SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
Second Regular Session 
SENATE 
S.B. 2481 
Introduced by Senator Poe 
AN ACT 
TO IMPROVE THE FACILITIES OF NORTHERN MINDANAO MEDICAL CENTER, 
AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7938, APPROPRIATING FUNDS 
THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
Explanatorv Note 
This bill was originally filed in the fourth Congress and was again re-filed in the 
Fifteenth Congress as House Bill No. 52. During the Fifteenth Congress, this bill was approved 
by the Committee on Health and the Committee on Appropriations. It was subsequently . 
approved by the House of Representatives on August 6. 2012 and transmitted to the Senate on 
August 16, 2012 where it was not acted upon. 
The Constitution states that it is policy of the State to protect and promote the right to 
health of the people and instill health consciousness among them. Further, it is mandated that the 
State shall adopt an integrated and comprehensive approach to health development which shall 
endeavor to make essential goods, health and other social service available to all the people at 
affordable cost. More importantly, there shall be priority for the needs of the underprivileged 
sick, elderly, disabled, women and children. 
Northern Mindanao Medical Center (NMMC) is a government hospital with a 300-bed 
capacity. It has been in existence for 90 years and has achieved great accomplishments in terms 
of infrastructure projects, procurement of hospital facilities, training and development of medical 
officers and personnel. 
NMMC withstood its loyalty in providing a healthy environment not only to the people of 
Cagayan de Oro City but also to the entire region. In fact, since 2003, it has been admitting 
patients beyond its bed capacity. At present it serves around 600 patients a day. Hence, to further 
enhance its capacity of promoting public health and to cater medical assistance to indigent 
patients, there is need to increase its bed capacity from 300 to 600. 
In view thereof immediate approval of this Bill is sought. 
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SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
Second Regular Session 
SENATE 
S.B. 2481 
Introduced by Senator Poe 
AN ACT 
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TO IMPROVE THE FACILITIES OF NORTHERN MINDANAO MEDICAL CENTER, 
AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7938, APPROPRIATING FUNDS 
THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
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SECTION 1. Section 2 of Republic Act No. 7938 is hereby amended to read as follows: 
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Sec. 2. The hospital facilities of the Northern Mindanao Medical Center shall 
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be upgraded and increased, consistent with the requirements of modem medical 
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technology and its status as a medical center. Accordingly, its bed capacity shall be 
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increased from [two hundred (200) to] three hundred (300) beds TO SIX 
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HUNDRED (600) BEDS." 
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SECTION 2. Section 3 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: 
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"SEC. 3. The number of medical personnel, PERSONNEL SERVICES 
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AND MAINTENANCE AND OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES of the 
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Northern Mindanao Medical Center shall correspondingly be increased. THE 
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DEPARTMENT 
OF 
HEALTH, 
IN 
COORDINATION 
WITH 
THE 
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DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT, SHALL DETERMINE 
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THE 
ADDITIONAL 
PLANTILLA 
POSITIONS 
TO 
BE 
CREATED 
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PURSUANT TO THIS ACT." 
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SECTION 3. There is hereby added a new Section 4 to read as follows: 
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"SEC. 4. THE INCREASE IN BED CAPACITY OF THE NORTHERN 
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MINDANAO MEDICAL CETER FROM THREE HUNDRED (300) TO SIX 
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HUNDRED (600) BEDS SHALL BE IMPLEMENTED FOR A PERIOD OF 
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NOT MORE THAN THREE (3) YEARS FROM THE APPROVAL OF THIS 
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ACT." 
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SECTION 4. Section 4 of the same Act is hereby numbered as Section 5 and 
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amended to read as follows: 
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"SEC [4]5. [The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act 
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shall be included in the General Appropriations Act of the year following its 
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enactment into law and thereafter.] THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH SHALL 
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IMMEDIATELY INCLUDE IN THE DEPARTMENT'S PROGRAMS THE 
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IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS ACT, THE FUNDING OF WHICH SHALL 
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BE INCLUDED IN THE ANNUAL GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT." 
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SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in two 
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(2) newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved,