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Entitled: AN ACT INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF THE SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES MEDICAL CENTER IN DAVAO CITY FROM ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED (1,200) TO ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED (1,500) BEDS, UPGRADING ITS PROFESSIONAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES AND FACILITIES, AUTHORIZING THE INCREASE OF ITS MEDICAL PERSONNEL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR [ 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. 590, recommending its approval with amendments, taking into consideration HBN-7061; 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: (14) MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY, FRANKLIN M. DRILON, SHERWIN T. GATCHALIAN, RICHARD J. GORDON, GREGORIO B. HONASAN II, RISA HONTIVEROS, PANFILO M. LACSON, LOREN B. LEGARDA, EMMANUEL "MANNY" D. PACQUIAO, AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL, 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-1965 as an amendment to HBN-7061 on February 7, 2019; (See: O.B. dated June 4, 2019) 3/11/2019 Letter from Senate Secretary Atty. Myra Marie D. Villarica, dated March 6, 2019, transmitting nine (9) enrolled copies of SBN-1965 which was adopted as an amendment to HBN-7061, for the signature of Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Acting Secretary General of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dante Roberto P. Maling; 3/19/2019 Letter for Senate Secretary Myra Marie D. Villarica, dated March 18, 2019, returning eight (8) enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-1965 and HBN-7061, which were signed by Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and the Acting Secretary General of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dante Roberto P. Maling; 3/21/2019 Enrolled copies of SBN-1965 which was adopted as an amendment to HBN-7061, sent to the Office of the President of the Philippines through PLLO for the signature and approval of His Excellency, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte; 6/30/2019 Approved and signed into law, in consolidation with HBN-7061, by the President of the Philippines, His Excellency, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on April 17, 2019 and became (Communication received by the LBIS on July 23, 2019) 6/30/2019 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11326. (See: O.B. dated August 19, 2019, 18th Congress) (Pursuant to paragraph g, Sec. 7, Rule V of the Rules of the Senate, SBN-1965 with pertinent documents transmitted to the Archives for safekeeping and preservation on November 18, 2020) (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)
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115 OG No. 34, 9256 (August 26, 2019)
[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11326, April 17, 2019 ]
AN ACT INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF THE SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES MEDICAL CENTER IN DA VAC) CITY FROM ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED (1,200) TO ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED (1,500) BEDS, UPGRADING ITS PROFESSIONAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES AND FACILITIES. AUTHORIZING THE INCREASE OF ITS MEDICAL PERSONNEL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
SECTION 1. The authorized bed capacity of the Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) is hereby increased from one thousand two hundred (1.200) to one thousand, five hundred (1.500) beds. The increase in bed capacity shall be implemented consistent with the development plan of the hospital.
SEC. 2. The existing hospital facilities and professional health care services of the SPMC are also hereby upgraded and increased to conform with and be commensurate to the increase in bed capacity.
SEC. 3. Upon prior consultation with the SPMC, the Department of Health shall, in coordination with the Department of Budget and Management and the Civil Service Commission, determine the additional plantilla positions to be created pursuant to this Act.
SEC. 4. The Secretary of Health shall immediately include in the Department's program the implementation of this Act. the funding of which shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
SEC. 5. 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. 6. Section 3 of Republic Act No. 1859, as amended, is hereby further amended accordingly. 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. 7. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication m the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,
(SGD.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO Speaker of the House of Representatives | (SGD.) VICENTE C. SOTTO III Speaker of the Senate |
This Act was passed by the Senate of the Philippines as Senate Bill No. 1965 on February 4, 2019 and adopted by the House of Representatives as an amendment to House Bill No. 7061 on February 7, 2019.
(SGD.) DANTE ROBERTO P. MALING Acting Secretary General of the House of Representatives | (SGD.) MYRA MARIE D. VILLARICA Secretary of the Senate |
Approved: APR 17 2019
(SGD.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE President of the Philippines
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