SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
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Introduced by Senator Antonio "Sonny" F. Trillanes IV 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Article XVI Section 7 of the 1987 Constitution expressly declares that the State shall provide 
immediate and adequate care, benefits, and other fornls of assistance to war veterans and 
veterans of military campaigns, their surviving spouses and orphans. Funds shall be provided 
therefor and due consideration shall be given them in the disposition of agricultural lands of the 
public domain and, in appropriate cases, in the utilization of natural resources. 
The Veterans Memorial Medical Center was constructed by virtue of US Public Law 865 of July 
1, 1948 as gift of the US to the Filipino people. It was further mandated to be the primary 
medical facility for the hospitalization and medical care of veterans and their dependents, 
pursuant of the aforementioned Constitutional provision. 
Nevertheless, such herculean undertaking cannot be accomplished with a single hospital, 
attempting to serve the needs of tens of thousands of Filipino veterans all over the country. It is 
therefore imperative that we honor and pay tribute to the sacrifices of our veterans and their 
dependents by affording them adequate, accessible and quality medical treatment. 
Hence, the establishment of additional Veterans Memorial Medical Centers in Luzon, Visayas 
and Mindanao is imperative. 
In view of the foregoing, the immediate passage of this measure is earnestly sought. 
AN ONIO "SONNY' F. TRiLLANES IV 
Senator 
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SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
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Introduced by Senator Antonio "Sonny" F. Trillanes IV 
AN ACT 
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ESTABLISHING VETERANS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTERS IN LUZON, 
VISAYAS AND MINDANAO 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled: 
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SECTION 1. The establishment of one (1) Veterans Memorial Medical Centers each for 
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Luzon (outside Metro Manila), Visayas and Mindanao,with the minimum capacity of twenty-five 
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(25) hospital beds each under the supervision of the Philippine Veterans Affairs Office (PV AO) 
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is hereby mandated, 
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SEC. 2, The Secretary of National Defense and/or his duly authorized representative, in 
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consultation and coordination with the concerned officials of the Department of Interior and 
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Local Government, shall formulate and promulgate the implementing guidelines, rules and 
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regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act 
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SEC. 3. The Secretary of Defense shall immediately include in the Department's 
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programs the operationalization of the new Veterans Memorial Medical Centers in Luzon 
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(outside Metro Manila), Visayas, and Mindanao, the funding of which shall be included in the 
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Annual General Appropriations Act 
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SEC. 4. For the purposes of this Act, the term "operationalization" shall include the 
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acquisition of the land on which the hospitals will be established, the construction of the building 
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and other complementary infrastructures, facilities and hospital equipment, as well as the costs 
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for maintenance and personal services for the said facilities, 
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SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days following its publication in the 
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Official Gazette at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved, 
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