PRINTER'S NO. 3575
No. 2496 Session of 2002
INTRODUCED BY FLEAGLE, APRIL 8, 2002
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, APRIL 8, 2002
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 $7,735,000 is hereby appropriated
7 to the Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation for the MCP
8 Hahnemann University for the fiscal year July 1, 2002, to June
9 30, 2003, for instruction in the Doctor of Medicine program.
10 (b) The sum of $1,708,000 is hereby appropriated to the
11 Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation for the MCP
12 Hahnemann University for the fiscal year July 1, 2002, to June
13 30, 2003, 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 $305,000 is hereby appropriated to the
18 Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation for the MCP
1 Hahnemann University for the fiscal year July 1, 2002, to June
2 30, 2003, for minority educational and recruitment programs.
3 (d) The sum of $751,000 is hereby appropriated to the
4 Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation, for the fiscal
5 year July 1, 2002, to June 30, 2003, for continued pediatric
6 outpatient and inpatient treatment of severe physically
7 disabling diseases.
8 (e) The sum of $158,000 is hereby appropriated to the
9 Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation, for the fiscal
10 year July 1, 2002, to June 30, 2003, for continued support of
11 the handicapped children's clinic.
12 (f) The sum of $2,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the
13 Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation, for the MCP
14 Hahnemann University for the fiscal year July 1, 2002, to June
15 30, 2003, for operating expenses.
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 (f) 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; and shall be
29 further conditioned on these appointees receiving full voting
30 rights as members of the board of trustees.
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1 (b) Payments to the Philadelphia Health and Education
2 Corporation on account of the appropriations provided in section
3 1(d) and (e) shall be made by the Secretary of Health in equal
4 quarterly payments.
5 Section 3. (a) The Philadelphia Health and Education
6 Corporation for the MCP Hahnemann University shall provide full,
7 complete and accurate information for the appropriations under
8 section 1(a), (b), (c) and (f) as may be required by the
9 Department of Education or the chairman or the minority chairman
10 of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the chairman or
11 the minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the
12 House of Representatives.
13 (b) The Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation shall
14 provide full, complete and accurate information for the
15 appropriations under section 1(d) and (e) as may be required by
16 the Department of Health or the chairman or the minority
17 chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the
18 chairman or the minority chairman of the Appropriations
19 Committee of the House of Representatives.
20 Section 4. The Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation
21 for the MCP Hahnemann University shall report its revenues and
22 expenditures and present its financial statements in accordance
23 with generally accepted accounting principles and procedures for
24 educational institutions as set forth in the "Higher Education
25 Finance Manual (1975)" and the "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
26 Budget Instructions for the State System of Higher Education,
27 State-Related Universities and Non-State-Related Colleges and
28 Universities."
29 Section 5. The trustees of the Philadelphia Health and
30 Education Corporation for the MCP Hahnemann 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, 2003, on how State-appropriated funds were
6 expended for fiscal year 2002-2003 to reduce the costs to
7 Pennsylvania resident students or to provide services to
8 Pennsylvania residents.
9 Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 2002, or
10 immediately, whichever is later.
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