Bangsamoro Autonomy Act No. 80

P.B. No. 350

Republic of the Philippines

BANGSAMORO TRANSITION AUTHORITY PARLIAMENT Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanac Bangsamoro Government Center,Cotabato City

FOURTH REGULAR SESSION

BANGSAMORO AUTONOMY ACT NO.80

Begun and held in Cotabato City, on Thursday, the 15th day of September, 2022.

AN ACT UPGRADING THE EXISTING DR. SERAPIO B. MONTANER JR. AL-HAJ MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FROM TWENTY-FIVE TO ONE-HUNDRED BED CAPACITY, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Be it enacted by the Bangsamoro Transition Authority Parliament in session assembled

Memorial Hospital Act of 2025." SECTION 1. Title.- This Act shall be known as the Dr. Serapio B. Montaner Jr., Al-Haj

SEC.2.Declaration of Policy.-It is hereby declared the policy of the Bangsamoro Government to maintain and ensure the delivery of basic and responsive health programs,promote the right to health of the Bangsamoro people, instill health consciousness among them, and adopt a comprehensive and integrated health service delivery for its constituents.

DSBMMH.-The DSBMMH is hereby upgraded from its present Twenty-five (25)-bed capacity to one SEC.3.Upgrading of the Dr. Serapio B. Montaner Jr., Al-Haj Memorial Hospital

hundred (100)-bed capacity in accordance with the National Level Classification Standards set by the Department of Health (DOH).

correspondingly in accordance with the Civil Service rules and regulations. Doctors Nurses, Midwives, and other Health Practitioners and support personnel, shall be increased SEC. 4. Manpower Requirement.-The existing manpower of the DSBMMH, which includes

SEC.5. Administration,Management, and Operation. -The DSBMMH shall remain under the

organizational structure and personnel, hospital plans, programs, and activities for its effective management administrative supervision and control of the Ministry of Health which shall approve the appropriate and operation of the herein-mentioned upgraded hospital.

carry out the provisions of this Act is hereby appropriated and shall be charged against the 2025 General and maintenance of the hospital shall be included in the annual appropriations of the Bangsamoro Appropriations Act of the Bangsamoro (GAAB).Thereafter, the funds required for the continued operation Government. The Ministry of Health shall immediately include the implementation of this Act in its SEC.6.Appropriations.-An initial amount of Fifty Million Pesos (P50,000,000.00 necessary to

programs.

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SEC.7.Implementing Rules and Regulations.Within sixty (60 days from the effectivity of this Act, the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Finance, Budget, and Management shall promulgate the appropriate Implementing Rules and Regulations for the effective implementation of this Act.

SEC. 8. Separability Clause. -- The provisions of this Act are hereby declared separable. In the event one or more provisions or part thereof are declared unconstitutional, such declaration of unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity of the other provisions thereof.

SEC. 9. Repealing Clause. -All regional laws, acts, decrees, executive orders, proclamations, and administrative regulations inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby amended, modified superseded, or repealed accordingly.

SEC. 10. Effectivity.This Act shall take effect fifteen 15 days after its publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the region.

ATTY. PANGALIAN M. BALINDONG

Speaker

This Act was passed by the Bangsamoro Transition Authority Parliament on Safar 26, 1447/August 20, 2025

PROR.RAB Sed Hearygenerd BIANGKAL

APPROVED:

Date: SEP"4 2025 ABDULRMOTA.MACACUA Chef Mi niste

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