REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9421 - AN ACT UPGRADING THE VALENZUELA GENERAL HOSPITAL IN THE CITY OF VALENZUELA, METRO MANILA INTO A TWO HUNDRED BED CAPACITY TERTIARY LEVEL HOSPITAL TO BE KNOWN AS THE VALENZUELA MEDICAL CENTER AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. The Valenzuela General Hospital in the City of Valenzuela, Metro Manila is hereby upgraded from a one hundred bed capacity general hospital into a two hundred bed capacity tertiary level hospital to be known as the Valenzuela Medical Center, which shall be under the direct technical operation and administration of the Department of Health.

SEC. 2. The Secretary of Health shall include in the Department's programs the implementation of the increase in the bed capacity of the Valenzuela Medical Center, the funding of which shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

The increase in the bed capacity of the Valenzuela Medical Center from one hundred (100) to two hundred (200) beds shall be implemented for a period of not more than four years from the approval of this Act.

SEC. 3. The Secretary of Health shall issue rules and regulations necessary for the effective implementation of this Act.

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved,

(Sgd.) JOSE DE VENECIA JR. (Sgd.) MANNY VILLAR

Speaker of the House of Representatives President of the Senate

This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was finally passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on October 13, 2006 and February 5, 2007 respectively.

(Sgd.) ROBERTO P. NAZARENO (Sgd.) OSCAR G. YABES

Secretary General House of Representatives Secretary of the Senate

Approved: APR 10 2007

(Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL - ARROYO President of the Philippines