Be it enacted by the Batasang Pambansa in session assembled:

SECTION 1. There is hereby established, under the direct supervision of the Office of the Minister, Ministry of Health, a ten-bed capacity municipal hospital in the Municipality of Barotac Viejo, Province of Iloilo, to be known as the Barotac Viejo Municipal Hospital.

SEC. 2. The amount needed for the operation of the hospital shall be determined in accordance with Section 40 of Presidential Decree No. 1177 and charged to the appropriations authorized by Batas Pambansa Blg. 131 for the Ministry of Health intended for new hospitals. Thereafter, such sum as may be necessary for its operation and maintenance shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act. The Minister of Health shall determine the manner by which said hospital shall be made operational.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, March 18, 1983.