Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE 0F REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City
First Regular Session
NINETEENTH CONGRES S
```1.`       6G11
House Bill No.
Introduced by Rep. Maria Carmen S. Zamora
EXPLANATORY NOTH
Section  15,  Article  11  of the  Constitution  of the  Republic  is  unequivocal  in  its
declaration that the State is mandated to "protect and promote the right to health of the
people and instill health consciousness among them." Further,  Section  11, Article XIII of
the   same  sacred   document   provides   that  the  "State   shall   adopt  and   integrate   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 cost" and ,
likewise,   "there  shall  be  priority  to  the  needs  of  the  underprivileged,  sick,  elderly,
disabled, women, and children."
In his first State of the Nation Address (SONA), President Ferdinand E. Marcos,
Jr.  reinforced this state policy by saying that specialty hospitals located in Metro Mnila,
namely,  the Philippine Heart  Center,  the National  Kidney  and  Transplant Institute,  the
Lung  Center  of the  Philippines,  the  Philippine  Orthopedic  Center,  and  the  Philippine
Cancer  Center,  and the like,  should have branches  in various  regions  of the country to
realistically  make  quality  health  care  affordable  and  accessible  to   our  people.   This
strengthens   the   direction   of   the   country's   health   agenda   under   the   Millennium
Development Goals and the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals which are proving to
be very difficult tasks for the country. The COVID-19 pandemic also spurred on the need
to develop a better healthcare system for Filipinos.
This   bill   is   an   operationalization   of  the   administration's   health   thrust   by
establishing a heart, brain and kidney multispecialty hospital in Monkayo, Davao de Oro
Province.   The  medical  facility  will   complement  the  existing  health  facilities   in  the
province   which   are   of   limited   capability   and   capacity.   Likewise,   Monkayo   is   a
strategically-placed town which can cover Regions  11  and 13 where a large portion of the
population is deprived of such health services.
The  passage  of this  timely  bill  is  most  respectfully  sought  to  realize  the  most
urgent medical needs of our people.
n4ARIA
S. ZAMORA, ENSA


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City
First RE`gular Session
NINETEENTH CONGRESS
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House BillNo.    `
Introduced by Rep. Maria Carmen S. Zamora
ANACT
ESTABLISHING A HEART, BRAIN AND KIDNEY MULTISPECIALTY HOSPITAL IN
THE MUNICIPALITY OF MONKAYO, DAVA0 DE OR0 PROVINCE TO BE KNOWN
AS THE MONKAYO MULTISPECIALTY HOSPITAL, AND APPROPIATING FUNDS
THEREFOR
Bas#Cdt:ed  by  the  Senate  and the  House  Of Representatives  Of the  Philip_|]ines  in Congre¥
SECTION 1.  There shall be established, under the direct control and supervision of the
Department   of  Health   (DOH),   a   heart,   brain   and   kidney   multispecialty   hospital   in   the
municipality of Monkayo, Davao De Oro Province, to be known as the Monkayo Multispecialty
Hospital.
SEC. 2.  Any increase in bed capacity and upgrading of health care services and facilities
of the sald multispecialty hospital shall be based on the hospital development plan which shall be
prepared  by  the  Head  of the  Institution  approved  by  the  Department  of Health  to  reflect  the
development goals of the hospital.
SEC.  3.   The  Department  of  Health  shall  immediately   include  in  the  Department's
program  the  inplementation of this Act, the  funding of which  shall be included in the  General
Appropriations Act.
SEC. 4. Within ninety (90) days from the effectivity of this Act, the Secretary of Health
shall  prepare  and  issue  the  necessary  rules  and  regulation  for  its  effective  implementation
consistent with the Hospital Development Plan.
SEC. 5.  If any provision of this Act is declared unconstitutional, the remaining parts or
provisions shall remain in full force and effect.
SEC. 6. All laws, executive orders, issuances, rules and regulations, inconsistent with this
Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
SEC.  7.  This  Act  shall  take  effect  fifteen  (15)  days  after  its  publication  in  the  official
Gazette or in any newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,