Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. ____ 
Introduced by HON. LUIS RAYMUND “LRAY” F. VILLAFUERTE, JR.,  
HON. MIGUEL LUIS R. VILLAFUERTE, HON. TSUYOSHI ANTHONY G. 
HORIBATA AND HON. NICOLAS ENCISO VIII 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The public health sector has struggled with financing its hospitals and programs. The World 
Health Organization pointed out the maldistribution of infrastructure and human resources 
across the country, and defined the current system as “fragmented”1. Further, the Covid-19 
pandemic has highlighted the inadequate health care infrastructure of the Philippines, 
particularly hospital beds. 
Several reforms have been made in order to address the concerns that riddle the current 
health care system in the Philippines. One major success was the passage of the Universal 
Health Care law which puts all Filipinos into the National Health Insurance Program and 
ensure primary care services to all. However, inefficiencies still abound, such as gaps in 
delivery of service and, most especially, infrastructure. 
Under current policy, a government hospital can only increase its bed capacity through 
legislation. This bill hopes to address this by authorizing the DOH to administratively determine 
and approve the bed capacity and service capability of all government hospitals. This will 
empower the DOH, who have expertise on service delivery in our health care system, to 
evaluate and approve changes in its hospitals. 
The approval of this bill is earnestly sought. 
LUIS RAYMUND “LRAY” F. VILLAFUERTE, JR. 
 MIGUEL LUIS R. VILLAFUERTE 
TSUYOSHI ANTHONY G. HORIBATA 
NICOLAS ENCISO VIII 
1 The Philippines Health System Review. Health Systems in Transition, Vol. 8 No. 2, 2018. World Health 
Organization. http://apps.searo.who.int/PDS_DOCS/B5438.pdf. Accessed on July 10, 2019. 
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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. ____ 
Introduced by HON. LUIS RAYMUND “LRAY” F. VILLAFUERTE, JR.,  
HON. MIGUEL LUIS R. VILLAFUERTE, HON. TSUYOSHI ANTHONY G. 
HORIBATA AND HON. NICOLAS ENCISO VIII 
AN ACT  
AUTHORIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (DOH) TO SET AND APPROVE 
THE BED CAPACITY AND SERVICE CAPABILITY OF ALL DOH-RETAINED 
HOSPITALS 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. This Act shall be known as the “DOH Hospital Bed Capacity and Service 
Capability Rationalization Act”. 
SECTION 2. This Act shall streamline the process for approving changes in the 
authorized bed capacities and corresponding service capabilities of all Department of 
Health (DOH)-retained hospitals. 
SECTION 3. Authority is hereby granted to the DOH to adjust and approve the 
authorized bed capacities and corresponding service capabilities of all DOH-retained 
hospitals. 
The DOH shall develop the Philippine Health Facility Development Plan 
(PHFDP) to guide the modernization and development plans of all government health 
facilities and to access capital outlays investment in accordance with its Health 
Facilities Enhancement Program and other national government capital outlays 
investment mechanisms. 
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SECTION 4. The Secretary of Health shall include in the Department's programs the 
funding requirements for the adjustment in bed capacity and service capability of each 
DOH-retained hospital in accordance with the PHFDP and the hospital's 
modernization and development plan, the funding of which shall be included in the 
annual General Appropriations Act. 
 
SECTION 5. The DOH shall provide Congress, through the Committee on Health of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health and Demography of the 
Senate, an annual report detailing the approved bed capacities of all DOH-retained 
hospitals, along with the necessary funding requirements. 
 
SECTION 6. The DOH shall formulate the implementing rules and regulations of this 
Act within ninety (90) days after its approval. 
 
SECTION 7. All laws, decrees, executive orders, rules and regulations, or parts thereof 
which are inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed, amended or modified 
accordingly. 
 
SECTION 8. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the 
Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation. 
 
Approved,