QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 11330)
The referenced law is Republic Act No. 11330. Its main purpose is to convert the Dinaig Municipal Hospital in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao into a 50-bed district hospital (Datu Odin Sinsuat District Hospital), upgrade its facilities and professional health care services, authorize additional medical personnel, and appropriate funds.
The Dinaig Municipal Hospital in the Municipality of Datu Odin Sinsuat, Province of Maguindanao is converted into a 50-bed district hospital, to be known as the Datu Odin Sinsuat District Hospital.
It is a fifty (50)-bed capacity district hospital.
It requires that the existing hospital facilities and professional health care services be upgraded and increased commensurate to the increase in bed capacity.
The Department of Health (DOH), in coordination with the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) and the Civil Service Commission (CSC), shall determine the additional positions to be created.
Section 2 authorizes upgrading and increasing professional health care services commensurate with increased bed capacity, and directs DOH (with DBM and CSC) to determine additional positions.
The Provincial Government of Maguindanao shall continue to provide funding.
The Secretary of Health shall include in the DOH’s subsidy program support for the capital outlay requirements of the district hospital.
Capital outlay requirements of the district hospital.
If any provision or part is declared unconstitutional, the remaining parts or provisions not affected remain in full force and effect (separability clause).
All other laws, decrees, orders, issuances, rules and regulations, or parts thereof that are inconsistent with RA 11330 are repealed, amended, or modified accordingly.
It shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in any newspaper of general circulation.
The conversion legally changes the facility’s classification and capacity requirements, and triggers mandated upgrades, expansion of services, and authorized additional staffing commensurate with the increased bed capacity.
The DOH, DBM, and CSC are expressly mentioned for determining additional positions to be created.
The Provincial Government of Maguindanao continues funding (Section 3), while the Secretary of Health/DOH must include capital outlay support in the subsidy program (Section 3).
Yes, it authorizes the creation of additional positions indirectly by directing that DOH (with DBM and CSC) determine the additional positions pursuant to the Act, commensurate with increased bed capacity.