PRINTER'S NO. 3691
No. 2511 Session of 2006
INTRODUCED BY FEESE, MARCH 14, 2006
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, MARCH 14, 2006
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 $5,402,000 is hereby appropriated
6 to the Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, for the fiscal
7 year July 1, 2006, to June 30, 2007, for instruction in the
8 Doctor of Medicine program.
9 (b) The sum of $4,116,000 is hereby appropriated to the
10 Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, for the fiscal year
11 July 1, 2006, to June 30, 2007, 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, 2006, to June 30,
17 2007, 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. The legislative appointee under this
16 subsection with the most seniority on the board must be a member
17 of the executive committee of the board. The legislative
18 appointee who is second most senior on the board must be a
19 member of the finance committee of the board. The legislative
20 appointee who is on the executive committee shall, within two
21 weeks of each executive committee meeting, send each legislative
22 appointee to the board a written summary of the meeting.
23 (b) The Thomas Jefferson University shall provide full,
24 complete and accurate information as may be required by the
25 Department of Education or the chairman or the minority chairman
26 of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the chairman or
27 the minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the
28 House of Representatives.
29 (c) The Thomas Jefferson University shall report its
30 revenues and expenditures and present its financial statements
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1 in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and
2 procedures for educational institutions as set forth in the
3 "Higher Education Finance Manual (1975)" and the "Commonwealth
4 of Pennsylvania Budget Instructions for the State System of
5 Higher Education, State-Related Universities and Non-State-
6 Related Colleges and Universities."
7 (d) The trustees of the Thomas Jefferson University shall
8 report on forms provided by the Department of Education to both
9 the chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations
10 Committee of the Senate and the chairman and minority chairman
11 of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives
12 by September 30, 2007, on how State-appropriated funds were
13 expended for fiscal year 2006-2007 to reduce the costs to
14 Pennsylvania resident students or to provide services to
15 Pennsylvania residents.
16 Section 3. (a) Payment to Jefferson Medical College and
17 Hospital on account of the appropriation relating to Tay-Sachs
18 disease as provided for in section 1(c) shall be made by the
19 Secretary of Health in equal quarterly payments and shall be
20 conditioned upon a program which shall include the detection of
21 Tay-Sachs disease in the community, counseling of individuals
22 and families, education of the public, coordination of research
23 into the treatment for Tay-Sachs disease and the expansion of
24 genetic diagnostic services and treatment of persons with the
25 disease.
26 (b) Jefferson Medical College and Hospital shall provide
27 full, complete and accurate information as may be required by
28 the Department of Health or the chairman or the minority
29 chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the
30 chairman or the minority chairman of the Appropriations
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1 Committee of the House of Representatives.
2 Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006, or
3 immediately, whichever is later.
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