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Entitled: AN ACT CONVERTING THE BICOL SANITARIUM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CABUSAO, PROVINCE OF CAMARINES SUR, INTO A GERIATRIC AND GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER TO BE KNOWN AS THE ‘BICOL REGIONAL GERIATRIC MEDICAL CENTER’, UPGRADING ITS SERVICE FACILITIES, AUTHORIZING THE INCREASE OF ITS MEDICAL PERSONNEL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR [ SECOND REGULAR SESSION, 17TH CONGRESS ] [ 2018 ] 1/22/2018 Introduced by Senator FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO; 1/23/2018 Read on First Reading and Referred to the Committee(s) on HEALTH AND DEMOGRAPHY; and FINANCE; 5/23/2018 Returned and submitted jointly by the Committee(s) on HEALTH AND DEMOGRAPHY and FINANCE per Committee Report No. 378, recommending its approval with amendments, taking into consideration HBN-6551; 5/23/2018 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business; 5/23/2018 Sponsor: Senator JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO; 5/23/2018 Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order; 5/23/2018 Omnibus Sponsorship speech of Senator JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO; 5/28/2018 Period of interpellation closed; 5/28/2018 Period of committee amendments; 5/28/2018 Period of committee amendments closed; 5/28/2018 Period of individual amendments closed; 5/28/2018 Approved on Second Reading with amendments; AMENDED TITLE: AN ACT EXPANDING THE MANDATE AND SERVICE CAPABILITY OF THE BICOL SANITARIUM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CABUSAO, PROVINCE OF CAMARINES SUR, TO BE KNOWN AS THE ‘BICOL REGION GENERAL HOSPITAL AND GERIATRIC MEDICAL CENTER, UPGRADING ITS SERVICE FACILITIES, AUTHORIZING THE INCREASE OF ITS MEDICAL PERSONNEL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR 6/6/2018 Printed copies were distributed to the Senators; [ THIRD REGULAR SESSION ] 7/24/2018 Approved on Third Reading; 7/24/2018 In favor: (20) Senators JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA, PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" AQUINO IV, MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY, FRANKLIN M. DRILON, JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO, 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, GRACE L. POE, RALPH G. RECTO, VICENTE C. SOTTO III, ANTONIO "SONNY" F. TRILLANES, JOEL VILLANUEVA, CYNTHIA A. VILLAR and JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI; 7/24/2018 Against: (None) ; 7/24/2018 Abstention: (None) ; 8/1/2018 Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence; 9/11/2018 House of Representatives adopted SBN-1654 as an amendment to HBN-6551 on September 10, 2018;(See: O.B. dated 9/12/2018) 9/25/2018 Letter for Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, dated September 24, 2018, transmitting nine (9) enrolled copies of SBN-1654 which was adopted as an amendment to HBN-6551, for the signature of the Speaker and the Secretary General of the House of Representatives; 10/3/2018 Letter from Acting Secretary General of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dante Roberto P. Maling, dated October 2, 2018, returning eight (8) enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-1654 and HBN-6551, which were signed by the Speaker and the Secretary General of the House of Representatives; 10/4/2018 Enrolled copies of SBN-1654 which was adopted as amendment to HBN-6551, sent to the Office of the President of the Philippines, through PLLO for the signature and approval of His Excellency, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte; [ 2019 ] 1/16/2019 Approved and signed into law by the President of the Philippines, His Excellency, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on October 30, 2018 and became 1/16/2019 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11108. (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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Manila Bulletin, November 16, 2018
[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11108, October 30, 2018 ]
AN ACT EXPANDING THE MANDATE AND SERVICE CAPABILITY OF THE BICOL SANITARIUM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CABUSAO, PROVINCE OF CAMARINES SUR, TO BE KNOWN AS THE BICOL REGION GENERAL HOSPITAL AND GERIATRIC MEDICAL CENTER, UPGRADING ITS SERVICE 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 mandate and services of the Bicol Sanitarium located in the Municipality of cabusao, Province of camarines Sur is hereby expanded to include sanitaria, general hospital services, and specialized health care services for adult and ageing population, as well as a center for research and development in the field of geriatric medicine.
The Bicol Sanitarium shall be renamed as the Bicol Region General Hospital and Geriatric Medical Center (BRGHGMC).
SEC. 2. The existing hospital facilities and professional health care services of the BRGHGMC are hereby upgraded and increased to conform with and be commensurate to the increase in bed capacity. The facility will continously work to manage and support the leprosy eradication program of the Department of Health (DOH) especially in Bicol. The number of medical personnel shall be correspondingly increased.
SEC. 3. All personnel, medical and non-medical records, assets and properties, including land and buildings, facilities, and equipment, sites, and improvements thereof, obligations, funds, and appropriations of the Bicol Sanitarium, including the Bicol Sanitarium, including the Bicol Skin Clinic located in Legazpi City, Province of Albay are hereby transferred to BRGHGMC.
SEC. 4. The DOH, in coordination with the Civil Service Commission, the Department of Budget and management and DOH Regional Health Office V, shall promulgate the conversion plan and organizational and staffing pattern of the said specialty medical center.
SEC. 5. The Secretary of Health shall immediately include in the Department's programs the operationalization of the BRGHGMC for a period of not more than three (3) years, the initial funding of which shall be charged against the current year's appropriations of the Bicol Sanitarium. Thereafter, the amount necessary for its continued operation shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
SEC. 6. The DOH, through its Regional Health Office V Director and Medical Center Chief, in coordination with concerned national and local government units, shall also prepare the mechnisms for sourcing supplementary funds to augment the operations of the BRGHGMC.
SEC. 7. Act 1711 of the Philippine Commission on the establishment of the Bicol Treatment Station in Legazpi City, Albay, is hereby repealed. All laws, executive orders, issuances, rules and regulations inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
SEC. 8. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in 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 President of the Senate |
This Act was passed by the Senate of the Philippines as Senate Bill No. 1654 on July 24, 2018 and adopted by the House of Representatives as an amendment to House Bill No. 6551 on September 10, 2018.
| (SGD.) DANTE ROBERTO P. MALING Acting Secretary General House of Representatives | (SGD.) MYRA MARIE D. VILLARICA Secretary of the Senate |
Approved: OCT 30 2018
(SGD.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE President of the Philippines
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