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                                                      PRINTER'S NO. 3690

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 2510 Session of 2006


        INTRODUCED BY FEESE, MARCH 14, 2006

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, MARCH 14, 2006

                                     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, 2006, to June
    10  30, 2007, for instruction in the Doctor of Medicine program.
    11     (b)  The sum of $1,668,000 is hereby appropriated to the
    12  Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation for the Colleges
    13  of Medicine, Public Health, Nursing and Health Professions for
    14  the fiscal year July 1, 2006, to June 30, 2007, for the general
    15  maintenance of the Colleges of Medicine, Public Health and
    16  Nursing, including the Allied Health, Professions and Graduate
    17  Schools, and for student aid.
    18     (c)  The sum of $296,000 is hereby appropriated to the


     1  Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation for the fiscal
     2  year July 1, 2006, to June 30, 2007, for minority educational
     3  and recruitment programs.
     4     (d)  The sum of $712,000 is hereby appropriated to the
     5  Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation, for the fiscal
     6  year July 1, 2006, to June 30, 2007, for continued pediatric
     7  outpatient and inpatient treatment of severe physically
     8  disabling diseases.
     9     (e)  The sum of $149,000 is hereby appropriated to the
    10  Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation, for the fiscal
    11  year July 1, 2006, to June 30, 2007, for continued support of
    12  the handicapped children's clinic.
    13     (f)  The sum of $1,943,000 is hereby appropriated to the
    14  Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation, for the College
    15  of Medicine for the fiscal year July 1, 2006, to June 30, 2007,
    16  for operating expenses.
    17     Section 2.  (a)  Payments to the Philadelphia Health and
    18  Education Corporation on account of the appropriations provided
    19  in section 1(a), (b), (c) and (f) shall be made quarterly by the
    20  Secretary of Education on the basis of costs during the fiscal
    21  year and shall be conditioned on continuing authority for
    22  inclusion on the Board of Trustees of the Philadelphia Health
    23  and Education Corporation of a minimum of five persons who are
    24  not elected officials and who are appointed by the Governor, the
    25  President pro tempore of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the
    26  Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the
    27  Minority Leader of the House of Representatives for terms of
    28  office coterminous with that of the respective appointing
    29  authority; and shall be further conditioned on these appointees
    30  receiving full voting rights as members of the board of
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     1  trustees.
     2     (b)  Payments to the Philadelphia Health and Education
     3  Corporation on account of the appropriations provided in section
     4  1(d) and (e) shall be made by the Secretary of Health in equal
     5  quarterly payments.
     6     Section 3.  (a)  The Philadelphia Health and Education
     7  Corporation shall provide full, complete and accurate
     8  information for the appropriations under section 1(a), (b), (c)
     9  and (f) as may be required by the Department of Education or the
    10  chairman or the minority chairman of the Appropriations
    11  Committee of the Senate or the chairman or the minority chairman
    12  of the Appropriations Committee of the 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 Colleges of Medicine, Public Health, Nursing and Health
    22  Professions shall report its revenues and expenditures and
    23  present its financial statements in accordance with generally
    24  accepted accounting principles and procedures for educational
    25  institutions as set forth in the "Higher Education Finance
    26  Manual (1975)" and the "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Budget
    27  Instructions for the State System of Higher Education, State-
    28  Related Universities and Non-State-Related Colleges and
    29  Universities."
    30     Section 5.  The trustees of the Philadelphia Health and
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     1  Education Corporation for the Colleges of Medicine, Public
     2  Health, Nursing and Health Professions shall report on forms
     3  provided by the Department of Education to both the chairman and
     4  minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate
     5  and the chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations
     6  Committee of the House of Representatives by September 30, 2007,
     7  on how State-appropriated funds were expended for fiscal year
     8  2006-2007 to reduce the costs to Pennsylvania resident students
     9  or to provide services to Pennsylvania residents.
    10     Section 6.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2006, or
    11  immediately, whichever is later.













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