Increase Unayan Hospital Beds to 50

Section 1 increases the authorized bed capacity of the Unayan Municipal Hospital in the Municipality of Binidayan, Province of Lanao del Sur from ten (10) beds to fifty (50) beds.
Section 1 requires that any future increase in bed capacity must be consistent with the hospital development plan prepared by the Chief of Hospital of the Unayan Municipal Hospital.
Section 1 requires submission of that hospital development plan to the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao through a Ministry of Health.
Sections 2 and 3 implement the bed increase by requiring upgrades to services/facilities and corresponding workforce increases for the same hospital.

Section 1 requires the Chief of Hospital of the Unayan Municipal Hospital to prepare the hospital development plan for any future increase in bed capacity.
Section 1 requires submission to the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao a plan through the Ministry of Health.
Section 1 mandates that future bed-capacity increases must be consistent with the prepared and submitted hospital development plan.

Section 2 requires upgrading the existing professional health care services and facilities of Unayan Municipal Hospital.
Section 2 requires the upgrades to conform with and be commensurate to the bed capacity increase under Section 1.

Section 3 requires that the existing workforce of Unayan Municipal Hospital be increased correspondingly.
Section 3 expressly covers workforce categories including doctors, nurses, and support personnel.

Section 4 directs the Bangsamoro Autonomous Government to provide necessary funds for maintenance and other operating expenses of Unayan Municipal Hospital.
Section 4 directs the Bangsamoro Autonomous Government to appropriate funds for additional human resources needed for:
- the increase in bed capacity, and
- the corresponding upgrading of service facilities and professional health care services.
Section 5 requires the Secretary of the DOH to include in the Department’s subsidy program support for capital outlay requirements of the Unayan Municipal Hospital.

Section 5 mandates that the DOH subsidy program include support for capital outlay requirements of the Unayan Municipal Hospital.
Section 5 assigns responsibility for inclusion in the subsidy program to the Secretary of the DOH.

Section 6 provides that all laws, executive orders, issuances, rules and regulations inconsistent with Republic Act No. 11885 are modified accordingly.

The law was approved by the President on June 29, 2022.
It originated in the House of Representatives and was passed by the House of Representatives on September 27, 2021 and by the Senate on May 31, 2022.