SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 863 PRINTER'S NO. 2528
No. 830 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY FEESE, MARCH 14, 2005
SENATOR THOMPSON, APPROPRIATIONS, IN SENATE, RE-REPORTED AS
AMENDED, JULY 5, 2005
AN ACT
1 Making appropriations to the Philadelphia Health and Education
2 Corporation for the Colleges of Medicine, Public Health,
3 Nursing and Health Professions and for continuation of
4 pediatric services.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. (a) The sum of $7,495,000 is hereby appropriated
8 to the Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation for the
9 College of Medicine for the fiscal year July 1, 2005, to June
10 30, 2006, for instruction in the Doctor of Medicine program.
11 (b) The sum of $1,660,000 $1,668,000 is hereby appropriated <--
12 to the Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation for the
13 Colleges of Medicine, Public Health, Nursing and Health
14 Professions for the fiscal year July 1, 2005, to June 30, 2006,
15 for the general maintenance of the Colleges of Medicine, Public
16 Health and Nursing, including the Allied Health, Professions and
17 Graduate Schools, and for student aid.
1 (c) The sum of $296,000 is hereby appropriated to the
2 Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation for the fiscal
3 year July 1, 2005, to June 30, 2006, for minority educational
4 and recruitment programs.
5 (d) The sum of $248,000 $712,000 is hereby appropriated to <--
6 the Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation, for the
7 fiscal year July 1, 2005, to June 30, 2006, for continued
8 pediatric outpatient and inpatient treatment of severe
9 physically disabling diseases.
10 (e) The sum of $52,000 $149,000 is hereby appropriated to <--
11 the Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation, for the
12 fiscal year July 1, 2005, to June 30, 2006, for continued
13 support of the handicapped children's clinic.
14 (f) The sum of $1,943,000 is hereby appropriated to the
15 Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation, for the College
16 of Medicine for the fiscal year July 1, 2005, to June 30, 2006,
17 for operating expenses.
18 Section 2. (a) Payments to the Philadelphia Health and
19 Education Corporation on account of the appropriations provided
20 in section 1(a), (b), (c) and (f) shall be made quarterly by the
21 Secretary of Education on the basis of costs during the fiscal
22 year and shall be conditioned on continuing authority for
23 inclusion on the Board of Trustees of the Philadelphia Health
24 and Education Corporation of a minimum of five persons who are
25 not elected officials and who are appointed by the Governor, the
26 President pro tempore of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the
27 Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the
28 Minority Leader of the House of Representatives for terms of
29 office coterminous with that of the respective appointing
30 authority; and shall be further conditioned on these appointees
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1 receiving full voting rights as members of the board of
2 trustees.
3 (b) Payments to the Philadelphia Health and Education
4 Corporation on account of the appropriations provided in section
5 1(d) and (e) shall be made by the Secretary of Health in equal
6 quarterly payments.
7 Section 3. (a) The Philadelphia Health and Education
8 Corporation shall provide full, complete and accurate
9 information for the appropriations under section 1(a), (b), (c)
10 and (f) as may be required by the Department of Education or the
11 chairman or the minority chairman of the Appropriations
12 Committee of the Senate or the chairman or the minority chairman
13 of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives.
14 (b) The Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation shall
15 provide full, complete and accurate information for the
16 appropriations under section 1(d) and (e) as may be required by
17 the Department of Health or the chairman or the minority
18 chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the
19 chairman or the minority chairman of the Appropriations
20 Committee of the House of Representatives.
21 Section 4. The Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation
22 for the Colleges of Medicine, Public Health, Nursing and Health
23 Professions shall report its revenues and expenditures and
24 present its financial statements in accordance with generally
25 accepted accounting principles and procedures for educational
26 institutions as set forth in the "Higher Education Finance
27 Manual (1975)" and the "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Budget
28 Instructions for the State System of Higher Education, State-
29 Related Universities and Non-State-Related Colleges and
30 Universities."
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1 Section 5. The trustees of the Philadelphia Health and
2 Education Corporation for the Colleges of Medicine, Public
3 Health, Nursing and Health Professions shall report on forms
4 provided by the Department of Education to both the chairman and
5 minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate
6 and the chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations
7 Committee of the House of Representatives by September 30, 2006,
8 on how State-appropriated funds were expended for fiscal year
9 2005-2006 to reduce the costs to Pennsylvania resident students
10 or to provide services to Pennsylvania residents.
11 Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 2005, or
12 immediately, whichever is later.
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