Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Constitution Hills, Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO.  ________ 
Introduced by  
REPRESENTATIVE PANTALEON D. ALVAREZ 
AN ACT 
CONVERTING THE PRIMARY CARE FACILITY IN BRGY. SAWATA, 
MUNICIPALITY OF SAWATA, PROVINCE OF DAVAO DEL NORTE, 
INTO A TEN (10) BED CAPACITY WARD EXTENSION (INFIRMARY) 
OF THE DAVAO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, TAGUM CITY, TO 
BE KNOWN AS THE DAVAO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER 
INFIRMARY 
EXPLANATORY NOTE: 
This bill seeks to provide the people of Sawata in the Municipality of 
San Isidro, Davao del Norte, access to affordable, quality and timely hospital 
care through the establishment in the locality of a ten (10) bed capacity ward 
extension facility of the Davao Regional Medical Center. 
The Sawata area is classified as Geographically Isolated and 
Disadvantaged Area (GIDA) where the provision of regular and essential 
health services by the government is challenging, if not inexistent. This bill 
intends to provide the people of Sawata and nearby communities of the 
provinces of Davao del Norte and Compostela Valley, especially indigent 
patients, with accessible health services. 
Hence, the approval of this bill is earnestly sought. 
PANTALEON D. ALVAREZ
August 18, 2022
2:05 pm
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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Constitution Hills, Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO.   ________ 
Introduced by  
REPRESENTATIVE PANTALEON D. ALVAREZ 
AN ACT 
CONVERTING THE PRIMARY CARE FACILITY IN SAWATA, 
MUNICIPALITY OF SAN ISIDRO, PROVINCE OF DAVAO DEL 
NORTE, INTO A TEN (10) BED CAPACITY WARD EXTENSION 
(INFIRMARY) OF THE DAVAO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, 
TAGUM CITY, TO BE KNOWN AS THE DAVAO REGIONAL 
MEDICAL CENTER INFIRMARY 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled:  
SECTION 1. The Primary Care Facility in Sawata, Municipality of San 
Isidro, Province of Davao del Norte, is converted into a ten (10) bed capacity 
ward extension of the Davao Regional Medical Center (DRMC) in Tagum 
City, to be known as the Davao Regional Medical Center Infirmary (DRMC 
Infirmary). As a ward extension of DRMC, the DRMC Infirmary shall be 
administered by DRMC. 
SEC. 2. The DRMC Infirmary shall primarily provide preventive 
curative and rehabilitative services to the people of San Isidro and nearby 
municipalities of the provinces of Davao del Norte and Compostela Valley. 
SEC. 3. Ownership, possession and use of all assets, fixed and 
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movable, and records of the Primary Care Facility in Sawata, as well as its 
liabilities or obligations, are hereby transferred to the DRMC Infirmary. 
 
SEC. 4. The Department of Health (DOH) shall determine the staffing 
pattern of DRMC Infirmary and as approved by the Department of Budget 
and Management shall be incorporated into the organizational structure and 
staffing pattern of DRMC. Subject to existing civil service laws, rules and 
regulations, DOH shall appoint the officials and employees of DRMC 
Infirmary, prescribe their duties and fix their compensation in accordance 
with the pertinent provisions of the Republic Act No. 6758, otherwise known 
as 
the 
“Compensation 
and 
Position 
Classification 
Act 
of 
1989”. 
 
 
SEC. 5. All accounts and expenses of the DRMC Infirmary shall be 
audited by the Commission on Audit or its duly authorized representative. 
 
SEC. 6. All parcels of land owned by the Primary Care Facility in 
Sawata are hereby declared to be properties of DRMC and shall be titled 
under that name. 
 
SEC. 7. The Secretary of Health shall immediately include in the 
Department’s program the organization of the DRMC Infirmary, the initial 
funding of which shall be charged against the current year’s appropriations 
for the DOH. Thereafter, the amount necessary for the continued operation 
of the DRMC Infirmary shall be included in the annual General 
Appropriations Act. 
 
SEC. 8. The Secretary of Health shall within ninety (90) day issue the 
necessary 
implementing 
rules 
and 
regulations 
for 
the 
effective 
implementation of this Act. 
 
SEC. 9. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication 
in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation. 
 
Approved,