Republic Act No. 11288, enacted on April 12, 2019, increases the bed capacity of the Mariveles Mental Hospital in Bataan from 500 to 700 beds. It also establishes a Level 1 general ward with an additional 100-bed capacity, renaming the facility to the Mariveles Mental Wellness and General Hospital. Funding for the expansion, including medical equipment and infrastructure improvements, will be sourced from future annual budgets. The Department of Health is tasked with creating necessary regulations for the Act's implementation. The law will take effect 15 days after publication in the Official Gazette or a widely circulated newspaper.
April 12, 2019
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11288
AN ACT INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF THE MARIVELES MENTAL HOSPITAL IN MARIVELES, BATAAN FROM FIVE HUNDRED (500) BEDS TO SEVEN HUNDRED (700) BEDS, UPGRADING ITS SERVICES, TO INCLUDE THE OPERATION OF A LEVEL 1 GENERAL WARD WITH ONE HUNDRED (100)-BED CAPACITY, TO BE KNOWN AS THE MARIVELES MENTAL WELLNESS AND GENERAL HOSPITAL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
SECTION 1. The authorized bed capacity of the Mariveles Mental Hospital in Mariveles, Bataan is hereby increased from five hundred (500) beds to seven hundred (700) beds, upgrading its services, to include the operation of a Level 1 general ward with one hundred (100)-bed capacity, to be known as the Mariveles Mental Wellness and General Hospital. The increase in bed capacity of the Mariveles Mental Wellness and General Hospital should be implemented consistently with the five (5)-year development plan of the hospital.
SECTION 2. The amount necessary for the expanded operation of the hospital, including the acquisition of additional medical equipment and facilities, the construction of needed infrastructure and the inclusion of additional medical personnel shall be charged against the succeeding year's operations and shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
SECTION 3. The Department of Health shall issue the rules and regulations necessary for the effective implementation of this Act.
SECTION 4. If any provision or part of this Act is declared unconstitutional, the remaining parts or provisions not affected shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 5. All other laws, decrees, orders, issuances, rules and regulations, or parts thereof which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.
SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation. cSEDTC
Approved: April 12, 2019.
Published in the Manila Bulletin on May 25, 2019.
Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 115, No. 24, p. 5829 on June 17, 2019.