HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

RECEIVED
SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS ) pate: 19 it 2016
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES } ae
First Regular Session

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Introduced by Representative Maximo B. Rov

House Bill No. 1686
EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill was originally introduced as House Bill No. 239 during the Fourteenth
Congress. It was approved by the Committee on Health, as evidenced by Committee
Report No. 1117 dated August 12, 2008. It was approved by the House of
Representatives on 2” reading on September 2, 2008 and on 3rd reading on
October 2, 2008. It was transmitted to the Senate on October 6, 2008 where it was
not acted upon. | was again re-filed during the Fifteenth Congress as House Bill No
263 where it was approved on 2” Reading last March 16, 2011. It was also re-filed
during the 16" Congress.

This bill seeks to upgrade and modemize the J.R. Borja Memorial Hospital in
Cagayan de Oro City to be converted as an extension of the Northern Mindanao
Medical Center.

The collective health of a.people affects, to a great extent, the success of its
overall socio-economic development efforts. Nowadays, the concept of health has
totally revolutionized from one of need to that of a fundamental human right. The
government is presently intensifying its campaign to deliver better and efficient health
and medical services to areas where these are wanting

‘One such area is Cagayan de Oro City. As one of the country’s most potential
area for development, the city plays a pivotal role in our country's efforts to attain
economic growth. Unfortunately, majority of its population cannot afford to have their
basic health needs served within the city area. The existing government hospitals
are, if not very far, inadequate to serve the needs of the city populace. Hence, this,
bill.

In keeping with the constitutional mandate to adopt an integrated and
comprehensive approach to health development, the approval of this bill is earnestly
sought.

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MAXIMO B. RODRIGUEZ, JR.


SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES }
First Regular Session

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Introduced by Representative Maximo B. Rodriguez, Jr.

House Bill No, _ 16865

AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR THE UPGRADE AND MODERNIZATION OF THE J.R. BORJA
CITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AS AN EXTENSION HOSPITAL OF THE
NORTHERN MINDANAO MEDICAL CENTER (NMMC) IN CAGAYAN DE ORO
CITY, PROVINCE OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. The J.R. Borja City Memorial Hospital is hereby upgraded and
modernized as an extension hospital of the Northern Mindanao Medical Center
(NMMC) in Cagayan de Oro City, Province of Misamis Oriental and which shall be
administered by the NMMC and the Department of Health, Region 10

SEC. 2. The Secretary of Health shall immediately include in the Departments
programs the operationalization of the J.R. Borja City Memorial Hospital as an
extension hospital of the NMMC, the funding of which shall be included in the annual
General Appropriations Act.

The local government unit (LGU) concerned shall continue to provide funding
for the J.R. Borja City Memorial Hospital until such time that the same is integrated
as an extension hospital of the NMMC and its funding included in the annual General
Appropriations Act.

SEC. 3. The Department of Health shall promulgate the necessary rules and
regulations for the effective implementation of this Act.

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in a newspaper
of general circulation.

Approved,