PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 3183 PRINTER'S NO. 3330
No. 2391 Session of 2000
INTRODUCED BY BARLEY, MARCH 16, 2000
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
APRIL 11, 2000
AN ACT
1 Making appropriations to the Philadelphia Health and Education
2 Corporation for the MCP Hahnemann University and for
3 continuation of pediatric services.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. (a) The sum of $8,142,000 is hereby appropriated
7 to the Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation for the MCP
8 Hahnemann University for the fiscal year July 1, 2000, to June
9 30, 2001, for instruction in the Doctor of Medicine program.
10 (b) The sum of $1,798,000 is hereby appropriated to the
11 Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation for the MCP
12 Hahnemann University for the fiscal year July 1, 2000, to June
13 30, 2001, for the general maintenance of the MCP Hahnemann
14 University, including the Allied Health, Professions and
15 Graduate School of the MCP Hahnemann University, and student
16 aid.
17 (c) The sum of $321,000 is hereby appropriated to the
1 Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation for the MCP
2 Hahnemann University for the fiscal year July 1, 2000, to June
3 30, 2001, for minority educational and recruitment programs.
4 (d) The sum of $3,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the
5 Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation for the MCP
6 Hahnemann University for the fiscal year July 1, 2000, to June
7 30, 2001, for transition expenses.
8 (e) The sum of $791,000 is hereby appropriated to the
9 Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation, for the fiscal
10 year July 1, 2000, to June 30, 2001, for continued pediatric
11 outpatient and inpatient treatment of severe physically
12 disabling diseases.
13 (f) The sum of $166,000 is hereby appropriated to the
14 Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation, for the fiscal
15 year July 1, 2000, to June 30, 2001, for continued support of
16 the handicapped children's clinic.
17 Section 2. (a) Payments to the Philadelphia Health and
18 Education Corporation for the MCP Hahnemann University on
19 account of the appropriations provided in section 1(a), (b), (c)
20 and (d) shall be made quarterly by the Secretary of Education on
21 the basis of costs during the fiscal year and shall be
22 conditioned on continuing authority for inclusion on the Board
23 of Trustees of the Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation
24 of a minimum of five persons who are not elected officials and
25 who are appointed by the Governor, the President pro tempore of
26 the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of
27 the House of Representatives and the Minority Leader of the
28 House of Representatives for terms of office coterminous with
29 that of the respective appointing authority; AND SHALL BE <--
30 FURTHER CONDITIONED ON THESE APPOINTEES RECEIVING FULL VOTING
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1 RIGHTS AS MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
2 (b) Payments to the Philadelphia Health and Education
3 Corporation on account of the appropriations provided in section
4 1(e) and (f) shall be made by the Secretary of Health in equal
5 quarterly payments.
6 Section 3. (a) The Philadelphia Health and Education
7 Corporation for the MCP Hahnemann University shall provide full,
8 complete and accurate information as may be required by the
9 Department of Education or the chairman or the minority chairman
10 of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the chairman or
11 the minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the
12 House of Representatives.
13 (b) The Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation shall
14 provide full, complete and accurate information for the
15 appropriation under section 1(e) and (f) 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 MCP Hahnemann University shall report its revenues and
22 expenditures and present its financial statements in accordance
23 with generally accepted accounting principles and procedures for
24 educational institutions as set forth in the "Higher Education
25 Finance Manual (1975)" and the "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
26 Budget Instructions for the State System of Higher Education,
27 State-Related Universities and Non-State-Related Colleges and
28 Universities."
29 Section 5. The trustees of the Philadelphia Health and
30 Education Corporation for the MCP Hahnemann University shall
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1 report on forms provided by the Department of Education to both
2 the chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations
3 Committee of the Senate and the chairman and minority chairman
4 of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives
5 by September 30, 2001, on how State-appropriated funds were
6 expended for fiscal year 2000-2001 to reduce the costs to
7 Pennsylvania resident students or to provide services to
8 Pennsylvania residents.
9 Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 2000, or
10 immediately, whichever is later.
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