EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
Third Regular Session 
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SENATE
S.B. No. 2342
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Introduced by SENATOR IMEE R. MARCOS
AN ACT INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF THE ILOCOS TRAINING 
AND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER IN THE CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, 
PROVINCE OF LA UNION, FROM THREE HUNDRED (300) TO EIGHT 
HUNDRED (800) BEDS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Section 15, Article II of the 1987 Philippine Constitution mandates that "The 
State shall protect and promote the right to health of the people and instill health 
consciousness among them."
The Ilocos Training and Regional Medical Center (ITRMC) is serving the Ilocanos 
and neighboring community for already seventy-four (74) years. The medical 
institution started in 1945 as a 40-bed first aid medical facility under the auspices of 
the US 6th Infantry Division. The facility later became the La Union Provincial Hospital 
in 1946. In 1992, it was named as Ilocos Regional Hospital authorized to operate as 
a 200-bed healthcare institution through the enactment of Republic Act 7364.
In 1997, ITRMC became a 300-bed facility through the enactment of RA 8411. 
As of today, ITRMC is an ISO certified institution and one of the few DOH retained 
hospitals outside Metro Manila with 13 fully accredited residency training programs. 
ITRMC aims to continually provide safe, equitable, accessible, responsive, and 
evidence-based healthcare services for all through competent workforce, appropriate 
facilities, and community engagement. As such, it is high-time for the government to 
step-up and make this mission into reality with the growing population it aims to cater.
This bill seeks to increase the bed capacity of Ilocos Training and Regional 
Medical Center (ITRMC) in the City of San Fernando, Province of La Union, from three 
hundred (300) to eight hundred (800) beds to uphold the mandate of the Constitution 
and enable the government to protect the health of the citizenry and make medical 
services more accessible to the locals.
In view of the foregoing, the expeditious passage of this bill is earnestly sought.
IMEE R. MARCOS


EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
Third Regular Session 
)
SENATE
S.B. No. 2342
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11:57 am
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Introduced by SENATOR IMEE R. MARCOS
AN ACT INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF THE ILOCOS TRAINING 
AND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER IN THE CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, 
PROVINCE OF LA UNION, FROM THREE HUNDRED (300) TO EIGHT 
HUNDRED (800) BEDS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled:
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SECTION 1. The authorized bed capacity of the Ilocos Training and Regional
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Medical Center (ITRMC) in the City of San Fernando, Province of La Union, is hereby
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increased from three hundred (300) to eight hundred (800) beds. Any future increase
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in bed capacity shall be consistent with the hospital development plan that shall be
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prepared by the Chief of Hospital of the ITRMC and submitted to the Department of
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Health (DOH).
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SEC. 2. The existing professional health care services and facilities of the ITRMC
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shall also be upgraded to conform with and be commensurate to the increase in bed
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capacity as provided for in Section 1 hereof.
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SEC. 3. The existing workforce of the ITRMC, which includes doctors, nurses,
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and support personnel, shall be increased correspondingly.
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SEC. 4. The Secretary of the DOH shall, after consultation with the Chief of
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Hospital of the ITRMC, and in coordination with the Secretary of the Department of
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Budget and Management and the Chairperson of the Civil Service Commission,
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determine the additional new positions to be created and filled up.
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SEC. 5. The Secretary of the DOH shall immediately include in the Department's
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program the implementation of this Act, the funding,of which shall be included in the
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annual General Appropriations Act. 
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SEC. 6. If any provision or part of this Act is declared unconstitutional, the
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remaining parts or provisions not affected shall remain in full force and effect.
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SEC. 7. All laws, executive orders, issuances, rules and regulations, inconsistent
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with this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
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SEC. 8. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the
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Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,