Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No. 7147

Introduced by Rep. Reynante U. Arrogancia

EXPLANATORY NOTE

‘There are only four (4) provincially-owned hospitals in Bondoc Peninsula catering to
an estimated number of 435,187 constituents', one of which is the Bondoc Peninsula District
Hospital (BPDH). The BPDH is located in the Municipality of Catanauan with an existing 25-
bed capacity. It caters to the medical and health needs of the people not just in Catanauan but
those from the neighboring municipalities, as well. It is the only secondary hospital in the area
that receives referral from the Rural Health Units of the municipalities and from the ten-bed
municipal hospitals of San Francisco and San Narciso, Quezon?

This bill seeks to upgrade the Bondoc Peninsula District Hospital in the municipality
of Catanauan, Province of Quezon, a twenty-five (25) bed capacity, into a Secondary Level
Hospital and increase the bed capacity to one hundred (100) bed capacity to further cater the
needs of the public.

‘There is a dire need to provide better health services to the people of Bondoc Peninsula
and the proposed upgrade will come in handy for the district hospital to be equipped with the
necessary health and medical facilities for current and impending health care threats. The
Constitution provides that the “State shall protect and promote the right to health of the people
and instill consciousness among them.” It is the obligation of the State to enhance the delivery
of health services to the people.

Upgrading the Bondoc Peninsula District Hospital into a secondary level hospital and
increasing the bed capacity to 100 will certainly provide better health services which will
benefit the aforementioned constituents. It is in this re
earnestly sought.

REYNANTE U. ARROGANCIA

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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Quezon City

NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No.7 147.

Introduced by Rep. Reynante U. Arrogancia

AN ACT
UPGRADING BONDOC PENINSULA DISTRICT HOSPITAL LOCATED IN THE
MUNICIPALITY OF CATANAUAN, PROVINCE OF QUEZON, INCREASING ITS
BED CAPACITY TO ONE HUNDRED (100), AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. Upgrade of Bondoc Peninsula District Hospital into a Level IT Hospital. The
Bondoc Peninsula District Hospital in the Municipality of Catanauan, Province of Quezon is
hereby upgraded into a Level Il Hospital.

The bed capacity of Bondoc Peninsula District Hospital shall be increased from twenty-five
(25) to one hundred (100) beds. The Secretary of Health shall implement the increase in bed
capacity within a period of one (1) year from the approval of this Act.

SEC. 2. Upgrade of Facilities and Increase of Personnel, The existing hospital facilities and
health care services, and professional medical personnel of the Bondoc Peninsula District
Hospital are hereby upgrade and increased to conform with the requirements of a Level II
District Hospital and be commensurate to the increase in bed capacity increase, as provided for
in Section | hereof.

SEC. 3. Appropriations, The Secretary of the Department of Health shall immediately include
the implementation of this Act in the Department's programs, and such funding shall be
included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SEC. 4. Implementing Rules and Regulations. The Department of Health shall promulgate
the necessary rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this Act within sixty
(60) days after its approval.


SEC. 5. Repealing Clause. All laws, executive orders, issuances, rules and regulations
inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SEC. 6. Effectivity. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the
Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,