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Republic of the Philippines
House of Representatives

Quezon City tunis: 5
SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS eve

First Regular Session TON LuV
2043 & SESVICE

House Bill No.

Introduced by Representative Jose Enrique S. Garcia Ill

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Bataan Provincial Hospital is a renationalized hospital located in the City of
Balanga, Province of Bataan, which has been placed under the direct control,
management and supervision of the Department of Health and upgraded to have an
authorized bed capacity of at least three hundred and fifty (350) and an implementing
capacity of two hundred fourteen (214) pursuant to Republic Act 8561

It has since constructed additional buildings, improved its facilities, and acquired
state-of-the-art equipment. Staffed by competent medical doctors, nurses and allied
health workers who are guided by rules and policies which have been put in place, it
has successfully evolved into an efficiently run public hospital. External and internal
audits are regularly conducted to ensure quality of performance and delivery of services
at a level that has been certified by the Intemational Organization for Standardization
(ISO).

Curiously, even without proper legislative enactment, the hospital has come to be
known as Bataan General Hospital and it is by this name that it is recognized by its
mother agency which is the Department of Health, and other key agencies like the
Department of Budget and Management (DBM) and Philhealth.

On the other hand, Bataan Provincial Hospital is still the name that appears in
the hospital license because it was so named in Republic Act 8561

If only to avoid confusion and at the same time enhance its capability to attain its
Millenium Development goals, it is here proposed that the hospital be renamed as
Bataan General Hospital and Medical Center and that it be upgraded into a level Ill
teaching and training tertiary hospital.

In view of the foregoing, immediate passage of this bill is earnestly sought.
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REP. JOSE ENRIQUE S. GARCIA Ill
Second District, Bataan


Republic of the Philippines
House of Representatives
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS.
First Regular Session

2043

House Bill No.

Introduced by Representative Jose Enrique S. Garcia Ill

AN ACT UPGRADINGTHE BATAAN PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL IN THE PROVINCE
OF BATAAN INTO A LEVEL III TEACHING AND TRAINING TERTIARY HOSPITAL,
RENAMING THE SAME AS BATAAN GENERAL HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL
CENTER, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8561, AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. The Bataan Provincial Hospital in the Province of Bataan is hereby
upgraded into a level III teaching and training tertiary hospital which shall have a bed
capacity of at least four hundred (400), and shall hereafter be renamed as Bataan
General Hospital and Medical Center.

SECTION 2. The amount necessary for the upgrade, including the acquisition of
additional medical equipment and facilities and the construction of needed infrastructure
shall be charged against the current year's appropriations and thereafter, such sums as
may be necessary for its continued operations shall be included in the annual General
Appropriations Act.

SECTION 3. The provisions of Section 1 of Republic Act No. 8561 are hereby
amended accordingly.

SECTION 4. The Department of Health shall issue the rules and regulations
necessary for the effective implementation of this Act.

SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect immediately upon its approval
Approved.