SENATE AMENDED PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 3186, 3333 PRINTER'S NO. 3438
No. 2394 Session of 2000
INTRODUCED BY BARLEY, MARCH 16, 2000
SENATOR TILGHMAN, APPROPRIATIONS, IN SENATE, AS AMENDED, MAY 1, 2000
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 $5,869,000 is hereby appropriated 6 to the Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, for the fiscal 7 year July 1, 2000, to June 30, 2001, for instruction in the 8 Doctor of Medicine program. 9 (b) The sum of $4,263,000 is hereby appropriated to the 10 Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, for the fiscal year 11 July 1, 2000, to June 30, 2001, 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 $56,000 is hereby appropriated to the 15 Trustees of Jefferson Medical College and Hospital, 16 Philadelphia, for the fiscal year July 1, 2000, to June 30,
1 2001, for a comprehensive program relating to persons with Tay- 2 Sachs disease. 3 Section 2. (a) Payments to the Thomas Jefferson University 4 on account of the appropriations provided in section 1(a) and 5 (b) shall be made quarterly by the Secretary of Education on the 6 basis of costs during the fiscal year and shall be conditioned 7 on continuing authority for inclusion on the Board of Trustees 8 of the Thomas Jefferson University of a minimum of five 9 individuals who are not elected officials and who are appointed, 10 one each, by the Governor, the President pro tempore of the 11 Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the 12 House of Representatives and the Minority Leader of the House of 13 Representatives, for terms of office coterminous with that of 14 their appointing authority; and shall be further conditioned on 15 these appointees receiving full voting rights as members of the 16 board of trustees. 17 (b) The Thomas Jefferson University shall provide full, 18 complete and accurate information as may be required by the 19 Department of Education or the chairman or the minority chairman 20 of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the chairman or 21 the minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the 22 House of Representatives. 23 (c) The Thomas Jefferson University shall report its 24 revenues and expenditures and present its financial statements 25 in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and 26 procedures for educational institutions as set forth in the 27 "Higher Education Finance Manual (1975)" and the "Commonwealth 28 of Pennsylvania Budget Instructions for the State System of 29 Higher Education, State-Related Universities and Non-State- 30 Related Colleges and Universities." 20000H2394B3438 - 2 -
1 (d) The trustees of the Thomas Jefferson University shall 2 report on forms provided by the Department of Education to both 3 the chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations 4 Committee of the Senate and the chairman and minority chairman 5 of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives 6 by September 30, 2001, on how State-appropriated funds were 7 expended for fiscal year 2000-2001 to reduce the costs to 8 Pennsylvania resident students or to provide services to 9 Pennsylvania residents. 10 Section 3. (a) Payment to Jefferson Medical College and 11 Hospital on account of the appropriation relating to Tay-Sachs 12 disease as provided for in section 1(c) shall be made by the 13 Secretary of Health in equal quarterly payments and shall be 14 conditioned upon a program which shall include the detection of 15 Tay-Sachs disease in the community, counseling of individuals 16 and families, education of the public, coordination of research 17 into the treatment for Tay-Sachs disease and the expansion of 18 genetic diagnostic services and treatment of persons with the 19 disease. 20 (b) Jefferson Medical College and Hospital shall provide 21 full, complete and accurate information as may be required by 22 the Department of Health or the majority chairman or the <-- 23 minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate 24 or the majority chairman or the minority chairman of the <-- 25 Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives. 26 Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2000, or 27 immediately, whichever is later. B9L84RZ/20000H2394B3438 - 3 -