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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES oss fH

Quezon City

Sixteenth Congress n
2" Regular Session

5458

House Bill No.

Introduced by ROGELIO NEIL P. ROQUE

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This proposed measure seeks the establisment of a tertiary hospital at
Valencia City to cater the medical needs of the people of the Province of
Bukidnon

Article XII, Section 11 of the 1987 Philippine Constitution states that: “The
State shall adopt an integrated and comprehensive approach to health
development that shall endeavor to make essential goods, health and other social
services available to all the people at all cost. There shall be priority for the needs
of the under-privileged, sick, elderly, disabled, women and children. The State
shall endeavor to provide free medical care to paupers.”

The existing private hospitals in Bukidnon are inadequate vis-a-vis the
demands of its people. There is an unmet need for hospital beds and medical
equipment. The nearest DOH hospital is located at Cagayan de Oro City which is
more than three hours drive from Valencia City. A tertiary hospital with adequate
medical equipment, can deliver timely medical treatment and other basic services.

Providing a tertiary hospital in Valencia City will ensure the maintenance of
health-related exigencies not just in the Province of Bukidnon but also of the

nearby provinces.
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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

Sixteenth Congress
2™ Regular Session

House Bill No 5453

_ Introduced by HON. ROGELIO NEIL P, ROQUE

AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A TERTIARY HOSPITAL IN THE CITY OF VALENCIA
PROVINCE OF BUKIDNON TO BE KNOWN AS THE FOURTH DISTRICT OF
BUKIDNON PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR,
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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

SECTION 1. Title—This Act shall be known as the “Fourth District of
Bukidnon Provincial Hospital Act of 2014”

SECTION 2. Establishment of Fourth District of Bukidnon Tertiary Hospital
in the City of Valencia, Bukidnon. — The creation of the Fourth District of Bukidnon
Provincial Hospital is hereby mandated to be located at the City of Valencia,
Province of Bukidnon with a minimum of fifty (50) bed capacity, to be known as
Fourth District of Bukidnon Provincial Hospital.

SECTION 3. Supervision of the Department of Health. - The Fourth District
of Bukidnon Provincial Hospital shall be under the full administrative and technical
supervision of the Department of Health (DOH), which shall increase its operating
fund; upgrade

SECTION 4. Implementing Rules and Regulations —Within sixty (60) days
after the effectivity of this Act, the Secretary of Health shall promulgate the
necessary rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this Act.

SECTION 5. Separability Clause — If any portion of this Act, or any part
thereof, shall be declared unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity
and effectivity of the other portions.

SECTION 6. Repealing Clause. — All laws, executive orders, presidential
decrees, proclamations, rules, regulations, issuances and enactments or parts
thereof inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly


SECTION 7. Effectivity—This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days from its
complete publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general
circulation in the Philippines, whichever comes earlier.

Approved.