AN ACT UPGRADING THE SERVICES AND FACILITIES OF THE LA UNION MEDICAL CENTER IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF AGOO, PROVINCE OF LA UNION BY INCREASING ITS BED CAPACITY TO THREE HUNDRED (300) AND ESTABLISHING THE INCREASE OF ITS PERSONNEL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Year:
2018
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Other
Date Approved:
September 28, 2018
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This Act aims to upgrade the services and facilities of the La Union Medical Center by increasing its bed capacity from 100 to 300 beds. It also authorizes the hiring of additional personnel and appropriates funds necessary for the implementation of these upgrades.Full Text
Seventeenth Congress
Third Regular Session
[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11083, September 28, 2018 ]
AN ACT UPGRADING THE SERVICES AND FACILITIES OF THE LA UNION MEDICAL CENTER IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF AGOO, PROVINCE OF LA UNION BY INCREASING ITS BED CAPACITY TO THREE HUNDRED (300) AND ESTABLISHING THE INCREASE OF ITS PERSONNEL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
Section 1. The services and facilities of the La Union Medical Center (LUMC) in the Municipality of Agoo, Province of La Union shall be upgraded and, accordingly, its bed capacity shall be increased from one hundred (100) to three hundred (300) beds, and a trauma center shall be established therein. The increase in bed capacity shall be done gradually over a three (3)-year period.
Section 2. The LUMC, through its Board of Trustees, is hereby authorized to increase and hire additional employees corresponding to the upgrading of its services and facilities and increase in bed capacity. The Chief of Hospital of the LUMC shall coordinate with the Department of Health,, the Department of Budget and Management and the Civil Service Commission for the efficient and effective implementation of this Act.
Section 3. The Provincial Government of La Union and the LUMC are hereby authorized to provide the funds from their respective budgets necessary for the implementation of this Act.
Section 4. The Secretary of Health, shall include in the Department's program the subsidy support for the capital outlay requirements of the said medical center.
Section 5. All laws, decrees, ordinances, rules and regulations, executive or administrative orders, and other presidential issuances inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.
Section 6. This Act shall effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in any newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,
This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on September 25, 2017 and July 24, 2018, respectively.
Approved: SEP 28 2018
(Sgd.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE
President of the Philippines
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