Question & AnswerQ&A (BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 597)
The title is 'An Act Establishing a Municipal Hospital in the Municipality of Bucay, Province of Abra, to be Known as the Bucay Municipal Hospital.'
The main purpose is to establish a ten-bed municipal hospital in the Municipality of Bucay, Province of Abra, called the Bucay Municipal Hospital.
It shall be established in the Municipality of Bucay, Province of Abra.
The Bucay Municipal Hospital is authorized to have ten beds.
The initial amount allocated shall not exceed seven hundred fifty thousand pesos (₱750,000).
It shall be funded out of the appropriations authorized by Batas Pambansa Blg. 230 for the Ministry of Health intended for new or expanded hospitals.
Such sums necessary for its operation and maintenance shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
The Act took effect upon its approval on June 24, 1983.
The Batasang Pambansa in session assembled enacted the law.
Yes, it provides for operation and maintenance funding to be included in future General Appropriations Acts.