WHEREAS, General Appropriations Act (GAA) for Fiscal Year 2021 allocated P 17,008, 992.00 to the DOH for the assistance to Indigent Patients;
WHEREAS, the DOH-MMCHD as an office of the DOH has been providing financial assistance to hospitals for the provision of hospitalization expenses such as drugs and medicines, medical procedures, confinement of other patient care services of indigent patients;
WHEREAS, the DOH-MMCHD is authorized to enter into a MOA with the City Government of San Juan pursuant to Administrative Order No. 2020-0060 dated December 23, 2020 “Revised Guidelines on the Implementation of the MAIP Program”;
WHEREAS, the City Government of San Juan is willing to participate in the different and effective grant of medical assistance to indigent patients;
WHEREAS, the City Legal Officer has certified that the MOA is in order and not contrary to existing laws, rules and regulations;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AS IT IS HEREBY RESOLVEDBY THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN, AND BY VIRTUE OF THE POWERS VESTED IN IT BY LAW, in a session duly assembled, to authorize the City Mayor Francisco Javier M. Zamora, to enter into a MOA with DOH-MMCHD for the implementation of the MAIP Program with an allocation amount of Six Million Pesos (P6,000,000.00) as per Sub-Allotment Advice No. 2021-08-2683 dated August 31, 2021 and Sub-Allotment Advice No. 2021-09-2872 dated September 15, 2021.
RESOLVED FURTHER, that the authority, issuance and approval hereof is subject to certain restrictions and to all existing laws, circulars, rules and regulations.