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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
First Regular Session 
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SENATE
S.B. No. 1 2 B1
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Introduced by SENATOR IMEE R. MARCOS
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A HOSPITAL IN THE PROVINCE OF IFUGAO TO BE 
KNOWN AS THE EASTERN CORDILLERA REGIONAL HOSPITAL AND 
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Section 15 of Article II of the 1987 Philippine Constitution provides that "The 
State shall protect and promote the right to health of the people and instill health 
consciousness among them."
On 2 June 2020, the undersigned filed Senate Bill No. 1569, entitled; "An Act 
Establishing a Hundred-Bed Extension of the Luis Hora Memorial Regional Hospital in 
the Province of Ifugao, to be known as the Luis Hora Memorial Regional Hospital - 
Ifugao Extension Hospital, And Appropriating Funds Therefor" which was referred to 
the Committee on Health and Demography. However, on 11 September 2020, Former 
Health Secretary Francisco Francis T. Duque III stated that instead of establishing an 
extension of the Luis Hora Memorial Regional Hospital (LHMRH) in Ifugao, a separate 
hospital with mandates to have its own Personnel Services (PS), Maintenance and Other 
Operating Expenses (MOOE), and Capital Outlays (CO) to avoid stretching the 
resources of LHMRH, shall be established within the province.
Hence, this bill seeks to establish a hospital in the Province of Ifugao to be known 
as the Eastern Cordillera Regional Hospital. This will meet the healthcare needs of the 
people of Ifugao and those living at Mt. Province's eastern border, as well as those of 
the provinces of Kalinga and Apayao.
In view of the foregoing, the expeditious passage of this bill is earnestly sought.
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IMEE R./MARCOS


NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE ) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
First Regular Session 
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SENATE
S.B. No. 1S61
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Introduced by SENATOR IMEE R. MARCOS
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A HOSPITAL IN THE PROVINCE OF IFUGAO TO BE 
KNOWN AS THE EASTERN CORDILLERA REGIONAL HOSPITAL AND 
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Phiiippines in Congress 
assembled:
SECTION 1. Establishment of Regional Hospital. —There shall be established, 
a regional hospital in the Province of Ifugao to be known as the Eastern Cordillera 
Regional Hospital, the initial bed capacity and service capability, and succeeding 
increases thereof, shall be based on the hospital development plan to be prepared by 
the DOH.
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SEC. 2. Composition. - The Eastern Cordillera Regional Hospital shall be 
constructed and located between the boundary or adjacent to the boundary of the 
Municipality of Aguinaldo and Municipality of Mayoyao, Province of Ifugao.
SEC. 3. Personnel. - After the construction of the Eastern Cordillera Regional 
Hospital, the Department of Health thru the Secretary of Health shall make sure that 
personnel of the regional hospital will be provided and appointed thereof and that funds 
for its maintenance and operations are provided for.
SEC. 4. Appropriations. - The Secretary of the DOH shall immediately include In 
the Department's program the implementation of this Act, the funding of which shall be 
included in the annual General Appropriations Act.


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SEC. 5. Separability Clause. - If any provision or part of this Act is declared 
unconstitutional, the remaining parts or provisions not affected shall remain in full force 
and effect.
SEC. 6. Repealing Clause. - All laws, executive orders, issuances, rules and 
regulations inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
SEC. 7. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect after fifteen (15) days following 
the completion of its publication either in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper general 
circulation in the Philippines.
Approved,