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Introduced by SENATOR IMEE R. MARCOS
AN ACT
CONVERTING THE LA PAZ DISTRICT HOSPITAL IN THE MUNICIPALITY 
OF LA PAZ, PROVINCE OF ABRA INTO A GENERAL HOSPITAL UNDER THE 
FULL AUTHORITY AND TECHNICAL SUPERVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT 
OF HEALTH TO BE KNOWN AS THE LA PAZ GENERAL HOSPITAL, 
INCREASING ITS BED CAPACITY FROM TWENTY-FIVE (25) BEDS TO ONE 
HUNDRED (100) BEDS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Article II, Section 15 of the 1987 Philippine Constitution provides that, nThe 
State shall protect and promote the right to health of the people and instill health 
consciousness among them." It is the policy of the state to ensure that all 
communities have access to quality and accessible healthcare.
The La Paz District Hospital, is a government infirmary accommodating its 
surrounding municipalities namely, Danglas, Lagayan, San Juan, Tineg and 
Langiden, with only twenty-five (25) bed capacity.
To ensure that these communities are provided efficient access to quality 
healthcare, this bill seeks to convert the La Paz District Hospital into a general 
hospital and increase its authorized bed capacity from twenty-five (25) to one 
hundred (100).
In view of the foregoing, the passage of this measure is immediately sought.
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AN ACT
CONVERTING THE LA PAZ DISTRICT HOSPITAL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF 
LA PAZ, PROVINCE OF ABRA INTO A GENERAL HOSPITAL UNDER THE FULL 
AUTHORITY AND TECHNICAL SUPERVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
HEALTH TO BE KNOWN AS THE LA PAZ GENERAL HOSPITAL, INCREASING 
ITS BED CAPACITY FROM TWENTY-FIVE (25) BEDS TO ONE HUNDRED 
(100) BEDS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Be It enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled:
SECTION 1. The La Paz District Hospital in the Municipality of La Paz, Province 
of Abra is hereby converted into a general hospital under the full authority and technical 
supervision of the Department of Health to be known as La Paz General Hospital.
SEC. 2. The authorized bed capacity of the La Paz General Hospital shall be 
increased from twenty-five (25) to one hundred (100) beds.
SEC. 3. The existing hospital facilities and professional health care services of 
the La Paz General Hospital, shall correspondingly be upgraded to include the increase 
in the number of its medical personnel. The Department of Health (DOH), in coordinate 
with the Department of Budget and Management and the Civil Service Commission, 
shall determine the additional plantilla positions to be created and filled up upon 
consultation with the La Paz General Hospital.


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SEC. 4. All accounts and expenses of the La Paz General Hospital shall be 
audited by the Commission on Audit.
SEC. 5. The Department of Health shall promulgate the necessary rules and 
regulations for the effective implementation of this Act.
SEC. 6. The DOH, through its approved annual budget, shall initially provide the 
necessary funding to support the increase in bed capacity of the VSMMC. The entire 
budgetary requirements of VSMMC for its operation and the upgrading of its facilities 
and services shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act the following 
year of its enactment.
SEC. 7. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the 
Official Gazette or in newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,