[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11560, June 24, 2021 ]

AN ACT INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF THE SINAIT DISTRICT HOSPITAL IN SINAIT, ILOCOS SUR FROM TWENTY-FIVE (25) BEDS TO ONE HUNDRED (100) BEDS 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 Sinait District Hospital in Sinait, Ilocos Sur  is hereby increased from twenty-five (25) to one hundred (100) beds. Any future increase in bed capacity shall be consistent with the hospital development plan.

SEC. 2. The existing professional health care services and facilities of the Sinait District Hospital are also hereby upgraded to conform with and be commensurate to the increase in bed capacity as provided for in Section 1 hereof.

SEC. 3. The Provincial Government of Ilocos Sur shall provide the necessary funds for the maintenance and other operating expenses of the Sinait District Hospital. It shall also allocate funds for the appropriate adjustments in its human resource complement to support the increase in bed capacity and the corresponding upgrading of its service facilities and professional health care services. The amount of Two hundred million pesos (P200,000,000.00) is hereby appropriated for the implementation of this Act which shall be included and funded under the 2022 General Appropriations Act under the Health Facilities Enhancement Program (HFEP) of the Department of Health.

SEC. 4. Republic Act No. 6302, entitled "An Act Establishing an Emergency Hospital in the Municipality of Sinait, Province of Ilocos Sur, and appropriating funds therefor" is hereby amended accordingly.

SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,

This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was passed by the House of Representatives on June 3, 2020, amended by the  Senate of the Philippines on May 31, 2021, and which amendment was concurred in by the House of Representatives on June 2, 2021.

Approved: JUN 24 2021

(SGD.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE
    President of the Philippines   

Source: Supreme Court E-Library