HOUSE °F REPRESENTATIVES

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REGISTR.\TION UNIT
SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS | BILLS AND INDEX SERVICE

First Regular Session

Begun and held in Metro Manila, the twenty-fifth day of July, two thousand and
sixteen

House Bill No,__ 96

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE BAI SANDRA SINSUAT A. SEMA

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Dinaig Municipal Hospital in the Municipality of Datu Odin Sinsuat,
Province of Maguindanao was created by Republic Act No. 6918 in 1990. After
more than two decades, its bed capacity remains to be ten (10) in spite of the fact
that the population of the Municipality has grown from 52,370 in 1990, 71,569
in 2000 to 103,765 at present. The average number of hospital patients today has
gone beyond its ten-bed capacity.

In view of the Constitutional provision guaranteeing the right to health of
the people and instilling health consciousness among them, it is now high time
that the bed capacity of the Dinaig Municipal Hospital be increased from ten (10)
to fifty (50). As the name Dinaig has also been changed to Datu Odin Sinsuat, the
name of the hospital needs also to be changed to Datu Odin Sinsuat District
Hospital.


Early approval of this legislative measure is earnestly requested.

Bar SANDRA SinsuaT A. SEMA, MNSA.
Representative
First District of Maguinadanao
and Cotabato City


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS

First Regular Session

Begun and held in Metro Manila, the twenty-fifth day of July, two thousand and
sixteen

House Bill No. 96

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE BAI SANDRA SINSUAT A. SEMA

AN ACT CONVERTING THE BED CAPACITY DINAIG MUNICIPAL
HOSPITAL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF DATU ODIN SINSUAT,
PROVINCE OF MAGUINDANAO INTO A_ FIFTY-BED
CAPACITY DISTRICT HOSPITAL TO BE KNOWN AS THE
DATU ODIN SINSUAT DISTRICT HOSPITAL, AMENDING FOR
THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6918 AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. Section of Republic Act No. 6918 is hereby amended to read
as follows:
“SEC. 1. [There shall be established, under the supervision of

the Department of Health, a] THE ten-bed capacity municipal


hospital in the Municipality of [Dinaig) DATU ODIN SINSUAT,

Province of Maguindanao, IS HEREBY CONVERTED INTO A

FIFTY-BED CAPACITY DISTRICT HOSPITAL to be known as

the [Dinaig Municipal] DATU ODIN SINSUAT DISTRICT

Hospital.”

SECTION 2. Section 2 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as
follows:

“SEC. 2. [The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of
this Act shall be charged against the appropriations authorized for
the purpose under the Fiscal Year 1989 General Appropriations Act.
Thereafter, such sums as may necessary for the operation and
maintenance of the herein hospital shall be included in the annual
General Appropriations Act]. THE PROVINCIAL
GOVERNMENT OF MAGUINDANAO SHALL CONTINUE TO
PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE DATU ODIN SINSUAT
DISTRICT HOSPITAL. THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH SHALL
INCLUDE IN THE DEPARTMENT’S SUBSIDY PROGRAM,
SUPPORT FOR THE CAPITAL OUTLAY REQUIREMENTS OF
THE SAID DISTRICT HOSPITAL.”

SEC. 3. Section 3 of the same Act is hereby deleted.
SEC. 4. Section 4 of the same Act is hereby renumbered as Section 3 and

amended as follows:


“SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect [upon its approval]
FIFTEEN (15) DAYS AFTER ITS PUBLICATION IN ANY
NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION.”

Approved,