore of the
10 Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the
11 House of Representatives and the Minority Leader of the House of
12 Representatives, for terms of office coterminous with that of
13 their appointing authority.
14 (b) The Thomas Jefferson University shall provide full,
15 complete and accurate information as may be required by the
16 Department of Education or the chairman or the minority chairman
17 of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the chairman or
18 the minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the
19 House of Representatives.
20 (c) The Thomas Jefferson University shall report its
21 revenues and expenditures and present its financial statements
22 in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and
23 procedures for educational institutions as set forth in the
24 "Higher Education Finance Manual (1975)" and the "Commonwealth
25 of Pennsylvania Budget Instructions for the State System of
26 Higher Education, State-Related Universities and Non-State-
27 Related Colleges and Universities."
28 (d) The trustees of the Thomas Jefferson University shall
29 report on forms provided by the Department of Education to both
30 the chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations
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1 Committee of the Senate and the chairman and minority chairman
2 of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives
3 by September 30, 2001, on how State-appropriated funds were
4 expended for fiscal year 2000-2001 to reduce the costs to
5 Pennsylvania resident students or to provide services to
6 Pennsylvania residents.
7 Section 3. (a) Payment to Jefferson Medical College and
8 Hospital on account of the appropriation relating to Tay-Sachs
9 disease as provided for in section 1(c) shall be made by the
10 Secretary of Health in equal quarterly payments and shall be
11 conditioned upon a program which shall include the detection of
12 Tay-Sachs disease in the community, counseling of individuals
13 and families, education of the public, coordination of research
14 into the treatment for Tay-Sachs disease and the expansion of
15 genetic diagnostic services and treatment of persons with the
16 disease.
17 (b) Jefferson Medical College and Hospital shall provide
18 full, complete and accurate information as may be required by
19 the Department of Health or the chairman or the minority
20 chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the
21 chairman or the minority chairman of the Appropriations
22 Committee of the House of Representatives.
23 Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2000, or
24 immediately, whichever is later.
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