AN ACT INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF THE CARAGA REGIONAL HOSPITAL IN BARANGAY WASHINGTON, SURIGAO CITY, SURIGAO DEL NORTE FROM ONE HUNDRED FIFTY (150) TO FIVE HUNDRED (500) BEDS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Eighteenth Congress
First Regular Session

Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-second day of July, two thousand nineteen.

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11472, June 19, 2020 ]

AN ACT INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF THE CARAGA REGIONAL HOSPITAL IN BARANGAY WASHINGTON, SURIGAO CITY, SURIGAO DEL NORTE FROM ONE HUNDRED FIFTY (150) 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 authorized bed capacity of the Caraga Regional Hospital located in Barangay Washington, Surigao City, Province of Surigao del Norte, is hereby increased from one hundred fifty (150) to five hundred (500) beds.

Section 2. The increase in bed capacity of the Caraga Regional Hospital from one hundred fifty (150) to five hundred (500) beds shall be implemented consistent with the development plan of the hospital.

Section 3. The existing service facilities and the professional health services of the Caraga Regional Hospital are hereby upgraded and increased to conform with and be commensurate to the increase in bed capacity as provided for in Section 1 hereof.

Section 4. The Department of Health (DOH), in coordination with the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) and the Civil Service Commission (CSC), and in consultation with the management of the Caraga Regional Hospital, shall determine the additional plantilla positions to be created and filled up in the workforce of the said hospital.

Section 5. The chief of the hospital shall develop a hospital development plan to be submitted to the DOH to reflect the development goals of the hospital, consistent with the increase in bed capacity and service capability as provided in Sections 1 and 3 hereof. Request for the staffing requirements, capital outlay investments and budgetary needs for operations shall be based on the hospital development plan.

Section 6. The Secretary of the DOH shall include in the Department's programs the implementation of this Act, the funding of which shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

Section 7. 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.

Section 8. Republic Act No. 8255, entitled "An Act Converting the Surigao del Norte Provincial Hospital in Surigao City Into a Regional Training Hospital to be Known as Caraga Regional Hospital, and Appropriating Funds Therefor", is hereby amended accordingly. All laws, executive orders, issuances, rules and regulations inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

Section 9. 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 December 4, 2019, amended by the Senate of the Philippines on March 9, 2020, and which amendments were concurred in by the House of Representatives on March 11, 2020.

Approved: JUN 19 2020