Hospital development plan requirement
- Section 1 mandates the DOH to prepare the hospital development plan.
- Section 1 requires the hospital development plan to reflect the development goals of the hospital.
- Section 1 ties future capacity increases and facility/service upgrades to the hospital development plan.
Appropriation and funding source
- Section 2 appropriates PHP 900,000,000.00 for the implementation of the Act.
- Section 2 directs that the appropriation be included and funded under the 2022 General Appropriations Act.
- Section 2 specifies funding under the Health Facilities Enhancement Program (HFEP) of the DOH.
DOH implementation rules
- Section 3 requires the Secretary of Health to prepare and issue the necessary rules and regulations for effective implementation.
- Section 3 sets the deadline as within ninety (90) days from the effectivity of the Act.
- Section 3 requires the rules and regulations to be consistent with the hospital development plan.
Effectivity and publication
- Section 6 provides that the Act takes effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
- Section 6 establishes the publication timing mechanism for the Act’s effectivity.
Repeal, modification, and separability
- Section 5 repeals or modifies all laws, executive orders, issuances, rules and regulations that are inconsistent with the Act.
- Section 4 provides that if any provision or part of the Act is declared unconstitutional, the remaining parts or provisions not affected remain in full force and effect.
Enactment dates and legislative history
- Republic Act No. 11568 is approved on June 24, 2021 by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte.
- Republic Act No. 11568 is dated June 24, 2021.
- Republic Act No. 11568 is published as 117 OG No. 28, 7149 (July 12, 2021).
- The House of Representatives passed the measure on August 25, 2020, it was amended by the Senate on May 31, 2021, and the House concurred in the Senate amendment on June 2, 2021.