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

SECTION 1. The authorized bed capacity of the Zamboanga City Medical Center in Zamboanga City is hereby increased from five hundred (500) to eight hundred (800) beds.

SEC. 2. The existing hospital facilities and professional health care services of the Zamboanga City Medical Center are hereby upgraded to conform with and be commensurate to the increase in its bed capacity as provided in Section 1 hereof.

SEC. 3. The existing workforce of the Zamboanga City 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 Zamboanga City Medical Center, determine the additional plantilla positions to be created pursuant to this Act.

SEC. 4. The increase in bed capacity of the Zamboanga City Medical Center from five hundred (500) to eight hundred (800) beds shall be implemented for a period of not more than two (2) years from the approval of this Act.

SEC. 5. The Secretary of Health shall immediately include in the Department's programs the implementation of this Act, the funding of which shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a 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 December 11, 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

Approved: OCT 10 2018

(SGD.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE
    President of the Philippines