NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
Second Regular Session 
) 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Introduced by Representative Rufus B. Rodriguez 
House Bill No.  _____ 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The Philippine Children’s Medical Center (PCMC) was established by P.D. 1631, originally 
as the hospital known as Lungsod ng Kabataan. The law was passed, basically to construct, 
establish, operate and maintain facilities for the children's welfare, including a specialized 
hospital for children.  
Lungsod ng Kabataan is described as a “Wonderland for Children”. Inside the hospital, the 
child is greeted by colorful, educational, cultural and historical murals that line its corridors. 
The rooms have various fancy beds designed as jeepneys, fire wagons, speedboats, and 
slippers or bakya. This aims to make the child’s hospital stay a soothing and comfortable 
experience, as well as informative, educational and enjoyable. The decorative rooms also 
distract children from their ills and pain, making their environment conducive to healing. IT 
was renamed to the PCMC thru Memorandum Order No. 2. 
At present, PCMC’s expert service and infrastructure capabilities showcase the largest ICU 
for children in the country. It has the biggest neonatal intensive care unit [NICU] that is 
integral to the Perinatal Care and Neonatology Center. It’s Child Neurology and 
Neurosurgery Service Program, inclusive of a neurodevelopment center, is fully equipped 
with up-to-date services. It also has the most comprehensive pediatric rehabilitation facility 
and the most extensive pediatric multi-specialty for inpatients, as well as for clinic service to 
out-patients and referrals. Among these are the Cancer and Hematology Center; Adolescent 
Center (Teen Republic); Pediatric Lung, Heart, Kidney and Liver Center; Pediatric Critical 
Care Center, and; the Clinical Centers for General Pediatric Services and Surgical & Allied 
Medical Services, respectively. 
This is why we need to have a PCMC in Mindanao. We need to make their services to the 
children patients in Mindanao.  
The establishment of PCMC-Mindanao will alleviate the plight of parents and children in 
these regions of additional costs and burden of travelling to Quezon City in order to avail of 
the medical services of PCMC.  
In view of the foregoing, immediate approval of this bill is earnestly sought. 
RUFUS B. RODRIGUEZ 
September 11, 2023
8:00 am
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NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
Second Regular Session 
) 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Introduced by Representative Rufus B. Rodriguez 
House Bill No.  _____ 
AN ACT 
ESTABLISHING THE PHILIPPINE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER FOR MINDANAO 
AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR  
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled:  
SECTION 1. Declaration of Policy. – It is the policy of the State to protect and promote the 
right to health of the people, especially the children, including proper care and nutrition and 
to adopt an integrated and comprehensive approach to health development. Towards this 
end, the State shall ensure the accessibility of medical services and the availability of 
specialized health care to children in the Mindanao regions.  
SEC 2. Philippine Children's Medical Center for Mindanao. – There shall be established, 
under the supervision of the Department of Health, a Philippine Children's Medical Center in 
Cagayan de Oro City to be known as the Philippine Children's Medical Center for Mindanao, 
subject to the provisions of Presidential Decree 1631. 
The PCMC-Mindanao shall be a constituent specialty hospital of the Philippine 
Children's Medical Center and shall be administered by its existing Board of Trustees of the 
Philippine Children's Medical Center, hereinafter referred to as the Board.  
The PCMC-Mindanao shall have a bed capacity of at least one hundred fifty (150) 
each. 
SEC 3. Implementing Rules and Regulations. — The Secretary of Health, in consultation 
with the Board of Trustees of the Philippine Children's Medical Center, shall formulate and 
promulgate, the rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of this Act.  
SEC 4. Appropriations. —The amount of Five Billion Pesos (Php 5,000,000,000.00) is 
hereby appropriated for the establishment, initial operation and maintenance of the PCMC 
for Mindanao. Thereafter, such amounts as may be necessary for the continued operation 
and maintenance of the PCMC for Mindanao shall be included in the annual General 
Appropriations Act.  
SEC 5. Repealing Clause — All laws, decrees, orders, proclamations, rules and regulations, 
or parts thereof which are inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed, amended, or 
modified accordingly.  
SEC 6. Effectivity Clause. —  This Act shall take effect fifteen (15)  days after its publication 
in the Official Gazette or in a  newspaper of general circulation.  
Approved, 
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