HOUSE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1767 PRINTER'S NO. 1949
No. 1366 Session of 2000
INTRODUCED BY GERLACH, TILGHMAN AND CONTI, MARCH 17, 2000
AS RE-REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, MAY 15, 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 $500,000 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 CARDIOVASCULAR STUDIES.
8 (d) (E) The sum of $3,000,000 $4,000,000 is hereby <--
9 appropriated to the Philadelphia Health and Education
10 Corporation for the MCP Hahnemann University for the fiscal year
11 July 1, 2000, to June 30, 2001, for transition expenses.
12 (e) (F) The sum of $791,000 is hereby appropriated to the <--
13 Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation, for the fiscal
14 year July 1, 2000, to June 30, 2001, for continued pediatric
15 outpatient and inpatient treatment of severe physically
16 disabling diseases.
17 (f) (G) The sum of $166,000 is hereby appropriated to the <--
18 Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation, for the fiscal
19 year July 1, 2000, to June 30, 2001, for continued support of
20 the handicapped children's clinic.
21 Section 2. (a) Payments to the Philadelphia Health and
22 Education Corporation for the MCP Hahnemann University on
23 account of the appropriations provided in section 1(a), (b), (c) <--
24 and (d) (C), (D) AND (E) shall be made quarterly by the <--
25 Secretary of Education on the basis of costs during the fiscal
26 year and shall be conditioned on continuing authority for
27 inclusion on the Board of Trustees of the Philadelphia Health
28 and Education Corporation of a minimum of five persons who are
29 not elected officials and who are appointed by the Governor, the
30 President pro tempore of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the
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1 Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the
2 Minority Leader of the House of Representatives for terms of
3 office coterminous with that of the respective appointing
4 authority; AND SHALL BE FURTHER CONDITIONED ON THESE APPOINTEES <--
5 RECEIVING FULL VOTING RIGHTS AS MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF
6 TRUSTEES.
7 (b) Payments to the Philadelphia Health and Education
8 Corporation on account of the appropriations provided in section
9 1(e) and (f) 1(F) AND (G) shall be made by the Secretary of <--
10 Health in equal quarterly payments.
11 Section 3. (a) The Philadelphia Health and Education
12 Corporation for the MCP Hahnemann University shall provide full,
13 complete and accurate information as may be required by the
14 Department of Education or the chairman or the minority chairman
15 of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the chairman or
16 the minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the
17 House of Representatives.
18 (b) The Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation shall
19 provide full, complete and accurate information for the
20 appropriation under section 1(e) and (f) 1(F) AND (G) as may be <--
21 required by the Department of Health or the chairman or the
22 minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate
23 or the chairman or the minority chairman of the Appropriations
24 Committee of the House of Representatives.
25 Section 4. The Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation
26 for the MCP Hahnemann University shall report its revenues and
27 expenditures and present its financial statements in accordance
28 with generally accepted accounting principles and procedures for
29 educational institutions as set forth in the "Higher Education
30 Finance Manual (1975)" and the "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
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1 Budget Instructions for the State System of Higher Education,
2 State-Related Universities and Non-State-Related Colleges and
3 Universities."
4 Section 5. The trustees of the Philadelphia Health and
5 Education Corporation for the MCP Hahnemann University shall
6 report on forms provided by the Department of Education to both
7 the chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations
8 Committee of the Senate and the chairman and minority chairman
9 of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives
10 by September 30, 2001, on how State-appropriated funds were
11 expended for fiscal year 2000-2001 to reduce the costs to
12 Pennsylvania resident students or to provide services to
13 Pennsylvania residents.
14 Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 2000, or
15 immediately, whichever is later.
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