EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
Second Regular Session 
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SENATE
S.B. No.
DATE
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1619
Introduced by SENATOR IMEE R. MARCOS
AN ACT UPGRADING THE NOVALICHES DISTRICT HOSPITAL IN 
BARANGAY SAN BARTOLOME IN QUEZON CITY INTO A LEVEL 3 GENERAL 
HOSPITAL TO BE KNOWN AS THE NOVALICHES GENERAL HOSPITAL AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Article II, Section 15 of the 1987 Constitution provides that the State shali 
protect 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 Novaliches District Hospitai in Barangay Bartolome, Quezon City offers 
medical and health care services to the residents of the municipality and its 
neighboring communities. The current medical facilities and financial resources of the 
hospital is limited and thus, advanced medical and surgical procedures cannot be 
performed. The pressing problem is that the nearest tertiary hospital is at least 60 
kilometers away and is inaccessible for those in need of urgent medical care.
To address this problem, this bill seeks to upgrade the Novaliches District 
Hospital into a tertiary public hospital. The facilities therein shall likewise be upgraded 
and modernized to be more responsive to the medical and health care needs of the 
people in Barangay Bartolome, Quezon City and its neighboring communities.
In view of the foregoing, the passage of this bill is earnestly sought.
: /l.
IMEE R. MARCOS
Senator


EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
Second Regular Session 
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SENATE
S.B. No. 1619
DATE
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Introduced by SENATOR IMEE R. MARCOS
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AN ACT UPGRADING THE NOVALICHES DISTRICT HOSPITAL IN 
BARANGAY SAN BARTOLOME IN QUEZON CITY INTO A LEVEL 3 GENERAL 
HOSPITAL TO BE KNOWN AS THE NOVALICHES GENERAL HOSPITAL AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Be It enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines 
in Congress assembled:
Section 1. The Novaliches District Hospital located in Quirino Highway in 
Barangay San Bartolome in Quezon City is hereby upgraded into a level 3 general 
hospital.
Section 2. The Novaliches District Hospital shall hereafter be renamed as the 
"Novaliches General Hospital/' herein after referred to as the Hospital.
Section 3. The existing hospital facilities and professional health care services 
of the Hospital shall correspondingly be upgraded to include the increase of medical 
personnel. The Department of Health (DOH) shall promulgate the necessary rules and 
regulations of the effective implementation of this Act.
Section 4. The DOH, through its approved annual budget, shall initially provide 
the necessary funding to support the increase in bed capacity of the Hospital. The 
entire budgetary requirements of Hospital 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.
Section 5. The Department of Health shall promulgate the necessary rules and 
regulations for the effective implementation of this Act.
Section 6. All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations, or other issuances 
or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or 
modified accordingly.
Section 7. If any portion or provision of this act is declared unconstitutional, 
the remainder of this Act or any provision not affected thereby shall remain In force 
and effect.


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Section 8. This Act shail take effect fifteen (15) days after its pubiication in the
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Official Gazette or in a national newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,