An Act Establishing and Constructing a Hospital for the Philippine Coast Guard, its Personnel, Employees, Their Dependents and the Retired Uniformed Personnel to be Known as the Philippine Coast Guard General Hospital and Appropriating Funds Therefor

Seventeenth Congress
Third Regular Session

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

REPUBLIC ACT No. 11372

An Act Establishing and Constructing a Hospital for the Philippine Coast Guard, its Personnel, Employees, Their Dependents and the Retired Uniformed Personnel to be Known as the Philippine Coast Guard General Hospital and Appropriating Funds Therefor

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress assembled:

Section 1. Short Title.— This Act shall be known as the "Philippine Coast Guard General Hospital Act".

Section 2. Declaration of Policy.— It is the policy of the State to adopt an integrated and comprehensive approach to health development which shall endeavor to make essential goods, health and other social services available to all people at affordable cost. Towards this end, and in order to adequately respond to emergencies, disasters and emerging diseases, the State shall protect the interest and promote the well-being.and the medical needs of the Coast Guard personnel, their dependents and retired uniformed personnel.

Section 3. Philippine Coast Guard General Hospital.— To carry out the above policy, a hospital for the personnel and employees of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), their dependents and the retired uniformed personnel is hereby established to be known as the Philippine Coast Guard General Hospital. The hospital shall be located in the Coast Guard Base, Taguig, Lower Bicutan, Taguig City.

Section 4. Objectives.— To ensure the availability, accessibility and affordability of quality health care, the Philippine Coast Guard General Hospital shall have the following objectives:

As used in this Act, dependents refer to: (1) the legitimate spouse dependent for support upon the concerned PCG personnel; (2) the legitimate, illegitimate, or legally adopted children, primarily dependent upon and living with the Coast Guard personnel if such child is not more than twenty-one (21) years of age, unmarried and not gainfully employed, or is over the age of majority but incapacitated and incapable of self-support due to a mental or physical defect; and (3) the parents dependent upon the PCG personnel for support.

Section 5. Administration.— Upon the effectivity of this Act, the Philippine Coast Guard General Hospital shall be administered by a board of directors consisting of:

Section 6. Powers and Responsibilities of the Board of Directors.— The board of directors of the Philippine Coast Guard General Hospital shall have the following powers and responsibilities:

Section 7. Appropriations.— The Secretary of Transportation shall immediately include in the Department’s programs the construction and operationalization of the Philippine Coast Guard General Hospital, the funding of which shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

Section 8. Repealing Clause. -All laws, decrees, executive orders, rules and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

Section 9. Effectivity. -This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,

(Sgd) VICENTE C. SOTTO III
President of the Senate

(Sgd) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO
Speaker of the House of Representatives

This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate of the Philippines on January 29, 2019 and June 3, 2019, respectively.

(Sgd) MYRA MARIE D. VILLARICA
Secretary of the Senate

(Sgd) DANTE ROBERTO P. MALING
Acting Secretary General
House of Representatives

(Sgd) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE
President of the Philippines

Approved: August 8, 2019.