PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1709 PRINTER'S NO. 2225
No. 1381 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY ARGALL, MAY 6, 2003
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
JUNE 25, 2003
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 $5,282,000 is hereby appropriated
6 to the Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, for the fiscal
7 year July 1, 2003, to June 30, 2004, for instruction in the
8 Doctor of Medicine program.
9 (b) The sum of $3,847,000 is hereby appropriated to the
10 Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, for the fiscal year
11 July 1, 2003, to June 30, 2004, 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 $49,000 is hereby appropriated to the
15 Trustees of Jefferson Medical College and Hospital,
16 Philadelphia, for the fiscal year July 1, 2003, to June 30,
17 2004, for a comprehensive program relating to persons with Tay-
1 Sachs disease.
2 (D) AS A CONDITION OF RECEIVING ITS APPROPRIATION UNDER THIS <--
3 ACT, ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2004, THE MEDICAL SCHOOL SHALL, WHEN
4 ACCEPTING FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS FOR THE NEXT TERM, SET ASIDE 5% OF
5 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS FOR STUDENTS WHO AGREE THAT UPON
6 RECEIPT OF THEIR MEDICAL LICENSE, THEY WILL ENGAGE IN THE
7 PRACTICE OF MEDICINE FOR A PERIOD OF FOUR YEARS IN AN AREA
8 WITHIN THIS COMMONWEALTH TERMED AS MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED OR IN A
9 PRIMARY CARE HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREA AS REPORTED BY
10 THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
11 Section 2. (a) Payments to the Thomas Jefferson University
12 on account of the appropriations provided in section 1(a) and
13 (b) shall be made quarterly by the Secretary of Education on the
14 basis of costs during the fiscal year and shall be conditioned
15 on continuing authority for inclusion on the Board of Trustees
16 of the Thomas Jefferson University of a minimum of five
17 individuals who are not elected officials and who are appointed,
18 one each, by the Governor, the President pro tempore of the
19 Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the
20 House of Representatives and the Minority Leader of the House of
21 Representatives, for terms of office coterminous with that of
22 their appointing authority; and shall be further conditioned on
23 these appointees receiving full voting rights as members of the
24 board of trustees.
25 (b) The Thomas Jefferson University shall provide full,
26 complete and accurate information as may be required by the
27 Department of Education or the chairman or the minority chairman
28 of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the chairman or
29 the minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the
30 House of Representatives.
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1 (c) The Thomas Jefferson University shall report its
2 revenues and expenditures and present its financial statements
3 in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and
4 procedures for educational institutions as set forth in the
5 "Higher Education Finance Manual (1975)" and the "Commonwealth
6 of Pennsylvania Budget Instructions for the State System of
7 Higher Education, State-Related Universities and Non-State-
8 Related Colleges and Universities."
9 (d) The trustees of the Thomas Jefferson University shall
10 report on forms provided by the Department of Education to both
11 the chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations
12 Committee of the Senate and the chairman and minority chairman
13 of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives
14 by September 30, 2004, on how State-appropriated funds were
15 expended for fiscal year 2003-2004 to reduce the costs to
16 Pennsylvania resident students or to provide services to
17 Pennsylvania residents.
18 Section 3. (a) Payment to Jefferson Medical College and
19 Hospital on account of the appropriation relating to Tay-Sachs
20 disease as provided for in section 1(c) shall be made by the
21 Secretary of Health in equal quarterly payments and shall be
22 conditioned upon a program which shall include the detection of
23 Tay-Sachs disease in the community, counseling of individuals
24 and families, education of the public, coordination of research
25 into the treatment for Tay-Sachs disease and the expansion of
26 genetic diagnostic services and treatment of persons with the
27 disease.
28 (b) Jefferson Medical College and Hospital shall provide
29 full, complete and accurate information as may be required by
30 the Department of Health or the chairman or the minority
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1 chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the
2 chairman or the minority chairman of the Appropriations
3 Committee of the House of Representatives.
4 SECTION 4. ANY MONEYS APPROPRIATED BY THIS ACT THAT ARE <--
5 APPLIED ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS TO STUDENTS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
6 LIMITED TO STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, SHALL BE APPLIED IN
7 SUCH A MANNER THAT 75% OF THE APPROPRIATED FUNDS ARE USED FOR
8 STUDENTS WHO ARE RESIDENTS OF THIS COMMONWEALTH.
9 Section 4 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003, or <--
10 immediately, whichever is later.
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