Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress Assembled:    

SECTION 1. The authorized bed capacity of the Luis Hora Memorial Regional Hospital in Bauko, Mountain Province is hereby increased from one hundred (100) to two hundred (200) beds which shall be implemented for a period of notmore than three (3) years from the approval of this Act.

SEC. 2. The existing hospital facilities and professional health care services of the Luis Hora Memorial Regional Hospital are also hereby upgraded and increased to conform with and be commensurate to the increase in bed capacity.

SEC. 3. Upon prior consultation with the Luis Hora Memorial Regional Hospital, the Department of Health shall, in coordination with the Department of Budget and Management and the Civil Service Commission, determine the additional plantilla positions to be created and filled up in the workforce of the Luis Hora Memorial Regional Hospital.

SEC. 4. The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act of the year following its enactment into law and thereafter.

SEC. 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orders, issuances, rules and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a least two (2) newspapers 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 August 23, 2017 and August 7, 2018, respectively.

(SGD.) MYRA MARIE D. VILLARICA       Secretary of the Senate

(SGD.) DANTE ROBERTO P. MALING         Acting Secretary General House of Representatives

Approve: OCT 30 2018

(SGD.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE
  President of the Philippines