AN ACT INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF VETERANS REGIONAL HOSPITAL IN BAYOMBONG, NUEVA VIZCAYA FROM TWO HUNDRED (200) TO FIVE HUNDRED (500), UPGRADING ITS SERVICES, FACILITIES AND PROFESSIONAL HEALTH CARE, AUTHORIZING THE INCREASE OF ITS MEDICAL PERSONNEL, CHANGING ITS NAME TO REGION II TRAUMA AND MEDICAL CENTER, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

• Number: Republic Act No. 11081
• Sections: 7

Section 1

SECTION 1. The authorized bed capacity of the Veterans Regional Hospital in the Municipality of Bayombong, Province of Nueva Vizcaya is hereby increased from two hundred (200) to five hundred (500) beds.

Section 2

SEC. 2. The Veterans Regional Hospital shall now be known as the Region II Trauma and Medical Center.

Section 3

SEC. 3. The existing facilities and professional health care services of the Region II Trauma and Medical Center are hereby upgraded to conform and be commensurate to the increase in its authorized bed capacity as provided for in Section 1 hereof.

Section 4

SEC. 4. The existing workforce of the Region II Trauma and Medical Center shall also be correspondingly increased. The Department of Health shall, in coordination with the Department of Budget and Management and the Civil Service Commission, and after consultation with the Region II Trauma and Medical Center, determine the additional plantilla positions to be created and filled up.

Section 5

SEC. 5. The increase in bed capacity of the Region II Trauma and Medical Center from two hundred (200) to five hundred (500) beds shall be implemented for a period of not more than three (3) years from the approval of this Act.

Section 6

SEC. 6. The Secretary of Health shall immediately include in the Department's program the implementation of this Act, the funding of which shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

Section 7

SEC. 7. This Act shall effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in any newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,

(SGD.) VICENTE C. SOTTO III

President of the Senate

(SGD.) 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 November 28, 2017 and July 24, 2018, respectively.

(SGD.) MYRA MARIE D. VILLARICA

Secretary of the Senate

(SGD.) DANTE ROBERTO P. MALING

Secretary General

House of Representatives

Approved: SEP 28 2018

(SGD.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE

President of the Philippines