Republic Act No. 3616, enacted on June 22, 1963, mandates the establishment of a ten-bed hospital, named the Interior Ilocos Sur Hospital, in Salcedo, Ilocos Sur, under the supervision of the Department of Health. The law authorizes an appropriation of fifty thousand pesos from the National Treasury for the hospital's establishment and maintenance for the fiscal year 1964. Subsequently, the Secretary of Health is required to include necessary funds for the hospital’s operation in the annual budget. This act took effect upon its approval and was published in the Official Gazette.
June 22, 1963
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3616
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF A HOSPITAL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SALCEDO, PROVINCE OF ILOCOS SUR, TO BE KNOWN AS THE INTERIOR ILOCOS SUR HOSPITAL, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS THEREFOR
SECTION 1. There shall be established under the direct supervision of the Department of Health, a ten-bed hospital in the Municipality of Salcedo, Province of Ilocos Sur, to be known as the Interior Ilocos Sur Hospital.
SECTION 2. The sum of fifty thousand pesos is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the establishment and maintenance of the said hospital during the fiscal year nineteen hundred sixty-four. Thereafter, the Secretary of Health shall include in the annual budget of that Department such sum as may be required for the operation and maintenance of the Interior Ilocos Sur Hospital which amount shall then be included in the annual General Appropriation Acts.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. aisa dc
Approved: June 22, 1963
Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 59, No. 37, p. 6237 on September 16, 1963