Full Title
AN ACT INCREASING THE MINIMUM BED CAPACITY OF ZAMBOANGA CITY MEDICAL CENTER FROM TWO HUNDRED FIFTY (250) TO FIVE HUNDRED (500), AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 2 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7272
Date of Approval
August 28, 2013

Other Details

Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Bill Note
Amendment Note
RA 7272, sec. 2

Official Gazette

Official Gazette Source
Official Gazette vol. 109 no. 43 page 7262 (October 28, 2013)

Newspaper Source Detail

Newspaper Source
Manila Bulletin (September 4, 2013)

Full Text of Issuance

H. No. 425; 109 OG No. 43, 7262 (October 28, 2013); Manila Bulletin, September 4, 2013

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10613, August 28, 2013 ]

AN ACT INCREASING THE MINIMUM BED CAPACITY OF THE ZAMBOANGA CITY MEDICAL CENTER FROM TWO HUNDRED FIFTY (250) TO FIVE HUNDRED (500), AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 2 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7272

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

SECTION 1. Section 2 of Republic Act No. 7272 is hereby amended to read as follows:

“SEC. 2. The Medical Center shall serve as the principal hospital facility of Region IX. It shall have an increase in the bed capacity from two hundred fifty (250) to five hundred (500). The increase in bed capacity shall be implemented for a period of not more than three (3) years from the approval of this Act.”

SEC. 2. 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. 3. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,

  (Sgd.)   JINGGOY EJERCITO ESTRADA Acting Senate President (Sgd.)   FELICIANO BELMONTE JR. Speaker of the House of Representatives  

This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was finally passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on March 23, 2011 and June 6, 2013, respectively.

  (Sgd.)   EMMA LIRIO-REYES Secretary of the Senate (Sgd.)   MARILYN B BARUA-YAP Secretary General House of Representatives  

Approved: AUG 28 2013

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

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