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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 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
In a 1952 polio epidemic in Denmark, groups of medical students were tasked with 
manually ventilating patients1. During the Spanish flu outbreak of 1918, medical 
students at the University of Pennsylvania cared for patients in the capacity of 
physicians.2 In the current pandemic, medical schools in the United States, Italy, 
and the United Kingdom are graduating medical students early on the condition that 
they serve as frontline clinicians.3 These facts prove how medical students portray 
a very crucial role during trying times just like the pandemic. By creating a close 
connection between the academe and hospitals, we closely put into practice what 
our medical students learn inside the four walls of their classrooms.  
Therefore, to strengthen the country's capability to cater to the health services needs 
of Filipinos, this bill seeks to create new hospitals which will be attached to state 
colleges and universities (SUCs) offering medical degree programs. In addition, 
these hospitals to be created within the SUCs will enable its medical students to 
have the proper training ground for them to fully acquire the needed skills, 
knowledge and experience.  
This proposed measure is in line with the objectives of the Universal Health Care 
Law which seeks to deliver major health system reforms in governance and service 
delivery in partnership with our young future medical professionals. In addition, the 
establishment of more hospitals will help prevent the high attrition rate of our very 
capable healthcare workers as there will be more hospitals to employ them. It is the 
goal of this measure to help achieve the prescribed ratio of medical professionals to 
the population as well as increase the ratio of hospital beds to the population. 
1 West JB. The physiological challenges of the 1952 Copenhagen poliomyelitis epidemic and a renaissance in clinical respiratory 
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2 Starr I. Influenza in 1918: recollections of the epidemic in Philadelphia. 1976. Ann Intern Med. 2006;145:138-
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3 Goldberg E. Early graduation could send medical students to virus front lines. The New York Times. 26 March 2020. Accessed
at www.nytimes.com/2020/03/26/health/coronavirus-medical-students-graduation.html on 11 July 2020.
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In view of the foregoing, the immediate passage of the bill is earnestly sought. 
 
 
 
 
LUIS RAYMUND “LRAY” F. VILLAFUERTE, JR.    
MIGUEL LUIS R. VILLAFUERTE   
 
 
 
 
TSUYOSHI ANTHONY G. HORIBATA  
 
 
NICOLAS ENCISO VIII 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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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 
ESTABLISHING A HOSPITAL IN STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES 
OFFERING MEDICAL DEGREES NATIONWIDE, AND PROVIDING FUNDS 
THEREFOR 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Short Title. — This Act shall be known as cited as the “Healthcare 
Facility Augmentation Act”. 
SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. — The 1987 Constitution guarantees the right to 
health of the people and mandates the State to make health services available to all 
the people at affordable cost. Towards this end, the State shall empower the state 
colleges and universities (SUCs) in the country to contribute in providing health care 
services to the community as well as enabling its medical students to have the 
appropriate training ground. 
SEC. 3. Establishment of Hospitals in State Colleges and Universities. — There 
is hereby established a hospital, with a bed capacity of not less than 50 beds, in 
every state university and college (SUC) offering a medical degree. The Department 
of Health (DOH), through its nearest regional hospital, and in coordination with the 
Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the concerned SUCs, shall provide 
the necessary technical assistance on the construction of said hospitals to ensure 
conformity with the standards set by the department. 
The management and operations of the hospital including the hiring of required 
medical personnel shall be with the concerned SUCs: Provided, That to ensure 
proper coordination with existing policies and programs of the DOH, the concerned 
SUCs shall I elect or appoint the DOH Regional Director in the governing boards of 
the hospital: 
Provided further, That any income derived from the operation of the hospital 
shall be retained by the concerned SUCs to answer for expenses and upgrading 
cost of their hospitals: Provided finally, That hospitals established under this Act as 
well as those already existing in SUCs shall remain operational during public health 
emergencies including, but not limited to, outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics. 
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SEC. 4. Construction and Site of the Hospital — After a period of planning not 
exceeding one (1) year upon the effectivity of this Act, the hospital and the 
necessary equipment for its operations shall be established and put in place within 
the grounds of the concerned SUC: Provided, That the construction of the hospital 
shall be completed within five (5) years after the period of planning as stated under 
this Section. 
 
SEC. 5. Training for Medical Student — Hospitals established under this Act as 
well as those already existing in SUCs shall serve as the training ground for medical 
students in the concerned SUCs: Provided, That graduates of the medical degree 
programs in the concerned SUCs who availed of a government scholarship program 
shall be required to render their return service in the hospital of the SUC which they 
graduated from. 
 
SEC. 6. Reportorial Requirement. — The concerned SUCs shall submit through 
CHED, on an annual basis, a detailed report on the progress of the implementation 
of this Act to the Senate Committees on Higher, Technical and Vocational Education 
and Health and Demography, and the House Committees on Higher and Technical 
Education and Health. 
 
SEC. 7. Appropriations. — The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of 
this Act shall automatically be included in the annual appropriations of the SUCs for 
the next five years upon the implementation of this Act. 
 
SEC. 8. Separability Clause. — If any provision of this Act is declared invalid or 
unconstitutional, the other provisions not affected thereby shall continue to be in full 
force and effect. 
 
SEC. 9. Repealing Clause. —All laws, decrees, executive orders or rules and 
regulations contrary to or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby 
repealed or modified accordingly 
 
SEC. 10. Effectivity Clause. —This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
publication in the Official Gazette or in any newspaper of the general circulation. 
 
Approved,