Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

NINETEENTH CONGRESS
Third Regular Session

House sit.no._ 10975

Introduced by: REPRESENTATIVE HON. RAMON C. NOLASCO JR.

AN ACT
UPGRADING THE DR. TOMAS NOLASCO SR. MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN THE MUNICIPALITY
OF GATTARAN, PROVINCE OF CAGAYAN INTO A LEVEL Il GENERAL HOSPITAL TO BE
KNOWN AS DR. TOMAS NOLASCO SR. GENERAL HOSPITAL, PLACING IT UNDER THE DIRECT
SUPERVISION AND CONTROL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, INCREASING ITS BED
CAPACITY TO 100 BEDS, UPGRADING ITS PROFESSIONAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES AND
FACILITIES, AUTHORIZING THE INCREASE OF ITS MEDICAL PERSONNEL AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFORE

EXPLANATORY NOTE

One of the means to implement the constitutional mandate enunciated in Section 11,
Article Xill of the 1987 Constitution’ is to ensure that our health facilities, especially hospitals,
in cities and provinces are improved and provided with adequate resources and support to
serve the needs of the people.

For more than twenty-six (26) years, the Dr. Tomas Nolasco Sr. Memorial Hospital
(DTNSMH) has served not only the ailing constituents of the municipality of Gattaran, Cagayan
but also patients from neighboring towns of Alcala, Baggao, Lallo, Sto. Nino and Lasam. The
DTNSMH, despite limited facilities and medical professionals, tried its best to accommodate
patients from near-by municipalities.

However, the growing population of the municipality of Gattaran and its nearby towns
and the absence of a nearby higher-level medical facilities emphasize the need to upgrade
and rehabilitate the medical facilities to allow it to provide a higher quality of healthcare

* Sec, 11 the State shall adopt an integrated and comprehensive approach to health development shall
‘endeavor to make essential goods, health and other social services available to all the people at affordable
cost. There shall be priority for the needs of the underprivileged sick, elderly, disabled women and children.
‘The State shall endeavor to provide free medical care to paupers.


services and to alleviate the hardships of patients from neighboring towns to travel long hours
to Tuguegarao City to avail the services of a higher-level kind of hospital.

‘Accordingly, this bill seeks to upgrade the existing Dr. Tomas Nolasco Sr. Memorial
Hospital in the Municipality of Gattaran in the Province of Cagayan into a Level iI General
Hospital under the direct supervision and control of the Department of Health, to increase its
bed capacity to 100 beds, to upgrade its professional healthcare services and facilities, and to
authorize the increase in its medical personnel.

Considering the laudable objective of this bill, its immediate passage is earnestly

sought at the earliest time possible.
HON. sawp Crass, JR.


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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

NINETEENTH CONGRESS
Third Regular Session

House sino, __ 10975

Introduced by: REPRESENTATIVE HON. RAMON C. NOLASCO JR.

AN ACT
UPGRADING THE DR. TOMAS NOLASCO SR. MEMORIAL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF
GATTARAN, PROVINCE OF CAGAYAN INTO A LEVEL I! GENERAL HOSPITAL TO BE KNOWN

AS DR. TOMAS NOLASCO SR. GENERAL HOSPITAL, PLACING IT UNDER THE DIRECT
SUPERVISION AND CONTROL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, INCREASING ITS BED
CAPACITY TO 100 BEDS, UPGRADING ITS PROFESSIONAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES AND

FACILITIES, AUTHORIZING THE INCREASE OF ITS MEDICAL PERSONNEL AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFORE

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

SECTION 1. The Dr. Tomas Nolasco Sr. Memorial Hospital (DTNSMH) in the
Municipality of Gattaran, Province of Cagayan, is hereby upgraded from Level | into a Level Il
General Hospital to be known as the Dr. Tomas Nolasco Sr. General Hospital (DTNSGH) which
shall be placed under the management, direct supervision, and control of the Department of
Health (DOH).

The authorized bed capacity of the medical center is hereby increased from ten (10)
to one hundred (100) beds. Any future increase in the hospital's bed capacity shall be based
on its hospital development plan which shall be prepared by the hospital management of the
Dr. Tomas Nolasco Hospital and submitted to the DOH to reflect the development goals of
the hospital.


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SEC 2. The existing operating fund, service capability, and professional healthcare
services of Dr. Tomas Nolasco Hospital shall be upgraded and increased to conform with and
be commensurate to its nationalization and the increase in bed capacity as provided in Section
1 hereof, consistent with the hospital development plan.

SEC. 3 The existing workforce of the DTNSMH, including doctors, nurses, and support
personnel shall be correspondingly increased to conform with Section 1 of this Act, consistent
with the hospital development plan.

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 Dr. Tomas
Nolasco Hospital, shall determine the additional plantilla positions to be created and filled up.

SEC. 4 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 Appropriation’s Act.

SEC3. 5 Within ninety (90) days from the effectivity of this Act, the DOH shall formulate
the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
The IRR shall be consistent and implemented with the hospital development plan.

SEC. 6. If any portion or provision of this Act be declared unconstitutional, invalid or
inoperable, the remaining portions or provisions hereof that are not affected shall remain in
full force and effect.

SEC. 7. All other laws, decrees, executive orders, issuances, rules and regulations, or
parts thereof which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby amended,

repealed, or modified accordingly.

SEC. 8. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official
Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation in the Philippines.

Approved,