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HOUSE BILL NO. 6569 Win inveé

Introduced by HONORABLE RAMON JOLO B. REVILLA III

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to upgrade the Kawit Kalayaan Hospital in Barangay San Sebastian,
Municipality of Kawit, Province of Cavite into a Level If District Hospital and increase its
capacity to one hundred (100) beds.

“The State shall adopt a an integrated and comprehensive approach to
health development which shall endeavor to make essential goods, health, and
other social services available to all the people at affordable costs. 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.”

- Section 11, Article XIII, 1987 Philippine Constitution

The Province of Cavite has a total population of 4,344,829. The First District alone,
composed of Cavite City and the municipalities of Kawit, Noveleta, and Rosario, has 368,468
inhabitants. Aside from the population, the economic growth of the First District must be
sustained. It currently houses the Cavite Economic Zone in Rosario, and proposals for the
utilization of Sangley Point have been submitted due its potential for growth. The need for the
upgrade of the Kawit Kalayaan Hospital is evident.

In view of the foregoing, immediate approval of this bill is eamestly sought.

RAMON JOLO&. REVILLA II


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 6569

Introduced by HONORABLE RAMON JOLO B. REVILLA III

AN ACT
UPGRADING THE KAWIT KALAYAAN HOSPITAL IN KAWIT, CAVITE TO A.
LEVEL II DISTRICT HOSPITAL AND INCREASING ITS BED CAPACITY TO ONE
HUNDRED, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

assembled:

SECTION 1. The Kawit Kalayaan Hospital in Barangay San Sebastian, Municipality of
Kawit, Province of Cavite is hereby upgraded into a Level II District Hospital, under the
technical supervision of the Department of Health (DOH).

Its authorized bed capacity shall be increased to one hundred (100) beds. The Secretary
of Health shall implement the increase in bed capacity within a period of one (1) year from the
approval of this Act.

SECTION 2. The existing hospital facilities and health care services of the Kawit
Kalayaan Hospital shall be upgraded to conform with the requirements of a Level II District
Hospital, and be commensurate to the increase in bed capacity. The number of professional
medical personnel shall also be increased in relation with the said upgrade.

SECTION 3. The Secretary of Health shall immediately include the implementation of
this Act in the Department’s programs, and such funding shall be included in the annual General
Appropriations Act.

SECTION 4, The Department of Health shall promulgate the necessary rules and
regulations for the effective implementation of this Act within sixty (60) days after its approval.

SECTION 5. Repealing Clause. — All laws, executive orders or issuances, or any parts

thereof which are inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed or amended accordingly.


SECTION 6. Effectivity Clause. — This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days upon its
publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,