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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
House Bill No.  __________ 
Introduced by HON. KRISTINE ALEXIE B. TUTOR 
Third District, Bohol 
Explanatory Note 
The Constitution states that it is the policy of the State to protect and promote the right to 
health of the people and instill health consciousness among them. Further, the State is 
mandated to adopt 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 cost. More importantly, the needs of the underprivileged, sick, elderly, 
disabled, women, and children shall be prioritized. 
The Teodoro B. Galagar District Hospital provides preventive, curative, emergency health, 
and supportive professional services not only to the residents of the Municipality of Jagna but 
to the other residents and patients in the 3rd District of Bohol. They particularly provide 
quality medical care especially to indigents that are admitted in the hospital. In 2016, the 
Teodoro B. Galagar District Hospital was given its ISO 9001:2008 certification, the first 
district hospital in the region to be given the ISO accreditation. 
In order to sustain this accreditation and to ensure that all Filipinos are guaranteed equitable 
access to quality and affordable health care goods and services consistent with the Universal 
Health Care Law, the proposed upgrading of the Teodoro B. Galagar District Hospital is 
earnestly sought. 
With the proposed upgrade and increase in personnel, the provision of modern medical 
equipment, medicines, state-of-the-art laboratory and other medical requirements, we can 
further enhance its capacity to promote public health and enhance its capacity to cater to 
indigent patients. 
In view of the foregoing, approval of this measure is earnestly sought. 
HON. KRISTINE ALEXIE B. TUTOR 
July 27, 2022
3:21 pm
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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
House Bill No.  __________ 
Introduced by HON. KRISTINE ALEXIE B. TUTOR 
Third District, Bohol 
AN ACT 
INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF TEODORO B. GALAGAR DISTRICT 
HOSPITAL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF JAGNA, PROVINCE OF BOHOL FROM 
SEVENTY-FIVE (75) BEDS TO ONE HUNDRED (100) BEDS AND 
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. The authorized bed capacity of the Teodoro B. Galagar District 
Hospital in the Municipality of Jagna, Province of Bohol is hereby increased from seventy-
five (75) beds to one hundred (100) beds. Any future increase in bed capacity shall be 
consistent with the hospital’s development plan.  
SEC. 2. The existing professional and health care services and facilities of the 
Teodoro B. Galagar District Hospital are hereby upgraded to conform with and be 
commensurate to the increase in its bed capacity as provided in Section 1 hereof.  
SEC. 3. The existing workforce of the Teodoro B. Galagar District Hospital shall be 
correspondingly increased. Upon prior consultation with the management of the Teodoro B. 
Galagar District Hospital, in coordination with the Secretary of Health, the Secretary of 
Budget and Management, and the Chairperson of the Civil Service Commission shall 
determine the additional plantilla positions to be created pursuant to this Act. 
SEC. 4. The Provincial Government of Bohol shall provide the necessary funds to 
support the increase in bed capacity of the Teodoro B. Galagar District Hospital and the 
corresponding upgrading of its facilities and services. The Secretary of the Department of 
Health (DOH) shall include in the DOH’s subsidy program, support for the capital outlay 
requirements of the district hospital.  
SEC. 5. If any provision or part of this Act is declared unconstitutional, the remaining 
parts or provisions not affected shall remain in full force and effect.  
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SEC. 6. All other laws, decrees, orders, issuances, rules and regulations, or parts 
thereof which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, amended 
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.