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EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

6372

House Bill Number

Introduced by Representative MARISSA LOURDES M. ANDAYA

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Through the Local Government Code of 1991, major devolution of national
government services was introduced with the noble intention of improving efficiency
and effectiveness, by bringing government services to the grassroots level. Among
the government services that have been devolved was the management and delivery
of health services from the Department of Health (DOH) to the local government units.

Decentralization of health services aimed to increase responsiveness of health
systems to local needs. It aimed to empower local management and transfer decision-
making in the local level to better serve the constituents.

While the objective of the law was laudable, the negative effects that it has
spawned led to the deterioration of some services in the health sector. As a result of
the increased managerial control of local politics over technical health management,
there has been a decline in the quality of infrastructure and service delivery,
understaffing and unmaintained medical equipment.

This is particularly true in the case of Ragay District Hospital and Sipocot
District Hospital in the First District of Camarines Sur. Patients in the municipalities of
Ragay and Sipocot, including the nearby towns prefer to seek medical attention in
Bicol Medical Center located in Naga City and in Bicol Region General Hospital and
Geriatric Medical Center in Cabusao. Patients complain that the said district hospitals
lack medical personnel, equipment and medicines, and infrastructure is not fully
utilized. This is attributed to the fact that these hospitals do not receive the necessary
funding support and appropriate technical supervision from the Provincial
Government.

To abate the worsening condition of medical services in Ragay and Sipocot
District Hospitals, this bill seeks to re-nationalize the management and control of said


district hospitals. By returning to the DOH the supervision of Ragay and Sipocot
District Hospitals, it is expected that these hospitals will get the necessary funding
support and supervision that they urgently need which will then improve the medical
services, thereby increasing the people's confidence in seeking medical attention in a
facility closer to their homes.

Immediate passage of this bill is earnestly requested.

wines ‘M. ANDAYA


Republic of the Philippines
House of Representatives
Quezon City, Metro Manila

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill Number__ 9372

Introduced by Representative MARISSA LOURDES M. ANDAYA

AN ACT RE-NATIONALIZINGTHE RAGAY DISTRICT HOSPITAL AND SIPOCOT
DISTRICT HOSPITAL, LOCATED IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF RAGAY AND
SIPOCOT, CAMARINES SUR, PLACING THE SAME UNDER THE CONTROL.

AND SUPERVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND APPROPRIATING

FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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

Section 1. Both the District Hospitals located in the First District of Camarines
Sur, namely Ragay District Hospital and Sipocot District Hospital, collectively referred
to as District Hospitals, are hereby re-nationalized and placed under the control,
management and supervision of the Department of Health.

Sec. 2. All records, assets, liabilities and personnel shall be reverted back to
the National Government.

Sec. 3. The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act shall be
included in the General Appropriations Act of the year following the its enactment and
thereafter.

Sec. 4. The Secretary of the Department of Health (DOH) shall promulgate the
necessary rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act.

Sec. 5. If any clause, sentence, paragraph or part of this Act shall be declared
to be invalid, the remainder of this Act or any provision not affected thereby shall
remain in force and effect.


Sec. 6. All laws, presidential decrees, executive orders, rules and regulations
or parts thereof which are not consistent with this Act are hereby repealed, amended
or modified accordingly.

Sec. 7. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the
Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation, whichever
comes earlier.

Approved,