Law Summary

SECTION 1: Conversion of Hospital

• Legal Principle: The Camarines Sur Provincial Hospital is officially converted into the Bicol Regional Training and Teaching Hospital (hereafter referred to as the "Hospital").
• Key Definitions:
  • "Hospital" refers to the newly designated Bicol Regional Training and Teaching Hospital.
• Important Details:
  • This conversion is enacted by the legislative authority of the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress assembled.

SECTION 2: Coverage of Hospital Services

• Legal Principle: The Hospital will provide hospitalization and special medical services to patients referred from local hospitals.
• Key Requirements:
  • Patients from the Bicol Region unable to receive adequate care locally will be referred to the Hospital.
  • The Hospital shall maintain its teaching, training, and research programs and accept interns as facilities allow.

SECTION 3: Hospital Capacity

• Legal Principle: The Hospital is authorized to operate with a capacity of 450 beds, including the 200-bed Don Susano J. Rodriguez Memorial Mental Hospital.
• Key Definitions:
  • "Bed capacity" refers to the number of patients that can be accommodated.
• Important Requirements:
  • Any increase in bed capacity requires prior approval from the Secretary of Health.

SECTION 4: Patient's Category

• Legal Principle: Distinction between paying and indigent patients.
• Key Requirements:
  • Patients deemed able to pay must cover their hospitalization and medical treatment.
  • Indigent patients are exempt from charges upon presenting a certificate of indigency from the barangay captain.

SECTION 5: Acceptance of Donations/Grants

• Legal Principle: The Hospital can receive donations and grants to improve its facilities.
• Key Requirements:
  • Negotiations for donations or grants must be authorized by the Secretary of Health.

SECTION 6: Funding Provisions

• Legal Principle: Transfer of financial resources to the Hospital.
• Key Details:
  • Current appropriations, assets, and liabilities of the Camarines Sur Provincial Hospital will be absorbed by the Hospital.
  • Donations intended for the former hospital will now be credited to the new Hospital.
  • Funding for the Hospital's operations will be included in the General Appropriations Act of the following year and thereafter.

SECTION 7: Repealing Clause

• Legal Principle: Inconsistencies with previous laws are resolved.
• Key Details:
  • Any inconsistent acts, executive orders, proclamations, decrees or parts thereof are repealed or modified accordingly.

SECTION 8: Effectivity Clause

• Legal Principle: The law takes effect immediately.
• Key Details:
  • This Act is effective upon approval, which occurred on April 27, 1992.

Key Takeaways

• The Camarines Sur Provincial Hospital is now the Bicol Regional Training and Teaching Hospital, responsible for providing advanced medical services to the Bicol Region.
• The Hospital will operate with a capacity of 450 beds, with provisions for indigent patients.
• It is authorized to accept donations for facility improvements, and its funding will be included in the national budget.
• The Act takes immediate effect following presidential approval, repealing any conflicting regulations.