Section 68-1-1613 - Annual appropriations - Allocation of funds(a) The appropriation provided for the AHEC program in any fiscal year shall be as set in the general appropriations act.(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.Acts 1998, ch. 928, § 14.