Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No. ©5485

INTRODUCED BY HON. LUIS N. CAMPOS

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The World Health Organization (WHO) and all its Member States have
long acknowledged epidemic control as a public good. International Health
Regulations have likewise recognized that erecting border controls and
establishing quarantine and isolation facilities are effective public health
strategies to prevent outbreaks and stop spread of infectious diseases.

On March 9, 2020, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte declared a state of
public health emergency, as additional cases of COVID-19 have been
recorded and the first case of local transmission has been confirmed.

The sudden rise of COVID-19 cases and the expected further increase
of local transmissions in our country exposed how vulnerable our public
health system is to highly infectious diseases. The reluctance of Local
Government Units in hosting ad hoc quarantine facilities in their localities
also demonstrates the need to establish a permanent protocol on isolating
persons who have or may have been exposed to contagious diseases.

This bill proposes a long-term solution to help combat infectious
diseases in our country by establishing quarantine and isolation facilities in
all DOH hospitals. The proposed quarantine and isolation facilities should
be designed to address the needs of patients known or suspected to have
such infectious diseases, taking into consideration the considerable length of
stay of the patients in those facilities, as well as, the severity of their medical
conditions.

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

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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No. 9548

INTRODUCED BY HON. LUIS N. CAMPOS, JR.

AN ACT
REQUIRING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF QUARANTINE FACILITIES
IN ALL DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (DOH) HOSPITALS IN THE
COUNTRY, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES

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

SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the “Mandatory
Quarantine Facilities Act of 2020.”

SEC. 2. Declaration of Policies. - It is the declared policy of the State
to improve the delivery of health care services to the people, and to protect
the people from public health threats during public health emergencies
through the efficient and effective response system for emerging and re-
emerging infectious diseases, diseases for elimination and eradication,
epidemics, and health event including chemical, radio-nuclear and
environmental agents of public health concern.

SEC. 3. Establishment of Quarantine Facilities. - Quarantine and
isolation facilities shall be established in all existing Department of Health
(DOH) hospitals enumerated hereunder and all DOH hospitals which may
be instituted hereafter.

1. AMANG RODRIGUEZ MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER
2. DR. JOSE FABELLA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

3. EAST AVENUE MEDICAL CENTER

4. JOSE R. REYES MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER

5. NATIONAL CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH

6. NATIONAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL

7. PHILIPPINE ORTHOPEDIC CENTER


8. QUIRINO MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER

9. RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE

10. RIZAL MEDICAL CENTER

11. SAN LAZARO HOSPITAL

12. TONDO MEDICAL CENTER

13. LUNG CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES

14. NATIONAL KIDNEY AND TRANSPLANT INSTITUTE

15. PHILIPPINE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER

16. PHILIPPINE HEART CENTER

17. BATANES GENERAL HOSPITAL

18. CAGAYAN VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER

19. SOUTHERN ISABELA GENERAL HOSPITAL

20. DR. JOSE N. RODRIGUEZ MEMORIAL HOSPITAL,

21. LAS PINAS GENERAL HOSPITAL AND SATELLITE TRAUMA CENTER

22. SAN LORENZO RUIZ GENERAL HOSPITAL

23. VALENZUELA MEDICAL CENTER

24. ILOCOS TRAINING AND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

25. MARIANO MARCOS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER

26. REGION I MEDICAL CENTER

27. BAGUIO GENERAL HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER

28. CONNER DISTRICT HOSPITAL

29. FAR NORTH LUZON GENERAL HOSPITAL & TRAINING CENTER

30. LUIS HORA MEMORIAL REGIONAL HOSPITAL

31. BATAAN GENERAL HOSPITAL

32. OSE B. LINGAD MEMORIAL REGIONAL HOSPITAL

33. MARIVELES MENTAL HOSPITAL

34. PAULINO J. GARCIA MEMORIAL RESEARCH & MEDICAL CENTER

35. TALAVERA GENERAL HOSPITAL

36. BATANGAS MEDICAL CENTER

37. CULION SANITARIUM AND GENERAL HOSPITAL

38. OSPITAL NG PALAWAN,

39. BICOL MEDICAL CENTER

40. BICOL REGIONAL TRAINING AND TEACHING HOSPITAL

41. BICOL REGION GENERAL HOSPITAL AND GERIATRIC MEDICAL CENTER

42. CORAZON LOCSIN MONTELIBANO MEMORIAL REGIONAL HOSPITAL
3. DON JOSE MONFORT MEDICAL CENTER EXTENSION HOSPITAL

. WESTERN VISAYAS MEDICAL CENTER

. WESTERN VISAYAS SANITARIUM

. DON EMILIO DEL VALLE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

. EVERSLEY CHILDS SANITARIUM.

GOV. CELESTINO GALLARES MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER

). ST. ANTHONY MOTHER AND CHILD HOSPITAL

). TALISAY DISTRICT HOSPITAL

. VICENTE SOTTO MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER

2. EASTERN VISAYAS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

SCHISTOSOMIASIS CONTROL AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL

BASILAN GENERAL HOSPITAL

. DR. JOSE RIZAL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.

LABUAN GENERAL HOSPITAL

57. MARGOSATUBIG REGIONAL HOSPITAL.

58. MINDANAO CENTRAL SANITARIUM.

59. ZAMBOANGA CITY MEDICAL CENTER

60. SULU SANITARIUM

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61. COTABATO REGIONAL AND MEDICAL CENTER

62. COTABATO SANITARIUM

63. MAYOR HILARION A. RAMIRO SR. MEDICAL CENTER
NORTHERN MINDANAO MEDICAL CENTER

65. AMAI PAKPAK MEDICAL CENTER

DAVAO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

67. SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES MEDICAL CENTER

ADELA SERRA TY MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER

69. CARAGA REGIONAL HOSPITAL

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The quarantine and isolation facilities must be ‘residential’ and shall
be fully equipped to include the needs of individuals who are isolated or
quarantined for the ‘WHO-required’ period of time including, but not
limited to adequate food, clothing, means of communication, and competent
medical care.

Each of the foregoing hospitals shall allocate at least 25 beds in the
proposed quarantine and isolation facilities dedicated to be used during
public health emergencies and in other instances as may be deemed
necessary by DOH; Provided however, that it may also be used during the
normal operations of the hospital in the absence of the aforementioned cases.

The DOH, in coordination with local government units and other
relevant government agencies, shall lead the establishment of these facilities.

The DOH shall issue guidelines on the procedure and proper use of
quarantine and isolation facilities within thirty (30) days from the effectivity
this Act.

SEC. 4. Appropriations. - An initial amount of not more than Twenty-
five (25) Million Pesos for each of the existing Sixty-nine (69) DOH hospitals,
or a total of 1.725 Billion Pesos shall be charged from the DOH’s Health
Facilities Enhancement Program. Thereafter, the amount necessary to
establish quarantine facilities shall be included in the annual General
Appropriations Act.

SEC. 5. Implementing Rules and Regulations. ~ Within thirty (30)
days from the approval of this Act, the DOH, in consultation with relevant
stakeholders, shall issue the implementing rules and regulations of this Act.

SEC. 6. Separability Clause. - Any portion or provision of this Act
that is declared unconstitutional shall not have the effect of nullifying other
portions or provisions hereof as long as such remaining portions can still
subsist and be given effect in their entirety.

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SEC. 7. Repealing Clause. - All laws, ordinance, rules, regulations,
other issuances or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with this Act, are
hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SEC. 8. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after
its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,

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