Republic Act No. 10770

AN ACT INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF VICENTE SOTTO MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER, LOCATED IN CEBU CITY, FROM EIGHT HUNDRED (800) TO ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED (1,200) BED CAPACITY, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. The bed capacity of Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center is hereby increased from eight hundred (800) to one thousand two hundred (1,200) beds.

SECTION 2. The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act shall be included in the General Appropriations Act of the year following its enactment into law and thereafter.

SECTION 3. The Department of Health is directed to implement this Act.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in two (2) national newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,

<table data-align="center" width="90%"> <colgroup> <col style="width: 50%" /> <col style="width: 50%" /> </colgroup> <tbody> <tr data-valign="top" data-align="center"> <td width="50%">(Sgd.) <strong>FELICIANO BELMONTE JR.</strong><br /> Speaker of the House<br /> of Representatives</td> <td width="50%">(Sgd.) <strong>FRANKLIN M. DRILON</strong><br /> President of the Senate</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

Senate Bill No. 2767, which was approved by the Senate on January 25, 2016, was adopted by the House of Representatives as an amendment to House Bill No. 5276 on January 25, 2016.

<table data-align="center" width="90%"> <colgroup> <col style="width: 50%" /> <col style="width: 50%" /> </colgroup> <tbody> <tr data-valign="top" data-align="center"> <td width="50%">(Sgd.) <strong>MARILYN B. BARUA-YAP</strong><br /> Secretary GeneralHouse of Representatives</td> <td width="50%">(Sgd.) <strong>OSCAR G. YABES</strong><br /> Secretary of the Senate</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

Approved: APR 26 2016

(Sgd.) BENIGNO S. AQUINO, III President of the Philippines