EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS )
OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
Second Regular Session )

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

House Bill No,_7095

jo S, Lacson

Introduced by Representative Vi

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The role of teachers has always been recognized in honing the education and learning
of our students. Our teachers are the heroes of education because despite the hardships that
their profession face, they remain steadfast and committed securing the future of our students.
It is the duty of the State to look after them, as they look after our students. The state should
likewise secure the health and safety of our teachers, as they do so for our students.

No great leader today was without a great teacher. They invaluably contribute to
societies every achievement. Our every achievement as a nation is built on the patience,
diligence, and passion of our teachers.

They are perpetually on the front line of our nation towards a greater future. In a time
of pandemic, the need for quality education and grooming the next generation for their role in
nation building is as ever important.

The bill proposes establishing a hospital in every region in the Philippines where
teachers, their relatives, and students will be at ease and their health will be especially nursed.
This bill manifests the States policy to prioritize the health, especially those who constantly
toil and sacrifice to ensure our children are taken care of and prepared for the future. In view
of the foregoing, approval of this bill is earnestly sought.

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VIRGILIO S. LACSON
Manila Teachers, Party List


EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS )
OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES)
Second Regular Session )

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

House Bill No..

Introduced by Representative Virgilio S. Lacson

AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A PHILIPPINE NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR TEACHERS AND
STUDENTS IN ALL REGIONS OF THE COUNTRY

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

1 SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as “Philippine National Hospital for

2 Teachers and Students Act.”

4 SECTION. 2. Declaration of Policy. ~ It is the policy of the State to ensure the health and
5 _ safety of the public by providing infrastructures and quality health services to its people. To this end,
6 the State shall protect the interests and promote the well-being of Filipino teachers and students

7 through the provision of social welfare service.

9 SECTION. 3. Establishment of Philippine National Hospital for Teachers and Students

10 (PNHTS). - It is hereby established a National Hospital for Teachers and Students to be located in all

11 regions of the country. Each regional hospital shall be the primary medical facilities for hospitalization
12 and medical care of teachers and students

1B Each regional Hospital for Teachers and Students shall be compliant with pertinent laws
14 providing for the minimum standards for hospital operations and constructions, and shall have a bed
15 capacity of at least five hundred (500), which may increase depending on the population of the region.
16 Each regional Hospital shall also have isolation and quarantine facilities, equipped and ready

17 to address and prevent any threat and spread of contagious and highly contagious diseases, in

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accordance with international standards and guidelines or recommendations of the World Health

Organization (WHO).

SECTION. 4. The Board of Trustees. — The Philippine National Hospital for Teachers and
Students (PNHTS) shall be administered by a Board of Trustees, composed of seven (7) members, to
be appointed by the President of the Philippines who shall be the Governing Board of all the hospital
facilities of the PNHTS in the different regions of the country.

The six appointive members of the Board of Trustees shall serve with compensation for a
period of five (5) years and until their successors shall have been appointed and qualified. Any
vacancy in the Board shall be filled by appointment by the President of the Philippines, and the
appointee shall serve for the unexpired term. The Board of Trustees if the PNHTS shall elect a

Chairman from among themselves, who shall be presiding officer of the Board of Trustees.

SECTION. 5. The Executive Director. ~ There shall be an Executive Director who shall be
appointed by the Board who will serve as the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Trustees and shall have
the rank of a Bureau Director, with a salary grade of 30 and with a fixed term of five (5) year,
renewable for another term. The ED shall exercise administrative supervision of all facilities of the
PNHTS and primary implementor of policies and guidelines set by the Board of Trustees with the
authority, among others, appoint, remove, and fix the compensation thereof, subject to the approval

of the Board.

SECTION. 6. Chief of Hospital. — A hospital facility of the PNHTS shall be headed by a
Hospital Chief, appointed by the Board of Trustees for a period of four (4) years on the basis of search
process. The Hospital Chief shall have the salary grade of 28. The Hospital Chief shall be under the

supervision of the Executive Director.

SECTION. 7. Appropriations. — The sum of Twenty Billion Pesos (Php. 20,000,000,000)
shall be appropriated for the initial operation and maintenance of the hospitals and isolation and
quarantine facilities of the PNHTS including the land acquisition, construction and the acquisition of
hospital and isolation and quarantine equipment, furniture, and personnel services. Thereafter, the
necessary amount to support the continued operation and maintenance of the PNHTS shall be

appropriated in the Annual General Appropriations Act for the continued implementation of this Act.

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SECTION. 8. Implementing Rules and Regulations. — Within ninety (30) days after the

effectivity of this Act, Secretary of Health, in consultation with stakeholders, shall issue the
implementing rules and regulations of this Act. This shall include the guidelines on the procedure and

proper use of the isolation and quarantine facilities.
SECTION. 9. Repealing Clause. — All laws, presidential decrees, executive orders, rules and
regulations, guidelines or parts thereof which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are

hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SECTION. 10. Effectivity. — This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication

in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,

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