Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No. 1617

Introduced by HON. ALETA C. SUAREZ

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The right to health is one of the rights safeguarded by our 1987 Constitution in Article
II Section 15. With this, the government is mandated to ensure that citizens must have access
to quality health services and health facilities all over the country

‘The Quezon Medical Center (QMC) has been catering to residents of Quezon and
nearby provinces for more than 10 years. Located at the capital of the province, the QMC
serves as a tertiary public hospital that handles illnesses requiring medical specialization
and services using modern equipment. Today, with only a two hundred (200) bed capacity
since its establishment, the hospital accommodates up to six hundred (600) patients at one
time.

The Local Government of Quezon has been providing support to the hospital
However, this Representation believes that, more than that, there is a need to upgrade the
facility and its services to keep up with the health care demands in the city, thereby allowing
it to be more competent and responsive in providing health care and be at par with
standards set nationally and globally.

This bill therefore seeks to address this lamentable situation by converting the
hospital into a regional hospital and increase its bed capacity to three hundred (300).
Through this, it is hoped that many patients can access quality and competent health care
services and the general health of the population be improved.

This bill is re-filed from 17% Congress.

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In view of the foregoing, the approval of this bill is earnestly sought.

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(ETA C. SUAREZ

‘epresentative
Third District, Quezon Province

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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

1617
House Bill No.

Introduced by HON. ALETA C. SUAREZ

AN ACT CONVERTING THE QUEZON MEDICAL CENTER IN LUCENA CITY,
QUEZON PROVINCE TO A REGIONAL HOSPITAL TO BE KNOWN AS QUEZON
REGIONAL HOSPITAL AND TO INCREASE BED CAPACITY TO THREE HUNDRED
(300) BEDS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. The Quezon Medical Center in Lucena City, Quezon, shall be
converted into a régional hospital to be known as “Quezon Regional Hospital (QRH)”, and
its bed capacity is hereby increased from two hundred (200) to three hundred (300) beds

SEC. 2. The existing health facilities, medical equipment, and professional health
care services are also hereby upgraded to conform with and commensurate to the increase
of bed capacity as provided in Section 1 of this Act.

SEC. 3. The Department of Health, in coordination with the Department of Budget
and Management and Civil Service Commission, shall determine the additional plantilla
positions to be created and filled up upon prior consultation with the QRH.

SEC. 4. The Department of Health, also, shall promulgate the rules and regulations
necessary for the effective implementation of this Act.

SEC. 5. The increase in bed capacity of the QRH from two hundred (200) to three
hundred (300) beds shall be implemented for a period of not more than two (2) years from
the approval of this Act.

SEC. 6. The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act shall be
included in the General Appropriations Act of the year following its enactment into law

and thereafter.

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SEC. 7. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication
in the Official Gazette or in any two (2) newspapers of general circulation in the

Philippines

Approved.

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