Republic Act No. 11196




Seventeenth Congress Third Regular Session Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-third day of July, two thousand eighteen. REPUBLIC ACT No. 11196 An Act Upgrading the Labuan Public Hospital in Zamboanga City into a Level II Hospital to be Known As the Labuan General Hospital, Increasing Its Bed Capacity for General Care Services to One Hundred (100) and Appropriating Funds TherefoR Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled: Section 1. - The Labuan Public Hospital located in Zamboanga City is hereby upgraded into a Level II Hospital to be known as the Labuan General Hospital and its authorized bed capacity for general care services increased to one hundred (100). Section 2. - The existing hospital facilities and professional health care services of the Labuan General Hospital are hereby upgraded to conform with and be commensurate to the increase in its bed capacity as provided in Section 1 hereof. Section 3. - The Department of Health shall, in coordination with the Department of Budget and Management and the Labuan General Hospital, determine the additional staff plantilla positions to be created pursuant to this Act.1âwphi1 Section 4. - The increase in bed capacity of the Labuan General Hospital to one hundred (100) beds for general care services shall be implemented for a period of not more than four (4) years from the approval of this Act. Section 5. - All laws, decrees, orders, issuances, rules and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly. Section 6. - The Secretary of Health shall immediately include in the Department's programs the implementation of this Act, the funding of which shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act. Section 7. - This act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation. Approved, VICENTE C. SOTTO III President of the Senate GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO Speaker of the House of Representatives This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on October 20, 2018 and November 13, 2018, respectively MYRA MARIE D. VILLARICA Secretary of the Senate DANTE ROBERTO P. MALING Acting Secretary General House of Representatives Approved: January 18, 2019 (Sgd.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE President of the Philippines The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation