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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TE August 12, 2025 Ps)
Quezon City 10pm *

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TWENTIETH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No. 3603

Introduced by Representative
LEODY “ODIE” F. TARRIELA

EXPLANATORY NOTE

‘The Municipality of Looc in the Province of Occidental Mindoro is one of the
‘two municipalities in Lubang Island at the northernmost part of the Province. According
to the 2020 census, Lubang Island has a population of more than 25,000. At present,
residents obtain their basic healthcare needs from the Lubang Rural Health Unit or at
the Lubang District Hospital, both of which lack the necessary facilities and personnel
to cater the Island’s growing population, especially those in need of critical care.
Patients requiring advanced treatment have to be ferried to Batangas or mainland
Mindoro which are both approximately four (4) hours away.

‘The establishment of a Level II Medical Center in the Municipality of Looe in
Lubang Island will provide 25,000 residents access to primary and secondary 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 maternity facilities, departmental clinical services, general ICU,
high risk pregnancy unit, NICO, and dental clinic. Ancillary services such as blood
stations, a tertiary clinic laboratory, and 2 level X-ray will also be provided.

With this Bill, residents of Lubang Island in need of basic, emergency and
maintenance healthcare services will no longer have to travel for long hours to receive

treatment.

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

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Representative
District, Occidental Mindoro

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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

TWENTIETH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No. _3603

Introduced by Representative
LEODY “ODIE” F. TARRIELA

AN ACT
ESTABLISHING IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF LOOC, PROVINCE OF
OCCIDENTAL MINDORO, A LEVEL I HOSPITAL, TO BE KNOWN AS THE
LUBANG ISLAND MEDICAL CENTER, 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 Looc, Province of
Occidental Mindoro a Level II Hospital, to be known as the Lubang Island Medical
Center, 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 Looc, and the other stakeholders in
determining the site of the hospital.

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.

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Seetion. 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.