QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 11081)
It increases the hospital’s authorized bed capacity from two hundred (200) to five hundred (500) beds.
The Veterans Regional Hospital in Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya is renamed as the Region II Trauma and Medical Center.
Section 1.
Section 2.
Section 3 mandates that the existing facilities and professional health care services be upgraded to be commensurate with and conform to the increased bed capacity.
The Department of Health, in coordination with the Department of Budget and Management and the Civil Service Commission, after consultation with the Region II Trauma and Medical Center.
It must be implemented for a period not more than three (3) years from the approval of the Act.
The Act requires implementation within not more than three (3) years from approval, indicating a bounded implementation timeframe.
Under Section 6, the Secretary of Health must immediately include the Act’s implementation in the Department’s program, with funding included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
It takes effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in any newspaper of general circulation.
It legally requires upgrading the hospital’s facilities and professional health care services to match the increased authorized bed capacity.
The Department of Health, the Department of Budget and Management, and the Civil Service Commission.
It must be consulted in determining the additional plantilla positions to be created and filled up.
It is a combined legislative measure increasing bed capacity, upgrading facilities and services, changing the hospital’s name, authorizing increased medical personnel/plantilla positions, and appropriating funds through the regular budget process mentioned in the Act.