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TWENTIETH CONGRESS 
) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
First Regular Session 
) 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Introduced by Representative Rufus B. Rodriguez and 
Representative Maximo B. Rodriguez, Jr. 
House Bill No.  1945
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
This bill was filed during the 19th Congress and was approved in the Committee level. 
Section 11 Article XIII of the 1987 Philippine Constitution provides 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 cost...” 
While there are several private hospitals in Cagayan de Oro City, many patients could 
not afford to secure medical services from said hospitals. Many of them would go to the 
government owned Northern Mindanao Medical Center (NMMC). However, there is now an 
overcrowding of patients in said hospital. 
There is therefore a need for a satellite hospital in the 2nd District of Cagayan de Oro 
City to be located at the center of the district which is Barangay Tablon. This will make medical 
services available near my constituents and unclog the overcapacity of the NMMC. 
In view of the foregoing, immediate passage of this bill is earnestly requested. 
RUFUS B. RODRIGUEZ 
  MAXIMO B. RODRIGUEZ, JR. 
July 15, 2025
5:05 pm


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TWENTIETH CONGRESS 
) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
First Regular Session 
) 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Introduced by Representative Rufus B. Rodriguez and 
Representative Maximo B. Rodriguez, Jr. 
House Bill No.  1945 
AN ACT 
ESTABLISHING IN BARANGAY TABLON, CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, PROVINCE OF 
MISAMIS ORIENTAL, A SATELLITE DISTRICT HOSPITAL OF THE NORTHERN 
MINDANAO MEDICAL CENTER, TO BE KNOWN AS THE BARANGAY TABLON-
NORTHERN MINDANAO MEDICAL CENTER SATELLITE DISTRICT HOSPITAL, AND 
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled: 
SECTION 1. There shall be established in Barangay Tablon, Cagayan de Oro City, 
Province of Misamis Oriental, a satellite district hospital of the Northern Mindanao Medical 
Center, to be known as the Barangay Tablon-Northern Mindanao Medical Center Satellite 
District Hospital, which shall be under the direct control and supervision of the City 
Government of Cagayan De Oro.  
SEC. 2. Any future increase in bed capacity, healthcare facilities, service capability, 
and human resource complement shall be based on the hospital development plan that shall 
be prepared by the Chief of Hospital of Barangay Tablon-Northern Mindanao Medical Center 
Satellite District Hospital, in consultation with the Department of Health. 
SEC. 3. The City Government of Cagayan De Oro shall provide the necessary funds 
for the establishment of the Barangay Tablon-Northern Mindanao Medical Center Satellite 
District Hospital.  The Secretary of Health shall include in the Department’s subsidy program, 
support for the capital outlay requirements of the said hospital. 
SEC. 4. All laws, executive orders, issuances, rules and regulations, inconsistent with 
this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.  
SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official 
Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation. 
Approved,