Title
Increase Batangas Medical Center Beds to 1000
Law
Republic Act No. 11390
Decision Date
Aug 22, 2019
Republic Act No. 11390 increases the bed capacity of the Batangas Medical Center to 1,000 beds, improves service facilities, and upgrades healthcare services, with the Secretary of Health responsible for implementation and necessary rules and regulations to be issued within 90 days.

Upgrade of Service Facilities and Healthcare Services

  • Construction of a multistorey building to accommodate additional operating theaters, ICUs, rooms, wards, and laboratory units.
  • This upgrade aims to enhance both physical facilities and the quality of professional health care services.

Expansion of Hospital Staff Plantilla

  • Corresponding increase in plantilla for doctors, nurses, and support personnel in line with bed capacity increase.
  • The Secretary of Health, coordinating with the Secretary of Budget and Management and the Civil Service Commission, and after consulting the Chief of BatMC, will determine new positions and staffing requirements.

Funding and Program Inclusion

  • The Secretary of Health is mandated to include the implementation of this Act in the Department of Health's programs.
  • Funding for the expansion and upgrades to be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

Rules and Regulations

  • The Secretary of Health shall promulgate the necessary rules and regulations within 90 days from the Act’s approval for effective implementation.

Repealing Clause

  • All laws, decrees, executive orders, memorandum circulars, or parts inconsistent with this Act are amended, repealed, or modified accordingly.

Effectivity

  • The Act takes effect 15 days after its publication in the Official Gazette or a newspaper of general circulation.

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