Upgrading Maria L. Eleazar District Hospital in Province of Quezon into a Level III General Hospital to be Known as the Maria L. Eleazar General Hospital, under the Direct Supervision and Control of the Department of Health

June 19, 2020

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11474

AN ACT UPGRADING THE MARIA L. ELEAZAR DISTRICT HOSPITAL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF TAGKAWAYAN, PROVINCE OF QUEZON INTO A LEVEL III GENERAL HOSPITAL TO BE KNOWN AS THE MARIA L. ELEAZAR GENERAL HOSPITAL, UNDER THE DIRECT SUPERVISION AND CONTROL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

SECTION 1. The Maria L. Eleazar District Hospital in the Municipality of Tagkawayan, Province of Quezon is hereby upgraded into a Level III general hospital to be known as the Maria L. Eleazar General Hospital, under the direct supervision and control of the Department of Health (DOH).

The increase in the bed capacity of the Maria L. Eleazar General Hospital in the Municipality of Tagkawayan, Province of Quezon shall be implemented in accordance with the hospital development plan.

SECTION 2. The existing professional health care services and facilities are also hereby upgraded to conform with and be commensurate to the bed capacity increase as provided in Section 1 hereof.

SECTION 3. The DOH, in coordination with the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) and the Civil Service Commission (CSC), and in consultation with the management of the hospital, shall determine the additional plantilla positions to be created and filled up in the workforce of the said hospital.

SECTION 4. The chief of the hospital shall develop a hospital development plan to be submitted to the DOH to reflect the development goals of the hospital, consistent with the increase in bed capacity and service capability. Request for the staffing requirements, capital outlay investments and budgetary needs for operations shall be based on the hospital development plan.

SECTION 5. The Secretary of Health shall 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 6. Within ninety (90) days from the effectivity of this Act, the Secretary of Health shall prepare the implementing rules and regulations upon consultation with the Provincial Government of Quezon and other stakeholders and shall be implemented consistent with the hospital development plan.

SECTION 7. If any provision or part of this Act is declared unconstitutional, the remaining parts or provisions not affected shall remain in full force and effect.

SECTION 8. All laws, executive orders, issuances, rules and regulations inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SECTION 9. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved: June 19, 2020.

 

Published in the Manila Bulletin on June 25, 2020.

Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 116, No. 27, p. 4543 on July 6, 2020.