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Republic Act
Approved April 26, 2016

Republic Act No. 10770

An act increasing the bed capacity of vicente sotto memorial medical center, located in cebu city, from eight hundred (800) to one thousand two hundred (1,200) bed capacity, and appropriating funds therefor

AN ACT INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF VICENTE SOTTO MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER, LOCATED IN CEBU CITY, FROM EIGHT HUNDRED (800) TO ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED (1,200) BED CAPACITY, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

In plain language

This act increases the bed capacity of Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center from 800 to 1,200 beds and appropriates funds for this purpose.

  • Increases bed capacity of Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center from 800 to 1,200 beds.
  • Funds for implementation included in the General Appropriations Act of the following year.
  • Department of Health directed to implement the act.
  • Act takes effect fifteen days after publication in two national newspapers.
Healthcare
Medical Facilities
Bed Capacity
Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center

Sixteenth Congress Third Regular Session

Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-seventh day of July, two thousand fifteen.

REPUBLIC ACT No. 10770

AN ACT INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF VICENTE SOTTO MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER, LOCATED IN CEBU CITY, FROM EIGHT HUNDRED (800) TO ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED (1,200) BED CAPACITY, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

Section 1

The bed capacity of Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center is hereby increased from eight hundred (800) to one thousand two hundred (1,200) beds.

Section 2

The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act shall be included in the General Appropriations Act of the year following its enactment into law and thereafter.

Section 3

The Department of Health is directed to implement this Act.

Section 4

This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in two (2) national newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,

| (Sgd.) FELICIANO BELMONTE JR. Speaker of the House of Representatives | (Sgd.) FRANKLIN M. DRILON President of the Senate |

Senate Bill No. 2767, which was approved by the Senate on January 25, 2016, was adopted by the House of Representatives as an amendment to House Bill No. 5276 on January 25, 2016.

| (Sgd.) MARILYN B. BARUA-YAP Secretary GeneralHouse of Representatives | (Sgd.) OSCAR G. YABES Secretary of the Senate |

Approved: APR 26 2016

(Sgd.) BENIGNO S. AQUINO, III President of the Philippines

For information and research only, and not legal advice. This text may not reflect later amendments. For certified copies, refer to the Official Gazette or the issuing agency.