PRINTER'S NO. 1389
No. 1202 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY BARLEY, MARCH 27, 2001
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, MARCH 27, 2001
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, 2001, to June
9 30, 2002, 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, 2001, to June
13 30, 2002, 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, 2001, to June
2 30, 2002, for minority educational and recruitment programs.
3 (d) The sum of $791,000 is hereby appropriated to the
4 Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation, for the fiscal
5 year July 1, 2001, to June 30, 2002, for continued pediatric
6 outpatient and inpatient treatment of severe physically
7 disabling diseases.
8 (e) The sum of $166,000 is hereby appropriated to the
9 Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation, for the fiscal
10 year July 1, 2001, to June 30, 2002, for continued support of
11 the handicapped children's clinic.
12 Section 2. (a) Payments to the Philadelphia Health and
13 Education Corporation for the MCP Hahnemann University on
14 account of the appropriations provided in section 1(a), (b) and
15 (c) shall be made quarterly by the Secretary of Education on the
16 basis of costs during the fiscal year and shall be conditioned
17 on continuing authority for inclusion on the Board of Trustees
18 of the Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation of a
19 minimum of five persons who are not elected officials and who
20 are appointed by the Governor, the President pro tempore of the
21 Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the
22 House of Representatives and the Minority Leader of the House of
23 Representatives for terms of office coterminous with that of the
24 respective appointing authority; and shall be further
25 conditioned on these appointees receiving full voting rights as
26 members of the board of trustees.
27 (b) Payments to the Philadelphia Health and Education
28 Corporation on account of the appropriations provided in section
29 (d) and (e) shall be made by the Secretary of Health in equal
30 quarterly payments.
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1 Section 3. (a) The Philadelphia Health and Education
2 Corporation for the MCP Hahnemann University shall provide full,
3 complete and accurate information as may be required by the
4 Department of Education or the chairman or the minority chairman
5 of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the chairman or
6 the minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the
7 House of Representatives.
8 (b) The Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation shall
9 provide full, complete and accurate information for the
10 appropriation under section (d) and (e) as may be required by
11 the Department of Health or the chairman or the minority
12 chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the
13 chairman or the minority chairman of the Appropriations
14 Committee of the House of Representatives.
15 Section 4. The Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation
16 for the MCP Hahnemann University shall report its revenues and
17 expenditures and present its financial statements in accordance
18 with generally accepted accounting principles and procedures for
19 educational institutions as set forth in the "Higher Education
20 Finance Manual (1975)" and the "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
21 Budget Instructions for the State System of Higher Education,
22 State-Related Universities and Non-State-Related Colleges and
23 Universities."
24 Section 5. The trustees of the Philadelphia Health and
25 Education Corporation for the MCP Hahnemann University shall
26 report on forms provided by the Department of Education to both
27 the chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations
28 Committee of the Senate and the chairman and minority chairman
29 of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives
30 by September 30, 2002, on how State-appropriated funds were
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1 expended for fiscal year 2001-2002 to reduce the costs to
2 Pennsylvania resident students or to provide services to
3 Pennsylvania residents.
4 Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 2001, or
5 immediately, whichever is later.
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