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Republic Act
Approved January 3, 2019

Republic Act No. 11167

An act increasing the bed capacity of the biliran provincial hospital in its proposed relocation site in barangay larrazabal, municipality of naval, province of biliran, from seventy-five (75) to two hundred (200) beds, and appropriating funds therefor

An Act Increasing the Bed Capacity of the Biliran Provincial Hospital in its Proposed Relocation Site in Barangay Larrazabal, Municipality of Naval, Province of Biliran, From Seventy-Five (75) to Two Hundred (200) Beds, and Appropriating Funds Therefor

In plain language

The act increases the bed capacity of Biliran Provincial Hospital from 75 to 200 beds, upgrades its facilities and staff, authorizes necessary funding, repeals conflicting laws, and takes effect 15 days after publication.

  • Increase bed capacity from 75 to 200 beds
  • Upgrade facilities and increase medical personnel
  • Provide provincial funds and include capital outlay in national program
  • Repeal conflicting laws (RA 7164 and RA 3875)
  • Effective 15 days after publication
Healthcare
Hospital
Bed Capacity
Biliran
Public Health

Seventeenth Congress Third Regular Session

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

REPUBLIC ACT No. 11167

An Act Increasing the Bed Capacity of the Biliran Provincial Hospital in its Proposed Relocation Site in Barangay Larrazabal, Municipality of Naval, Province of Biliran, From Seventy-Five (75) to Two Hundred (200) Beds, and Appropriating Funds Therefor

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:

Section 1

The bed capacity of the Biliran Provincial Hospital in its proposed relocation site in Barangay Larrazabal, Municipality of Naval, Province of Biliran, shall be increased from seventy-five (75) to two hundred beds.

Section 2

The existing hospital facilities and professional health care service of the Biliran Provincial Hospital are hereby upgraded and increased to conform with and be commensurate to the increase in bed capacity. The number of medical personnel shall be correspondingly increased.

Section 3

The Provincial Government of Biliran shall provide the necessary funds to support the increase in bed capacity of the Biliran Provincial Hospital and the corresponding upgrading of its facilities and services. The Secretary of Health shall include in the Department's program, subsidy support for the capital outlay requirements of the said hospital.

Section 4. Republic Act No

7164, entitled "An Act Increasing the Bed Capacity of the Naval General Hospital in the Municipality of Naval, Subprovince of Biliran, Leyte, From Twenty-Five (25) to Fifty (50) Beds, and Appropriating Funds Therefor" and Republic Act No. 3875, entitled "An Act Converting Naval Emergency Hospital in the Municipality of Naval, Province of Leyte, Into a General Hospital to be Known as Naval General Hospital, and Authorizing the Appropriation of Funds Therefor" are hereby repealed. All laws decrees, ordinances, rules and regulations, executive or administrative orders, and other presidential issuances inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.

Section 5

This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazetteor in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,

VICENTE C. SOTTO III President of the Senate

GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO Speaker of the House of Representatives

This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was passed by the House of Representatives on September 20, 2017, amended by the Senate on July 24, 2018, and which amendment was concurred in by the House of Representatives on October 1, 2018.

MYRA MARIE D. VILLARICA

Secretary of the Senate

DANTE ROBERTO P. MALING

Acting Secretary General House of Representatives

Approved: January 3, 2019

RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE

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.