An Act Providing for the Operation and Maintenance of a Hospital in the Municipality of Echague, Province of Isabela, to be Known as the Southern Isabela Hospital and Authorizing the Appropriation of Funds Therefor
Year:
1961
Category:
Other
Date Approved:
June 17, 1961
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This Act establishes a twenty-five bed hospital in Echague, Isabela, known as the Southern Isabela Hospital. It authorizes the appropriation of funds for its operation and maintenance, ensuring that necessary resources are allocated for healthcare in the municipality.Full Text
REPUBLIC ACT No. 3146
An Act Providing for the Operation and Maintenance of a Hospital in the Municipality of Echague, Province of Isabela, to be Known as the Southern Isabela Hospital and Authorizing the Appropriation of Funds Therefor
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:
Section 1. There shall be, under the direct supervision of the Director of Medical Services, a twenty-five bed hospital in the Municipality of Echague, Province of Isabela, to be known as the Southern Isabela Hospital. The site for the said hospital shall be provided by the Municipal Council of the Municipality of Echague, in consultation with the Director of Medical Services.
Section 2. The Secretary of Health shall promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry into effect the purpose of this Act.
Section 3. The sum of one hundred thousand pesos is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the operation and maintenance of the said hospital during the fiscal year nineteen hundred sixty-two: Provided, That no amount herein authorized to be appropriated will be released unless the Secretary of Health certifies that a suitable hospital building is available. Such sum as may be necessary for its operation and maintenance in subsequent years shall be included in the annual General Appropriation Acts.
Section 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: June 17, 1961.
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