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Republic Act
Approved 2019-02-14

Republic Act No. 11208

An act increasing the bed capacity of rizal medical center in pasig city from three hundred (300) to five hundred (500) beds and appropriating funds therefor

An Act Increasing the Bed Capacity of Rizal Medical Center in Pasig City From Three Hundred (300) to Five Hundred (500) Beds and Appropriating Funds Therefor

In plain language

The Republic Act increases the bed capacity of Rizal Medical Center (RMC) in Pasig City from 300 to 500 beds, upgrades its equipment, facilities, and infrastructure, implements the increase for up to three years, and becomes effective 15 days after publication.

  • Increase bed capacity from 300 to 500 beds at RMC
  • Upgrade medical equipment and facilities to match increased capacity
  • Implement increase for up to three years
  • Funds to be included in annual General Appropriations Act
  • Effectivity 15 days after publication
Healthcare
Bed Capacity
Rizal Medical Center
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. 11208

An Act Increasing the Bed Capacity of Rizal Medical Center in Pasig City From Three Hundred (300) to Five Hundred (500) Beds and Appropriating Funds Therefor

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

Section 1

The authorized bed capacity of the Rizal Medical Center (RMC) in Pasig City is hereby upgraded from three hundred (300) to five hundred (500) beds.

Section 2

The existing medical equipment and facilities, its operating funds and construction of the needed infrastructure of the RMC are hereby upgraded to conform with and commensurate to the increase in bed capacity as provided in Section 1 hereof.

Section 3

The increase in bed capacity of RMC from three hundred (300) to five hundred (500) beds shall be implemented for a period of not more than three (3) years from the approval of this Act. The Secretary of Health shall immediately include in the Departments programs the said implementation, the funding of which shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

Section 4

This Act shall take effect 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 amendment was concurred in by the House of Representatives on November 20, 2018.

MYRA MARIE D. VILLARICA Secretary of the Senate

DANTE ROBERTO P. MALING Acting Secretary General House of Representatives

Approved: February 14, 2019

(Sgd.) 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.