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. 11325
An Act Upgrading the Mindanao Central Sanitarium in Pasobolong, Zamboanga City into a Tertiary Level Hospital, Increasing its Bed Capacity for General Care Services From Fifty (50) 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 Mindanao Central Sanitarium located in Pasobolong, Zamboanga City is hereby upgraded into a tertiary level hospital and its authorized bed capacity for general care services increased from fifty (50) to two hundred (200) beds. The increase in the bed capacity shall be implemented consistent with the development plan of the hospital.
Section 2
The existing hospital facilities, professional health care services and human resource are also hereby upgraded and increased to be commensurate to the increase in bed capacity. The Department of Health, in coordination with the Department of Budget and Management and the Mindanao Central Sanitarium, shall determine the additional staff plantilla to be created pursuant to this Act.
Section 3
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 4
If any provision or part of this Act is declared unconstitutional, the remaining parts or provisions not affected shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 5
All other laws, decrees, orders, issuances, rules and regulations, or parts thereof which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.
Section 6
This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in any newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,
(Sgd) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO Speaker of the House of Representatives
(Sgd) VICENTE C. SOTTO III President of the Senate
This Act was passed by the Senate of the Philippines as Senate Bill No. 1963 on February 6, 2019 and adopted by the House of Representatives as an amendment to House Bill No. 7062 on February 8, 2019.
DANTE ROBERTO P. MALING
Acting Secretary General House of Representatives
MYRA MARIE D. VILLARICA
Secretary of the Senate
RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE
President of the Philippines
Approved: April 17, 2019.
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