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                                 SENATE AMENDED
        PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1709, 2225               PRINTER'S NO. 3146

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 1381 Session of 2003


        INTRODUCED BY ARGALL, MAY 6, 2003

        AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, IN SENATE, DECEMBER 19, 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. THE LEGISLATIVE APPOINTEE UNDER THIS           <--
    25  SUBSECTION WITH THE MOST SENIORITY ON THE BOARD MUST BE A MEMBER
    26  OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD.
    27     (b)  The Thomas Jefferson University shall provide full,
    28  complete and accurate information as may be required by the
    29  Department of Education or the chairman or the minority chairman
    30  of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the chairman or
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     1  the minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the
     2  House of Representatives.
     3     (c)  The Thomas Jefferson University shall report its
     4  revenues and expenditures and present its financial statements
     5  in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and
     6  procedures for educational institutions as set forth in the
     7  "Higher Education Finance Manual (1975)" and the "Commonwealth
     8  of Pennsylvania Budget Instructions for the State System of
     9  Higher Education, State-Related Universities and Non-State-
    10  Related Colleges and Universities."
    11     (d)  The trustees of the Thomas Jefferson University shall
    12  report on forms provided by the Department of Education to both
    13  the chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations
    14  Committee of the Senate and the chairman and minority chairman
    15  of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives
    16  by September 30, 2004, on how State-appropriated funds were
    17  expended for fiscal year 2003-2004 to reduce the costs to
    18  Pennsylvania resident students or to provide services to
    19  Pennsylvania residents.
    20     Section 3.  (a)  Payment to Jefferson Medical College and
    21  Hospital on account of the appropriation relating to Tay-Sachs
    22  disease as provided for in section 1(c) shall be made by the
    23  Secretary of Health in equal quarterly payments and shall be
    24  conditioned upon a program which shall include the detection of
    25  Tay-Sachs disease in the community, counseling of individuals
    26  and families, education of the public, coordination of research
    27  into the treatment for Tay-Sachs disease and the expansion of
    28  genetic diagnostic services and treatment of persons with the
    29  disease.
    30     (b)  Jefferson Medical College and Hospital shall provide
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     1  full, complete and accurate information as may be required by
     2  the Department of Health or the chairman or the minority
     3  chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the
     4  chairman or the minority chairman of the Appropriations
     5  Committee of the House of Representatives.
     6     Section 4.  Any moneys appropriated by this act that are       <--
     7  applied on an individual basis to students, including, but not
     8  limited to student financial assistance, shall be applied in
     9  such a manner that 75% of the appropriated funds are used for
    10  students who are residents of this Commonwealth.
    11     Section 5 4.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2003, or      <--
    12  immediately, whichever is later.












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