Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 7444)
The main purpose of Republic Act No. 7444 is to increase the bed capacity of the Laurel Memorial District Hospital in the Municipality of Tanauan, Province of Batangas, from twenty-five (25) to fifty (50) beds.
The Laurel Memorial District Hospital in the Municipality of Tanauan, Province of Batangas is affected by the provisions of Republic Act No. 7444.
The Laurel Memorial District Hospital is authorized to have a total of fifty (50) beds according to Republic Act No. 7444.
Republic Act No. 7444 took effect upon its approval on April 27, 1992.
Section 2 of Republic Act No. 7444 provides that the amount necessary to carry out the provisions of the Act shall be included in the General Appropriations Act of the year following its enactment into law and thereafter.
Republic Act No. 7444 was approved by President Corazon C. Aquino.
The General Appropriations Act is significant because it includes the necessary funding to implement the increase in bed capacity as mandated by Republic Act No. 7444.
Republic Act No. 7444 was passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate of the Philippines.
The House of Representatives finally passed the Act on August 1, 1991, and the Senate on February 3, 1992.
No, Republic Act No. 7444 does not specify any penalties for non-compliance within its text.