Tertiary hospital capacity and supervision
- Section 2 requires that the hospital’s tertiary capability includes increasing its bed capacity to two hundred (200) beds.
- Section 2 places the hospital under the direct administrative and technical supervision of the Department of Health (DOH).
- Section 2 makes DOH supervision mandatory for the hospital’s operation as a tertiary hospital.
DOH guidelines for operation
- Section 3 directs the DOH to formulate the necessary guidelines for the hospital’s operation as a tertiary hospital.
- Section 3 makes DOH responsible for translating the conversion into operational rules through the guidelines it issues.
Funding requirement and appropriation
- Section 4 requires that the amount necessary to carry out the Act be included in the General Appropriations Act.
- Section 4 sets the timing for inclusion as the year following enactment into law.
- Section 4 requires continuing inclusion thereafter, to support ongoing implementation.
Effectivity
- Section 5 provides that the Act takes effect upon its approval.
- The Act is approved on July 30, 1996.