EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
First Regular Session 
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SENATE
S.B. NO. 1 .*^78
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Introduced by SENATOR IMEE R. MARCOS
AN ACT
RENAMING THE EASTERN VISAYAS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER IN 
TACLOBAN CITY AND INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY THEREOF FROM 
FIVE HUNDRED (500) TO ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED (1,500), 
AUTHORIZING THE INCREASE OF ITS MEDICAL PERSONNEL, UPGRADING 
ITS SERVICES, FACILITIES AND PROFESSIONAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES 
AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Article n , Section 15 of the 1987 Constitution provides that the State shall 
protect the right to health of the people and instill health consciousness among them. 
It is the policy of the state to ensure that all communities have access to quality and 
accessible healthcare.
The Eastern Visayas Regional Medical Center is a tertiary level teaching and 
training government hospital in Tacloban City, It is one of two nationally-funded 
hospitals in the region with a population of over four million residents with only five 
hundred (500) bed capacity.
To expand the medical needs and provide an efficient and effective delivery of 
health services to the municipalities, cities and provinces of Region VIII, this bill 
proposes to increase the bed capacity of EVRMC from five hundred (500) to one 
thousand five hundred (1,500) beds. Given the abovementioned circumstances, the 
immediate passage of this bill is necessary.
f€ MARCOS
Senator


EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
First Regular Session 
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SENATE
''O'uui ai ii)e ^ciiftatp
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FEB 26 P4 ;58
NO. 1378
Introduced by SENATOR IMEE R. MARCOS
AN ACT
RENAMING THE EASTERN VISAYAS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER IN 
TACLOBAN CITY AND INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY THEREOF FROM 
HVE HUNDRED (500) TO ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED (1,500), 
AUTHORIZING THE INCREASE OF ITS MEDICAL PERSONNEL, UPGRADING 
ITS SERVICES, FACILITIES AND PROFESSIONAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES 
AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the Philippines in 
Congress assembled:
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Section 1. The Eastern Visayas Regional Medical Center shall now be known as 
the Eastern Visayas Medical Center (EVMC).
Section 2. The authorized bed capacity of EVMC Center shall be increased from 
five hundred (500) to one thousand five hundred (1,500) beds.
Section 3. The existing hospital facilities and professional health care services 
of the EVMC shall be correspondingly upgraded to include the increase in the number 
of its medical personnel. The Department of Health (DOH), in coordinate with the 
Department of Budget and Management and the Qvil Service Commission, shall 
determine the additional plantilla positions to be created and filled up upon 
consultation with the EVMC.
Section 3. The increase in the bed capacity of the EVMC from five hundred 
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not exceeding three (3) years from the approval of this Act. During the first year, the 
bed capacity shall be increased to one thousand (1000), an increase of two hundred 
fifty (250) beds shall be made during the second year, and another two hundred fifty 
(250) beds on the third year.
Section 5. All accounts and expenses of the EVMC shall be audited by the 
Commission on Audit.
Section 6. The Department of Health shall promulgate the necessary rules and 
regulations for the effective implementation of this Act.
Section 7. The DOH, through its approved annual budget, shall initially provide 
the necessary funding to support the increase in bed capacity of the EVMC. Tbe entire 
budgetary requirements of EVMC for its operation and the upgrading of its facilities 
and services shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act the following 
year of its enactment.
Section 8. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the 
Official Gazette or in a national newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,