An Act Converting the Cagayan Valley Regional Hospital into a Medical Center to be Known as the Cagayan Valley Medical Center, and Authorizing the Appropriation of Funds Therefor
Republic Act No. 8599, enacted on March 20, 1998, converts the Cagayan Valley Regional Hospital in Tuguegarao, Cagayan, into the Cagayan Valley Medical Center, increasing its bed capacity to 500. The Act mandates the Department of Health to establish necessary rules and regulations for its implementation. Funding for the Center will be included in the General Appropriations Act following the law's enactment. The law took effect upon its approval, having lapsed into law without the President's signature.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Republic Act No. 8599
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Republic Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
March 20, 1998 *
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8599
AN ACT CONVERTING THE CAGAYAN VALLEY REGIONAL HOSPITAL INTO A MEDICAL CENTER TO BE KNOWN AS THE CAGAYAN VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER, AND AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS THEREFOR
SECTION 1. The Cagayan Valley Regional Hospital in the Municipality of Tuguegarao, Cagayan (Region II) is hereby converted into a medical center to be renamed as Cagayan Valley Medical Center, hereinafter referred to as the Center and increasing its bed capacity to five hundred (500).
SECTION 2. The Department of Health shall promulgate the rules and regulations necessary for the effective implementation of this Act.
SECTION 3. The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act shall be included in the General Appropriations Act of the year following its enactment into law and thereafter.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
* Lapsed into law without the signature of the President on March 20, 1998, in accordance with Article VI, Section 27 (1) of the Constitution.
Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 94 No. 29, 88 Supp., on July 20, 1998.
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An Act Converting the Cagayan Valley Regional Hospital into a Medical Center to be Known as the Cagayan Valley Medical Center, and Authorizing the Appropriation of Funds Therefor, Republic Act No. 8599, Mar 20, 1998 (Philippines)
An Act Converting the Cagayan Valley Regional Hospital into a Medical Center to be Known as the Cagayan Valley Medical Center, and Authorizing the Appropriation of Funds Therefor, Republic Act No. 8599 (Phil. 1998)
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