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House of Representutines
Quezon City, Motes Manila

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Seventeenth Congress
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 42°78

Introduced by Honorable Gerald Anthony V. Gullas, Jr.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to convert the Talisay District Hospital in Talisay City,
Province of Cebu into a medical center to be known as the Talisay City Medic
Center, increasing its bed capacity from two hundred fifty (250) to five hundred
(500) beds.

Section 11 of Article XIII of the 1987 Constitution provides:

“SEC. HI. The State shall adopt an integrated and
comprehensive approach to health development which shall
endeavor to make essential goods, health and other social
services available to all the people at affordable cost, There shall
be priority for the needs of the underprivileged sick, elderly,
disabled, women, and children. The State shall endeavor to
provide free medical care to paupers.”

A 250-bed capacity Level 3 general hospital, the Talisay District
Hospital was established on August 26, 1994 by virtue of Republic Act
No. 7799. Initially, the hospital was envisioned to provide health
services to the twenty-two densely populated barangays of Talisay City,
the neighboring Municipality of Minglanilla and the City of Naga, which
are part of the First District of the Province of Cebu, and also the
accessible barangays of ‘Toledo City. However, patients from other
neighboring municipalities of Cebu and provinces of Negros and Bohol,
and sometimes patients from as far as Luzon and Mindanao, are also
seeking medical attention in Talisay District Hospital.

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In consideration of its strategic location, and being the favored
destination of various sports enthusiasts, the hospital serves as the
immediate health facility for trauma, sports injuries, vehicular accidents
and the like, Due to inadequate resourees, however, such as human
resource complements or medical equipment and facilities, about 1,119
trauma cases were rred to the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center
in Cebu City in 2011 and 2,083 trauma cases from January I to June 30,
2012.

In the Philippine Hospital Development Plan of the Department of
Health, the Talisay District Hospital is envisioned to become a trauma
rehabilitation and sports medicine center in the Visayas. It is in this light
that the Department of Health issued Administrative Order No. 2016-
0021, dated June 21, 2016, (Revised
Implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic Act No. 7799) to
upgrade the Talisay District Hospital to a 250-bed capacity level 3
hospital.

With an additional 250-bed capacity, the proposed ‘Tali
Medical Center tertiary hospital can provide better health servic
will greatly benefit the people. not only in Talisay City but also of the
neighboring areas of the southern part of the Province of Cebu and other
areas in the Visayas, The hospital will be able to address the health needs
of the most marginalized sector of the community.

In view of the foregoing, approval of this bill is earnestly sought.

GERALD AN HONY V. GULLAS, JR.

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Republi ofthe Bhilippines
Fuse of Representatives
Quezon City, Metro Manila

Seventeenth Congress
First Regular Session

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HOU

E BILL NO.

Introduced by Honorable Gerald Anthony V. Gullas, Jr.

AN ACT
CONVERTING THE TALISAY DISTRICT HOSPITAL IN TALISAY
CITY, PROVINCE OF CEBU INTO A MEDICAL CENTER TO BE
KNOWN AS THE TALISAY CITY MEDICAL CENTER, INCREASING
ITS BED CAPACITY FROM TWO HUNDRED FIFTY (250) TO FIVE
HUNDRED (500) BEDS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. The Talisay District Hospital in Talisay City, Province of
Cebu is hereby converted into a medical center to be known as the Talisay City
Medical Center.

SEC. 2. The bed capacity of the Talisay City Medical Center is hereby
increased from two hundred fifty (250) to five hundred (500) beds: Provided,
‘That the increase shall be implemented gradually over a five-year period:
Provided, further, That for every year, fifty (50) beds shall be added to the
hospital, The Secretary of Health shall immediately include in the program of

the Department of Health the implementation of this Act.

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SEC. 3. The existing service capability, professional health care services

and health human resource of the Talisay City Medical Center are hereby

upgraded and increased to conform with and be commensurate to the bed
capacity as herein provided
SEC. 4, The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act

shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act of the year

following its enactment into law and thereafter.

SEC. 5. Within ninety (90) days from the approval of this Act, the
Secretary of Health shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Budget and
Management, promulgate the necessary rules and regulations for the effective

implementation of this Act.

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

Approved,