NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
First Regular Session 
) 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Introduced by Representative Rufus B. Rodriguez 
House Bill No.  _____ 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Article II, Sec. 15 of the 1987 Constitution states that: 
“The State shall protect and promote the right to 
health 
of 
the 
people 
and 
instill 
health 
consciousness among them.” 
Furthermore, in Article XIII, Sec. 11, it is also stated that: 
“The State shall 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 costs. There shall be 
priority for the needs of the underprivileged, sick, 
elderly, disabled, women and children.” 
It is in this light and spirit that this legislation is being proposed by the entire Philippine 
General Hospital (PGH) family, who believe that the creation of plantilla medical specialists 
items would provide them with an advantage as they continue to provide quality and affordable 
medical and health care services to the Filipino people specially the underprivileged sick, 
elderly women and children. 
The pool of medical specialists will be composed of graduates of post-residency 
fellowship training programs of the PGH.  
With the creation of these additional items at the country’s premiere government 
hospital, it is expected that this will lead the way for its institutionalization in other government 
hospital specially those in the tertiary level where post-residency training programs are also 
administered due to the immense benefits that will be derived therefrom, particularly in the 
improvement of its current health care delivery system. 
In view of the foregoing, immediate approval of this bill is earnestly requested. 
 RUFUS B. RODRIGUEZ 
April 11, 2023
8:00 am
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NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
First Regular Session 
) 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Introduced by Representative Rufus B. Rodriguez 
House Bill No.  _____ 
AN ACT 
PROVIDING FOR THE PLANTILLA MEDICAL SPECIALISTS I AND II ITEMS FOR THE 
POST-RESIDENCY FELLOWS (SUBSPECIALTY TRAINEES) AT THE UNIVERSITY OF 
THE PHILIPPINES MANILA-PHILIPPINE GENERAL HOSPITAL (UPM-PGH) AND 
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled: 
SECTION 1. Short Title – This Act shall be known as the “PGH Medical Specialists Act”. 
SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy – Pursuant to the state policy of protecting and promoting the 
right to health of the people and instilling health consciousness among them, it is hereby 
declared the national policy to adopt an integrated and comprehensive approach to health 
development which shall make health and other social sciences available to all the people at 
affordable costs. Towards, this end, a pool of medical specialists who are graduates of the 
post-residency fellowship training programs shall be established in government hospitals 
particularly and specially at the premier public tertiary hospital, the Philippine General Hospital. 
SEC. 3. Creation of Plantilla Medical Specialists Items – To implement the aforecited national 
policy, plantilla medical specialists I and II are hereby created at the University of the 
Philippines Manila-Philippine General Hospital. 
SEC. 4. Appropriations – An initial allocation of Eighty Five Million Pesos (P85,000,000) shall 
be included in the General Appropriations Act to support the policies and objectives under this 
Act. Thereafter, Congress shall provide subsequent appropriations in the annual budget of the 
University of the Philippines. 
SEC. 5. Implementing Rules and Regulations – Within ninety (90) days from the approval of 
this Act, the University of the Philippines Board of Regents, together with the Department of 
Health and the Department of Budget and Management shall promulgate the rules and 
regulations necessary for the implementation of this Act. 
SEC. 6. Repealing Clause – Any law, presidential decree or issuance, executive order, letter 
of instruction, administrative order, rule or regulation contrary to or inconsistent with the 
provisions of the Act is hereby repealed, modified, or amended accordingly.  
SEC. 7. Effectivity Clause – This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in 
at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.  
Approved, 
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