Full Title
AN ACT INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY FOR TERTIARY GENERAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES OF THE DR. JOSE N. RODRIGUEZ MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND SANITARIUM IN TALA, CALOOCAN CITY FROM TWO HUNDRED (200) TO EIGHT HUNDRED (800) BEDS, REAPPORTIONING THE AUTHORIZED TWO THOUSAND (2,000) BED CAPACITY OF THE HOSPITAL, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9420, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.
Date of Approval
April 12, 2019

Legislative History

Legislative History
Entitled:
AN ACT INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY FOR TERTIARY GENERAL HEALTH CARE OF THE DR. JOSE N. RODRIGUEZ MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND SANITARIUM IN TALA, CALOOCAN CITY FROM TWO HUNDRED (200) TO EIGHT HUNDRED (800) BEDS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9420, ENTITLED ‘AN ACT CONVERTING TWO HUNDRED (200) BEDS OF THE 2,000-BED DR. JOSE N. RODRIGUEZ MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND SANITARIUM FOR TERTIARY GENERAL HEALTH CARE, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR’ AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
[ THIRD REGULAR SESSION, 17TH CONGRESS ]
[ 2018 ]
8/30/2018 Introduced by Senator JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO;
9/3/2018 Read on First Reading and Referred to the Committee(s) on HEALTH AND DEMOGRAPHY; and FINANCE;
[ 2019 ]
1/29/2019 Returned and submitted jointly by the Committee(s) on HEALTH AND DEMOGRAPHY and FINANCE per Committee Report No. 594, recommending its approval with amendments, taking into consideration HBN-7063;
1/29/2019 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business;
1/29/2019 Sponsor: Senator JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO;
1/29/2019 Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order;
1/29/2019 Omnibus sponsorship speech of Senator JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO on 16 bills (HBNos. 7355, 7717, 8435, 8248, 7811 and 7037; and SBNos. 1963, 1966, 1965, 2187, 2188, 2062, 1961, 1690, 1768 and 1968);
1/30/2019 Period of interpellation closed;
1/30/2019 Period of committee amendments;
1/30/2019 Period of committee amendments closed;
1/30/2019 Period of individual amendments closed;
1/30/2019 Approved on Second Reading with Amendments;
1/31/2019 Printed copies were distributed to the Senators;
2/4/2019 Approved on Third Reading;
2/4/2019 In favor: (15) MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY, FRANKLIN M. DRILON, SHERWIN T. GATCHALIAN, RICHARD J. GORDON, GREGORIO B. HONASAN II, RISA HONTIVEROS, PANFILO M. LACSON, EMMANUEL "MANNY" D. PACQUIAO, AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL, GRACE L. POE, RALPH G. RECTO, VICENTE C. SOTTO III, JOEL VILLANUEVA, CYNTHIA A. VILLAR and JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI;
2/4/2019 Against: (None) ;
2/4/2019 Abstention: (None) ;
2/7/2019 Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence;
2/8/2019 House of Representatives adopted SBN-1961 as an amendment to HBN-7063 on February 7, 2019; (See: O.B. dated June 4, 2019)
2/28/2019 Letter from Senate Secretary Atty. Myra Marie D. Villarica, dated February 26, 2019, transmitting nine (9) enrolled copies of SBN-1961, which was adopted as an amendment to HBN-7063, for the signature of Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Acting Secretary General of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dante Roberto P. Maling;
3/12/2019 Letter for Senate Secretary Myra Marie D. Villarica, dated March 11, 2019, returning eight (8) enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-1961 and HBN-7063, which were signed by Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and the Acting Secretary General of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dante Roberto P. Maling;
3/14/2019 Enrolled copies of SBN-1961 and HBN-7063, sent to the Office of the President of the Philippines through PLLO for the signature and approval of His Excellency, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte;
FINAL TITLE: AN ACT INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY FOR TERTIARY GENERAL HEALTH CARE OF THE DR. JOSE N. RODRIGUEZ MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND SANITARIUM IN TALA, CALOOCAN CITY FROM TWO HUNDRED (200) TO EIGHT HUNDRED (800) BEDS, REAPPORTIONING THE AUTHORIZED TWO THOUSAND (2,000) BED CAPACITY OF THE HOSPITAL, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9420, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
5/22/2019 Approved and signed into law, in consolidation with HBN-7063, by the President of the Philippines, His Excellency, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on April 12, 2019 and became
5/22/2019 REPPUBLIC ACT NO. 11286.
(Pursuant to paragraph g, Sec. 7, Rule V of the Rules of the Senate, R.A.No. 11286 (SBN-1961) with the pertinent documents transmitted to the Legislative Records and Archives Service for safekeeping and preservation on June 20, 2019)
(The legislative history/plenary deliberations is prepared by the INDEXING, MONITORING AND LIS SECTION, LEGISLATIVE BILLS AND INDEX SERVICE; The data entry on committee meetings is prepared by the Committee Affairs Bureau)

Committees

Committee Report No.
594

Other Details

Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Amendment Note
R.A. No. 9420
Related to Note
R.A. NO. 11260

Full Text of Issuance

115 OG No. 24, 5828 (June 17, 2019); Manila Bulletin, May 25, 2019

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11286, April 12, 2019 ]

AN ACT INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY FOR TERTIARY GENERAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES OF THE DR. JOSE N. RODRIGUEZ MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND SANITARIUM IN TALA, CALOOCAN CITY FROM TWO HUNDRED (200) TO EIGHT HUNDRED (800) BEDS, REAPPORTIONING THE AUTHORIZED TWO THOUSAND (2,000) BED CAPACITY OF THE HOSPITAL, AMENDING FOR TH E PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9420, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. Reapportion of Bed Capacity. - The authorized two hundred (200) beds for tertiary general hospital services of the Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital and Sanitarium located in Tala, Caloocan City is hereby increased to eight hundred (800) beds, thereby reapportioning the authorized two thousand (2,000) bed capacity of the said hospital amending for the purpose Republic Act No. 9420. The remaining one thousand two hundred (1,200) beds are for leprosy services.

SEC. 2. Upgrade of Existing Service Facilities. - The existing professional health care services and facilities of the Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital and Sanitarium are hereby upgraded to conform and be commensurate to the increase in the bed capacity for tertiary general hospital services, as provided in Section 1 hereof.

SEC. 3. Upgrade of Existing Professional health Care Services. - The existing workforce of the Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital and Sanitarium shall also be correspondingly increased. The Department of Health (DOH), in coordination with the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) and the Civil Service Commission (CSC), and after consultation with the Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital and Sanitarium, shall determine the additional plantilla positions to be created pursuant to this Act.

SEC. 4. Implementation. - The increase in bed capacity for tertiary general hospital use of the Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital and Sanitarium from two hundred (200) to eight hundred (800) beds, shall be implemented consistent with the development plan of the hospital.

SEC. 5. Appropriation. - The Secretary of Health shall include in the Department's program the operationalization of the increase in beds for tertiary general health care purposes in the Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital and Sanitarium from two hundred (200) to eight hundred (800) beds, the initial funding of which shall be charged against the current year's appropriations of the hospital. Thereafter, the funds necessary for its continued operational shall be included in the General Appropriations Act (GAA).

SEC. 6. Separability Clause. - 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.

SEC. 7. Repealing Clause. - 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.

SEC. 8. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in any newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,

(SGD.) VICENTE C. SOTTO III            President of the Senate (SGD.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO            Speaker of the House of Representatives

This Act was passed by the Senate of the Philippines as Senate Bill No. 1961 on February 4, 2019 and adopted by the House of Representatives as an amendment to House Bill No. 7063 on February 7, 2019.  

(SGD.) MYRA MARIE D. VILLARICA            Secretary of the Senate (SGD.) DANTE ROBERTO P. MALING            Acting Secretary General House of Representatives

Approved: APR 12 2019

(SGD.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE    President of the Philippines   

 

 

 

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