QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 11885)
It increases the authorized bed capacity of the Unayan Municipal Hospital in Binidayan, Lanao del Sur from ten (10) to fifty (50) beds.
From ten (10) beds to fifty (50) beds.
Any future increase must be consistent with a hospital development plan prepared by the Chief of Hospital and submitted to the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) through the Ministry of Health.
The existing professional health care services and facilities must be upgraded to conform with and be commensurate to the increased bed capacity.
The existing workforce (doctors, nurses, and support personnel) must be increased correspondingly.
The Bangsamoro Autonomous Government.
It must also appropriate funds for the additional human resource complement needed to support the increase in bed capacity and the upgrading of services and facilities.
The Secretary of the DOH shall include, in the DOH subsidy program, support for the capital outlay requirements of the Unayan Municipal Hospital.
It refers to funding for investments in fixed assets or major equipment needed to support the hospital’s capital needs (e.g., facilities and essential equipment) associated with the bed capacity increase.
It provides that all laws, executive orders, issuances, rules, and regulations inconsistent with the Act are modified accordingly.
It takes effect fifteen (15) days after publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
Section 1 increases bed capacity to fifty (50) and requires that any future increase must follow a hospital development plan prepared by the Chief of Hospital and submitted to BARMM’s Ministry of Health.
To ensure that the hospital’s services, facilities, and workforce are upgraded/increased commensurately with the larger bed capacity—promoting effective and adequate health care delivery.
The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (through its Ministry of Health) and the Bangsamoro Autonomous Government.
It originated in the House of Representatives and was passed by the House on September 27, 2021 and by the Senate on May 31, 2022.