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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[June 21

Organizations Resource Fee, Urbana." The chancellor at the Urbana-Champaign campus recommends that the "Student Legal Services Plan," dated May 3, 1978, be adopted in its present form — as filed with the secretary of the board — and that the "Student Organizations Resource Fee, Urbana" — subject to technical adjustments — form the basis for operation of a Student Resource Fee for the Urbana campus. T h e plans would be implemented for the fall 1978 semester upon approval by the trustees of this fee proposal. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . L e n z , t h e s e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s w e r e a p p r o v e d . M r . H a h n a s k e d to b e r e c o r d e d as v o t i n g n o .

Contract for Graduate Medical Education Services, Rockford School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Medical Center

(16) In several prior actions the Board of Trustees has approved contractual arrangements with the Rockford Medical Education Foundation to assist with the graduate medical education program of the Rockford School of Medicine. The chancellor at the Medical Center has recommended that the University continue to reimburse the Rockford Medical Education Foundation for patient care services provided by residents assigned to the Office for Family Practice, Rockford School of Medicine. It is proposed that a contract be authorized with the Rockford Medical Education Foundation in an amount not to exceed $280,000 for this purpose in the 1978-79 fiscal year, subject to the availability of funds. Funds for this contract will be. included in the Rockford School of Medicine Medical Service Plan Operating Budget authorization request to be submitted to the Board of Trustees for FY 1979. The vice president for academic affairs and the vice president for administration concur. I recommend approval. T h e s t u d e n t a d v i s o r y v o t e w a s : Aye, M i s s C o n l o n , M r . O v e r s t r e e t , Miss W i n t e r ; no, none. O n m o t i o n of M r . L i v i n g s t o n , this r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s a p p r o v e d a n d a c o n t r a c t a u t h o r i z e d as p r o p o s e d b y t h e following v o t e : Aye, M r . F o r syth, M r . H a h n , M r . H o w a r d , M r . L e n z , M r . L i v i n g s t o n , M r s . R a d e r , M r s . Shepherd, M r . Velasquez: no, n o n e ; absent, M r . Neal, G o v e r n o r Thompson.

Renewal of Contract with West Side Veterans Administration Hospital, Medical Center

(17) On July 20, 1977, the Board of Trustees approved a contract with the West Side Veterans Administration Hospital for the sharing of specialized medical resources between the Veterans Administration Hospital and the University Hospital in order to minimize duplication of personnel, equipment, and space. Under the contract, each hospital bills the other hospital for services rendered to the other's patients. T h e dollar value of the care rendered at each institution for the other's patients is approximately equal. During the past year, there was a net advantage of $6,500 to the University; therefore, the University paid out no money. The chancellor at the Medical Center has now recommended that the contract with the West Side Veterans Administration Hospital be renewed for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1979. Full anticipated utilization of the contract for the coming year would result in a net cash benefit to the University Hospital of ap-