QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 10043)
RA 10043 establishes a Malaria, Tropical and Infectious Disease Research and Treatment Institute in the Municipality of Sibutu, Province of Tawi-Tawi.
It integrates the Datu Alawaddin Bandon Hospital into the Institute.
The Institute must be at par with a secondary hospital with a capacity of at least fifty (50) beds.
Two (2) new buildings, each with a capacity of at least twenty-five (25) beds.
It is envisioned to service the Municipality of Sibutu as well as other municipalities of the province of Tawi-Tawi.
Gradually over a two (2)-year period starting from the approval of the Act.
Building of a fifty (50)-bed facility in Barangay Hadji Bidin, Municipality of Sibutu during the first year.
The establishment of satellite facilities in the other ten (10) municipalities throughout the province during the second year.
The Institute is under the supervision of the Department of Health (DOH). It serves as a repository of all data and a base for researches on malaria, tropical and infectious diseases.
The Secretary of Health shall immediately include the operationalization of the Institute in the Department’s programs.
The funding shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM/now BARMM) shall continue to provide funds for the operation of the hospital until actual integration into the Institute and the funding thereof are included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
The text does not specify specific funding amounts; it provides that funding for operationalization shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
It takes effect upon its approval.
It is a Malaria, Tropical and Infectious Disease Research and Treatment Institute.
The bill originated in the House of Representatives, was finally passed by the House on October 2, 2008, and by the Senate on January 18, 2010.