PRINTER'S NO. 3576
No. 2497 Session of 2002
INTRODUCED BY FLEAGLE, APRIL 8, 2002
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, APRIL 8, 2002
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 $5,576,000 is hereby appropriated
6 to the Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, for the fiscal
7 year July 1, 2002, to June 30, 2003, for instruction in the
8 Doctor of Medicine program.
9 (b) The sum of $4,050,000 is hereby appropriated to the
10 Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, for the fiscal year
11 July 1, 2002, to June 30, 2003, 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 $53,000 is hereby appropriated to the
15 Trustees of Jefferson Medical College and Hospital,
16 Philadelphia, for the fiscal year July 1, 2002, to June 30,
17 2003, 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; and shall be further conditioned on
14 these appointees receiving full voting rights as members of the
15 board of trustees.
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, 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 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 chairman or the minority
22 chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the
23 chairman or the minority chairman of the Appropriations
24 Committee of the House of Representatives.
25 Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2002, or
26 immediately, whichever is later.
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