Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No, 8937

Introduced by: HONORABLE ROSEMARIE CONEJOS PANOTES

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Camarines Norte Provincial Hospital located in the Municipality of Daet, the Provincial Capital, was
established with a one hundred (100) beds hospital capacity. In 1992, the bed capacity was increased from
‘one hundred (100) to one hundred fifty (150) beds by virtue of Republic Act No. 7220.

Through the years, the number of patients, particularly the poor and the underprivileged, who sought the
services and were admitted to the provincial hospital had increased significantly eventually creating a
serious problem to the hospital management. The existing one hundred fifty (150) bed capacity provincial
hospital can no longer cope with the ever increasing number of patients and their diversified health needs,
especially those patients requiring confinement. The urgent clamour then is to increase its existing bed
capacity ideally, to two hundred fifty (250) beds and the corresponding increase in the medical practitioners
and health workers employed in the hospital will result in more patients being accommodated and better
served in the hospital for the great benefit of the poor patients.

‘The Constitution, specifically Section 15, Article Il, explicitly provides that “The State shall protect and
Promote the right to health of the people and instill health consciousness among them. While the
aforestated policy has been diversely implemented both locally and nationally, present realities still demand
a compelling necessity to improve the existing health facilities and develop health programs which are
appropriate to address the growing and actual health needs of the people.

It is sad to note that the present financial condition of the Province of Camarines Norte cannot fully afford
to serve the growing number of inhabitants in dire need of health care services.

therefore the paramount of this objective of this bill to upgrade the Camarines Norte Provincial Hospital
into a tertiary level III general hospital to be known as the Camarines Norte General Hospital under the
direct supervision, maintenance and management of the Department of Health in order to upgrade the
services and facilities, and correspondingly increase the number of medical and health personnel and its
existing bed capacity that will eventually address the present predicament of the poor patients.

The foregoing reasons warrant the immediate approval of this bill

rosemarid CONEJOS PANOTES

Representative
Second District, Camarines Norte


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No. 6937

Introduced by: HONORABLE ROSEMARIE CONEJOS PANOTES

AN ACT
UPGRADING THE CAMARINES NORTE PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL IN THE
MUNICIPALITY OF DAET, PROVINCE OF CAMARINES NORTE INTO A TERTIARY
LEVEL III GENERAL HOSPITAL TO BE KNOWN AS THE CAMARINES NORTE
GENERAL HOSPITAL, UNDER THE DIRECT CONTROL, SUPERVISION AND
MANAGEMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (DOH) AND APPROPRIATING
FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. The Camarines Norte Provincial Hospital in the Municipality of Daet, Province of
Camarines Norte is hereby upgraded into a tertiary level III general hospital to be known as the
Camarines Norte General Hospital under the direct control, supervision, and management of the
Department of Health (DOH).

The increase in the bed capacity of the Camarines Norte General Hospital in the Municipality of
Daet, Province of Camarines Norte shall be in accordance with the hospital development plan.

SEC. 2. The existing professional health care services and facilities are also hereby upgraded to
conform with and be commensurate to the bed capacity increase as provided in Section | hereof.

SEC. 3. The DOH, in coordination with the Department of Budget and Management
(DBM) and the Civil Service Commission (CSC), and in consultation with the management of the
hospital, shall determine the additional plantilla positions to be created and filled up in the
workforce of the said hospital.

SEC. 4. The chief of the hospital shall develop a hospital development plan to be submitted to the
DOH to reflect the development goals of the hospital, consistent with the increase in the bed
capacity and service capability. Request for the staffing requirements, capital outlay investments
and budgetary needs for the operations shall be based on the hospital development plan.

SEC. 5. The Secretary of Health shall include in the Department’s programs the implementation
of this Act, the funding of which shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SEC. 6. Within ninety (90) days from the effectivity of this Act, the Secretary of Health shall
prepare the implementing rules and regulations upon consultation with the Provincial Government
of Camarines Norte, the Representative of the District, where the hospital is located, and other
stakeholders and shall be implemented consistent with the hospital development plan.

SEC. 7. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or
in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,