Full Title
AN ACT INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF VALENZUELA MEDICAL CENTER IN THE CITY OF VALENZUELA, FROM TWO HUNDRED (200) TO FIVE HUNDRED (500) BEDS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.
Date of Approval
April 17, 2019

Legislative History

Legislative History
Entitled:
AN ACT INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF VALENZUELA MEDICAL CENTER IN THE CITY OF VALENZUELA, FROM TWO HUNDRED (200) TO FIVE HUNDRED (500) BEDS, 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. 589, recommending its approval with amendments, taking into consideration HBN-7327;
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: (13) 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, 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-1966 as an amendment to HBN-7327 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-1966 which was adopted as an amendment to HBN-7327, 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-1966 and HBN-7327, 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-1966 which was adopted as an amendment to HBN-7327, 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-7327, 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. 11327. (See: O.B. dated August 19, 2019, 18th Congress)
(Pursuant to paragraph g, Sec. 7, Rule V of the Rules of the Senate, SBN-1966 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)

Committees

Committee Report No.
589

Other Details

Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Repeal Note
R.A. No. 9421
R.A. No. 7218

Full Text of Issuance

115 OG No. 34, 9257 (August 26, 2019)

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11327, April 17, 2019 ]

AN ACT INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF VALENZUELA MEDICAL CENTER IN THE CITY OF VALENZUELA, FROM TWO HUNDRED (200) TO FIVE HUNDRED (500) BEDS, 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 Valenzuela Medical Center in the City of Valenzuela shall be increased from two hundred (200) to five hundred (500) beds. The increase in the bed capacity shall be implemented consistent with the development plan of the hospital.

SEC. 2. The existing hospital facilities, professional health care services and health human resource of the Valenzuela Medical Center are hereby upgraded to conform and be commensurate to the increase in its bed capacity.

SEC. 3. The Secretary of Health shall immediately include in the Department's programs the implementation of this Act, the funding of which shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SEC. 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.

SEC. 5. Republic Act No. 7218. as amended, entitled, "An Act, Increasing the Bed Capacity of the Valenzuela District Hospital in Valenzuela, Metro Manila, from Twenty-Five (25) to One Hundred (100) Beds, and Appropriating Funds Therefor" and. Republic Act No. 9421, entitled, "An Act Upgrading the Valenzuela General Hospital in the City of Valenzuela, Metro Manila Into a Two Hundred Bed Capacity Tertiary Level Hospital to be Known as the Valenzuela Medical Center and Appropriating Funds Therefor", are hereby repealed. 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. 6. This Act shall take effect fifteen (3 5) 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             Speaker of the Senate

This Act was passed by the Senate of the Philippines as Senate Bill No. 1966 on February 4, 2019 and adopted by the House of Representatives as an amendment to House Bill No. 7327 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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