Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 3170)
The primary purpose of Republic Act No. 3170 is to convert the Sta. Maria Emergency Hospital in the Municipality of Sta. Maria, Province of Bulacan, into a general hospital to be known as the Sta. Maria General Hospital.
Under Republic Act No. 3170, the Sta. Maria Emergency Hospital is converted and renamed as the Sta. Maria General Hospital.
The Sta. Maria General Hospital is located in the Municipality of Sta. Maria, Province of Bulacan.
The Act authorizes the appropriation of one hundred fifty thousand pesos for the fiscal year 1962 to carry out the purpose of converting and operating the Sta. Maria General Hospital.
The fund is to be appropriated out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Yes, the Act provides that thereafter, the necessary sum for the hospital shall be included in the annual General Appropriation Acts.
This Act took effect upon its approval on June 17, 1961.
Republic Act No. 3170 was enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled.
Before this law, the Sta. Maria Emergency Hospital was an emergency hospital.
The conversion legally changes the classification and scope of the hospital’s services from emergency care to general hospital services, allowing it to operate as a general hospital and receive appropriate funding.