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TWENTIETH CONGRESS —Jonah_

First Regular Session

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House Bill No._3607

Introduced by Representative
LEODY “ODIE” F. TARRIELA

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Municipality of Santa Cruz in the Province of Occidental Mindoro is a first
class municipality with a population of more than 41,000. At present, residents obtain
their basic healthcare needs from the municipality’s community hospital which lacks
the necessary facilities and personnel to cater to the healthcare needs of its growing
population, especially those needing critical care. Patients in need of advanced
treatment are often brought to hospitals located in other municipalities/provinces which
are at least 2-4 hours away.

The establishment of a Tertiary Hospital in the Municipality of Santa Cruz will
provide more than 41,000 residents access to tertiary healthcare services such as
consultations with specialists in medicine, pediatrics, ob-gyne, and surgery. The
hospital will also have emergency and outpatient services, isolation facilities, surgical
and matemity facilities, departmental clinical services, general ICU, high risk
pregnancy unit, NICO, dental clinic, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Unit,
Ambulatory Surgical Clinic, and Dialysis Clinic. Ancillary services such as tertiary
clinical laboratory with histopathology, blood bank and 3“ level X-ray will also be
provided.

With this Bill, residents of Santa Cruz and other nearby municipalities who are
in need of basic, emergency, or maintenance healthcare will no longer have to travel
for long hours to other municipalities/provinces to receive treatment.

In view of the foregoing, the approval of this proposed measure is earnestly
sought. f

HON. L “ODI

Representative
Loge District, Occidental Mindoro

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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

TWENTIETH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No._3607

Introduced by Representative
LEODY “ODIE” F. TARRIELA

AN ACT
ESTABLISHING IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SANTA CRUZ, PROVINCE OF
OCCIDENTAL MINDORO, A TERTIARY HOSPITAL, TO BE KNOWN AS
‘THE SANTA CRUZ GENERAL HOSPITAL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THEREFOR

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

Section 1. There shall be established in the Municipality of Santa Cruz,
Province of Occidental Mindoro a tertiary hospital, to be known as the Santa Cruz
General Hospital, which shall be under the direct control and supervision of the
Department of Health (DOH).

Section 2. The DOH shall develop a hospital development plan to define the
service capacity, developmental goals and targets of the hospital. Any future increase
in bed capacity and upgrading of health care facilities, service capability, and human
source complement shall be based on the hospital development plan.

Section. 3. The DOH shall consult the local government in the Province of

Occidental Mindoro and the Municipality of Santa Cruz, and the other stakeholders in
determining the site of the hospital.

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Section, 4. The Secretary of Health shall immediately include in the
Department’s program the implementation of this Act, the funding of which shall be
included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

Section. 5. If any provision of part of this Act is declared unconstitutional, the
remaining parts or provisions not affected shall remain in full force and effect.

Section. 6. All laws, executive orders, issuances, rules and regulations

inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

Section. 7. 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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