Full Title
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.
Digital Resource
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Congress
16th Congress of the Republic
Senate Bill
S. No. 2767
SBN-2767, AS FILED
House Bill
H. No. 5276
Legislative History
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Floor Activity
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Committee Report Senate Link
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Date of Approval
April 26, 2016

Legislative History

Entitled:
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 (1200) BED CAPACITY, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFORE
[ SECOND REGULAR SESSION, 16TH CONGRESS ]
[ 2015 ]
5/18/2015 Introduced by Senator TEOFISTO "TG" GUINGONA III;
5/18/2015 Read on First Reading and Referred to the Committee(s) on HEALTH AND DEMOGRAPHY; and FINANCE;
[ THIRD REGULAR SESSION ]
11/9/2015 Returned and submitted jointly by the Committee(s) on HEALTH AND DEMOGRAPHY and FINANCE per Committee Report No. 291, recommending its approval with amendments, taking into consideration HBN-5276;
11/10/2015 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business;
11/10/2015 Sponsor: Senator TEOFISTO "TG" GUINGONA III;
12/15/2015 Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order;
12/15/2015 Sponsorship speech of Senator TEOFISTO "TG" GUINGONA III;
[ 2016 ]
1/20/2016 Period of interpellation closed;
1/20/2016 Period of amendment closed;
1/20/2016 Approved on Second Reading without Amendment;
1/21/2016 Printed Copies were distributed to the Senators;
1/25/2016 Approved on Third Reading;
1/25/2016 In favor: (15) JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA, PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" AQUINO IV, MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY, PIA S. CAYETANO, FRANKLIN M. DRILON, JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO, JUAN PONCE ENRILE, TEOFISTO "TG" GUINGONA III, GREGORIO B. HONASAN II, MANUEL "LITO" M. LAPID, LOREN B. LEGARDA, AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL, GRACE L. POE, VICENTE C. SOTTO III and CYNTHIA A. VILLAR;
1/25/2016 Against: N o n e ;
1/25/2016 Abstention: N o n e ;
1/26/2016 Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence;
1/27/2016 Letter of Senator CYNTHIA A. VILLAR dated January 25, 2016, requesting that she be made coauthor of SBN-2767, received by the LBIS;
2/1/2016 House of Representatives adopted SBN-2767 as an amendment to HBN-5276 on January 25, 2016;
3/2/2016 Enrolled copies of SBN-2767 which was adopted as an amendment to HBN-5276, sent to the House of Representatives for the signature of the Speaker and the Secretary General;
3/29/2016 Enrolled copies of SBN-2767 which was adopted as an amendment to HBN-5276, received by the Senate already signed by the Speaker and the Secretary General of the House of Representatives;
3/31/2016 Enrolled copies of SBN-2767 which was adopted as an amendment to HBN-5276, sent to the Office of the President of the Philippines, for the signature and approval of His Excellency, President Benigno S. Aquino III;
5/30/2016 Approved and signed into law, in consolidation with HBN-5276, by the President of the Philippines, His Excellency President Benigno S. Aquino III on April 26, 2016 and became
5/30/2016 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10770
(Pursuant to paragraph g, Sec. 7, Rule V of the Rules of the Senate, R.A.No. 10770 (SBN-2767/HBN-5276) with pertinent documents transmitted to the Legislative Records and Archives Service for safekeeping and preservation on May 10, 2016)
(Prepared by the INDEXING, MONITORING AND LIS SECTION, LEGISLATIVE BILLS AND INDEX SERVICE)

Committees

Committee Report No.
291
Committee Referral
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Other Details

Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance
Legislative Issuance Type
Republic Act
Bill Note
Senate Bill First in Billing
Subjects
HOSPITALS, PUBLIC -- CEBU CITY
RA - 10770
VICENTE SOTTO MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER

Full Text of Issuance

S. No. 2767 H. No. 5276 ; Philippines Star (May 02, 2016)

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10770, April 26, 2016 ]

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.

SEC. 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.

SEC. 3. The Department of Health is directed to implement this Act.

SEC. 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 General
House of Representatives(Sgd.) OSCAR G. YABES
Secretary of the Senate
Approved: APR 26 2016

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

 

 

 

 

 

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