Act
Approved January 10, 2019

Republic Act No. 11189

Republic act no. 11189

Republic Act No. 11189

In plain language

The Republic Act No. 11189 increases the bed capacity of St. Anthony Mother and Child Hospital (SAMCH) in Cebu City from 25 to 200 beds, upgrades facilities and workforce, appropriates funds, and establishes guidelines for implementation and repeal of inconsistent laws.

  • Increase bed capacity from 25 to 200 beds
  • Upgrade facilities and workforce
  • Implementation over four years
  • Appropriate funds via General Appropriations Act
  • Repeal of inconsistent laws
Healthcare
Hospital
Bed Capacity
Cebu
Philippines

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. 11189

An Act ncreasing the Bed Capacity of St. Anthony Mother and Child Hospital in Cebu City from Twenty-Five (25) to Two Hundred (200), 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 St

Anthony Mother and Child Hospital (SAMCH) is hereby increased from twenty-five (25) to two hundred (200) beds.

Section 2

The SAMCH shall primarily provide medical, maternity, and pediatric care to the urban poor in Region VII, particularly in Cebu City.

Section 3

The SAMCHs existing service facilities and professional health care services are also hereby upgraded to conform with and be commensurate to the bed capacity increase as provided in Section 1 hereof.

Section 4

The existing workforce of the SAMCH shall also be correspondingly increased. The Department of Health, in coordination with the Department of Budget and Management and the Civil Service Commission, shall determine the additional plantilla positions to be created and filled up upon prior consultation with the SAMCH.

Section 5

The increase in the bed capacity of the SAMCH shall be implemented incrementally for a period of not more than four (4) years from the approval of this Act.

Section 6

The Secretary of Health shall immediately include in the Departments programs the implementation of this Act, the funding of which shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

Section 7

The Department of Health shall issue the necessary rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this Act.

Section 8

All laws, decrees, orders, issuances, rules and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

Section 9

This Act shall take effect within fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or 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 November 28, 2017, amended by the Senate on July 24, 2018, and which amendments were concurred in by the House of Representatives on October 10, 2018.

MYRA MARIE D. VILLARICA

Secretary of the Senate

DANTE ROBERTO P. MALING

Acting Secretary General House of Representatives

Approved: January 10, 2019

RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE

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.