Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 2677

Intuoduced by Rep. Witfride Mark M. Enverga

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The bill seeks to modernize the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) hospital care
delivery system through an integrated approach and complemented by state-of-the art
technology. Philippine General Hospital (PGH) is a premier national tertiary hospital
and a referral center for tertiary care. Operated by UP Manila, it gives quality patient
care services to thousands of indigent patients every year from all over the country
through its various departments and specialized units. It serves about 600,000 patients
every year, mostly belongs to the low’ income social group.

With its current condition and to correspond with its modernization efforts, PGH
has to be supported to undertake a massive modernization program to better realize its
mandate of rendering quality health and medical care services to indigent patients.

The PGH modernization program involves the acquisition of state-of the- art
medical equipment, the renovation and modernization of facilities, and the
implementation of programs geared towards more effective and efficient delivery of
health and medical care services. Henceforth, this bill aims to make health care and
medical services of the PGH more accessible, available, affordable and acceptable to our
people.

In light of the foregoing, passage of this bill is urgently sought.

awa Ms ERGA


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 2677

Introduced by Rep. Wilfrida Mark M. Enverga

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE REHABILITATION AND MODERNIZATION OF
PHILIPPINE GENERAL HOSPITAL (PGH), CREATING PGH REHABILITATION
AND MODERNIZATION FUND, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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

SECTION. 1. Title - This Act shall be known as “The PGH Rehabilitation
and Modernization Act of 2019”

SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. - It is hereby declared a policy of the
State to modernize the health care delivery system to a level where it can fully
and effectively perform its constitutional mandate to protect and promote the
right to health of the people and instill health consciousness among them.

Towards this end, the State shall undertake the modernization of the
country’s largest government hospital administered by the university, and
designated as the National University Hospital.

SEC. 3. Objective. - There shall be established a comprehensive and
continuing PGH Rehabilitation and Improvement Program, hereinafter referred
to as the “Program” which shall have the following objectives:


(@) _ undertake measures to improve the current state of the
Philippine General Hospital (PGH);

(©) provide greater awareness by the public ofthe systems being
offered by PGH through various programs and projects and other
related information;

() upgrade, modernize, acquire and procure state-of:the- art medical
equipment, the latest model of clinical apparatus, instruments, the
renovation and modernization of its facilities and the application of
the new technologies to improve the hospital’s capabilities in
Providing timely and reliable medical services for its patients,

SEC. 4. Program Description - The modernization Program under this Act
shall principally be a Te-tooling of PGH with modern equipment and facilities,
including but not limited to, procurement of the latest and most up-to-date medical
instruments, tools and apparatus; repair major areas which need to be rehabilitated
such as patient rooms and wards, Operating and Delivery Rooms, lavatory areas
and comfort rooms, and other physical facilities; repair and repainting of PGH
buildings and its environment;

SEC. 5. The PGH Rehabilitation and Modernization Council. - There is
hereby created a Council to be known as PHG Rehabilitation and Modernization
Council which shall be headed by the Secretary of Health as its Ex-Officio
Chairman and the UP PGH Director as Co-Chairman of the Council.
Representatives of academic and medical community of UP-PGH shall be
appointed as members, and other stakeholders as maybe determined by the

Council.

The Council shall formulate and adopt a comprehensive program and
guidelines to undertake rehabilitation and improvement of PGH, inventory
of deficiencies in its hospital materials, equipments and furniture and

fixtures,


SEC. 6. The PGH Rehabilitation and Modernization Fund, - There
's hereby created the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) - Rehabilitation and
Modernization Fund which shall be used exclusively to fund modernization
Program provided under this Act.

The national government is hereby mandated to allocate and appropriate
One Billion Pesos (P1,000,000,000.00) which shall comprise the said fund, and

which thereafter include whatever funds maybe made available from.

The total amount allocated herein shall be used exclusively for the
construction, rehabilitation and/or repair, renovation of PGH, the procurement
of hospital materials, equipments, furniture and fixtures pursuant to the
Program and guidelines as determined by the Council,

Provided, that all unexpected balance, after the completion of the work
and/or procurement authorized for each fiscal year, shall at once revert to the
National Treasury to the credit of the appropriation provided for under this Act
and shall not be withdrawn from it nor expended except for the purpose
indicated herein.

Such unexpended balance for any fiscal year shall be added to the
appropriation for the next fiscal year and expended accordingly. The
modernization Fund shall be administered in accordance with

Sovernment auditing rules and regulations and procedures,

SEC. 6. Bidding. - Any provision of law to the contrary
notwithstanding, funds allocated under the provision of this Act shall be
executed through public bidding in accordance with the existing government
rules and regulations,


SEC. 7. Annual Report - The Secretary of Health and the Director of
the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) shall submit to the Office of the President
and the Congressional Committees on Health, a quarterly report on the
Progress of the modernization program for the duration of its implementation,

SEC. 8. Separability. - Should any provision of this Act be found
‘unconstitutional by a court of law, such provision shall be severed from the
remainder of this Act, and such action shall not affect the enforceability of the
remaining provisions of this Act.

SEC. 9. Effectivity Clause.- This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days
after its complete publication in any two (2) national newspapers of general

circulation,

APPROVED,