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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 12240 AN ACT ESTABLISHING IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BALER, PROVINCE OF AURORA, A LEVEL III GENERAL HOSPITAL, TO BE KNOWN AS THE AURORA MEDICAL CENTER, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR August 29, 2025

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 12240, August 29, 2025 ]

AN ACT ESTABLISHING IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BALER, PROVINCE OF AURORA, A LEVEL III GENERAL HOSPITAL, TO BE KNOWN AS THE AURORA MEDICAL CENTER, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR



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

SECTION 1. There shall be established in the Municipality of Baler, Province of Aurora, a Level III general hospital with a bed capacity of two hundred (200) beds to be known as the Aurora Medical Center, which shall be under the direct control and supervision of the Department of Health (DOH).  

SEC. 2. The Secretary of Health shall immediately include in the Department's program the implementation of this Act, the funding of which shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.   

SEC. 3. If any provisions or part of this Act is declared unconstitutional, the remaining parts or provisions not affected shall remain in full force and effect.   

SEC. 4. All laws, executive orders, issuances, and rules and regulations inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.   

SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in theOfficial Gazetteor in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,
           


         
(SGD.)FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO
              
(SGD.)FERDINAND MARTIN G. ROMUALDEZ
President of the Senate
Speaker of the House of Representatives




This Act, which originated in the House of Representatives, was passed by the House of Representatives on December 18, 2024, amended by the Senate of the Philippines on June 9, 2025, and which amendments were concurred in by the House of Representatives on June 10, 2025.
   
           
             
           
       
(SGD.)RENATO N. BANTUG, JR.
(SGD.)REGINALD S. VELASCO
Secretary of the Senate
Secretary General House of Representatives

          

Approved: AUG 29 2025

              

         
(SGD.)FERDINAND ROMUALDEZ MARCOS JR.
President of the Philippines