Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
Second Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. 9746 
Introduced by REPRESENTATIVE JOSE MA. R. ZUBIRI, JR. 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Section 11, Article XIII of the Constitution provides that “The State shall adopt an 
integrated and comprehensive approach to health and development that shall endeavor to 
make essential goods, health and other social services available to all people at all cost.” 
Furthermore, Section 15, Article II of the Constitution provides that “The State shall protect 
and promote the right to health of the people and instill consciousness among them.” 
Hence, it is the obligation of the State to improve the provision of health care to the 
populace. 
Bukidnon Provincial Hospital – Maramag is a level II hospital established in 2007 through 
the vision and initiative of providing quality health care to all poor constituents of 
Bukidnon.   
Through the years, the numbers of patients, particularly the poor and the underprivileged, 
who sought the services and were admitted to the provincial hospital had increased 
significantly eventually creating a serious problem to the hospital management.  The 
existing 130 bed capacity provincial hospital can no longer cope with the ever-increasing 
number of patients and their diversified health needs, especially those patients’ requiring 
confinement.   
The BPH-Maramag serves the medical and health needs of the people from the province 
of Bukidnon and other neighboring provinces of South Cotobato, Lanao del Sur and Davao.  
Converting the hospital to a tertiary hospital will give much-needed access to highly-
quality health care.  Patients would have access to upgraded and efficient facilities that 
prioritize preventive treatment, reducing the cost of medical examinations and operations 
in private hospitals.   
In lieu of the abovementioned, the approval of this bill is earnestly sought. 
REP. JOSE MA. R. ZUBIRI, JR. 
Third District, Bukidnon  
December 12, 2023
4:17 pm


Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
Second Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. 9746 
Introduced by REPRESENTATIVE JOSE MA. R. ZUBIRI, JR. 
AN ACT 
UPGRADING 
THE 
BUKIDNON 
PROVINCIAL 
HOSPITAL 
IN 
THE 
MUNIPICIPALITY OF MARAMAG, PROVINCE OF BUKIDNON INTO A 
TERTIARY LEVEL III GENERAL HOSPITAL TO BE KNOWN AS THE BPH-
MARAMAG, UNDER THE CONTROL, SUPERVISION AND MANAGEMENT 
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (DOH) AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS 
THEREFOR 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled: 
Sec. 1.  The Bukidnon Provincial Hospital in the Municipality of Maramag, Province of 
Bukidnon is hereby upgraded into a tertiary level III General Hospital to be known as the 
Bukidnon Provincial Hospital-Maramag under the direct control, supervision, and 
management of the Department of Health (DOH). 
The increase in the bed capacity of the Bukidnon Provincial Hospital in the Municipality 
of Maramag, Province of Bukidnon shall be in accordance with the hospital development 
plan. 
Sec. 2. The existing professional health care services and facilities are also hereby upgraded 
to conform with and be commensurate to the bed capacity increase as provided in Section 
1 hereof.  
Sec. 3. The DOH, in coordination with the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) 
and the Civil Service Commission (CSC), and in consultation with the management of the 
hospital, shall determine the additional plantilla positions to be created and filled up in the 
workforce of the said hospital. 
Sec. 4. The chief of the hospital shall develop a hospital development plan to be submitted 
to the DOH to reflect the development goals of the hospital, consistent with the increase in 
the bed capacity and service capability.  Request for the staffing requirements, capital 
outlay investments and budgetary needs for the operations shall be based on the hospital 
development plan. 
Sec. 5. The Secretary of Health shall include in the Department’s programs the 
implementation of this Act, the funding of which shall be included in the annual General 
Appropriations Act. 
Sec. 6. Within ninety (90) days from the effectivity of this Act, the Secretary of Health 
shall prepare the implementing rules and regulations upon consultation with the Provincial 
Government of Bukidnon, the Representative of the District, where the hospital is located, 
and other stakeholders and shall be implemented consistent with the hospital development 
plan. 
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. 
Approved,