PRINTER'S NO. 2818
No. 2000 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY COHEN, GEIST, JOSEPHS, BELFANTI, GEORGE,
CALTAGIRONE, JAMES, YOUNGBLOOD, WATERS, K. SMITH, SIPTROTH,
SHIMKUS, SANTONI, SABATINA, PARKER, M. O'BRIEN, MURT, MANN,
LEACH, HORNAMAN, HARKINS, GOODMAN, BRENNAN, HESS, W. KELLER
AND MYERS, NOVEMBER 2, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, NOVEMBER 2, 2007
AN ACT
1 Making an appropriation from the General Fund to the Department
2 of Health for the purpose of funding a grant for antibiotic
3 research and development to find a cure for streptococcus
4 pneumonias for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. The sum of $5,000,000 is hereby appropriated to
8 the Department of Health for the fiscal year July 1, 2008, to
9 June 30, 2009, for a grant to fund antibiotic research and
10 development to find a cure for streptococcus pneumonias, also
11 known as "the superbug."
12 Section 2. The grant shall be awarded by competitive bid to
13 a nonprofit health research institute located within this
14 Commonwealth.
15 Section 3. Award of the grant shall be decided by the
16 Secretary of Health.
17 Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2008, or
1 immediately, whichever is later.
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