(a) The appropriation provided for the AHEC program in any fiscal year shall be as set in the general appropriations act.
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 68-1-1613
Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
(b) For fiscal years beginning on and after July 1, 1998, funds appropriated for the individual AHEC programs shall be allocated as follows:
(1) Sixteen and sixty-seven thousandths percent (16.67%) to East Tennessee State University for the Northeast Tennessee AHEC program;(2) Sixteen and sixty-seven thousandths percent (16.67%) to Meharry Medical College for the East Tennessee AHEC program;(3) Thirty-three and thirty-three thousandths percent (33.33%) to Meharry Medical College for the Middle Tennessee AHEC program; and(4) Thirty-three and thirty-three thousandths percent (33.33%) to the University of Tennessee, Memphis, for the West Tennessee AHEC program.(c) From the funds appropriated, the institutions shall distribute not less than seventy-five percent (75%) of the funds to the local AHEC programs. The institutions shall not require any organizational changes in the local AHEC programs unless federal law so requires such changes.
