Hospital staffing and coordination duties
- Section 2 authorizes the CLMMRH, through its Board of Trustees, to increase and hire additional employees to support the upgrading of its services and facilities and the increase in bed capacity.
- Section 2 directs the Chief of Hospital of the CLMMRH to coordinate with the Secretary of Health, the Secretary of Budget and Management, and the Chairperson of the Civil Service Commission for effective implementation of the Act.
- Section 2 links the hiring authority to the upgrading of services and facilities and to the bed-capacity increase.
Implementation period limit
- Section 3 provides that the increase in bed capacity shall be implemented for a period of not more than five (5) years from the approval of the Act.
- Section 3 sets a time cap on implementation tied to the Act’s approval date.
Funding and integration into government programs
- Section 4 requires the Secretary of Health to immediately include the implementation of the Act in the Department’s programs.
- Section 4 requires that the funding for implementation be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
Effectivity and publication rule
- Section 6 states that the Act takes effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
Repeal of inconsistent issuances
- Section 5 repeals, amends, or modifies all laws, decrees, ordinances, rules and regulations, executive or administrative orders, and other presidential issuances that are inconsistent with the Act.
- Section 5 requires inconsistency-based repeal or modification to the extent of inconsistency.