Republic of the Philippin} RECEIVTD
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 17 AUG 2018
Quezon City, Metro M: DATE

SEVENTEENTH CONG!
First Regular Session

ENT ATIVES

HOUSE BILL NO.

Introduced by HON. RENE L. RELAMPAGOS
First District, Bohol

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Section 11, Article XIII of the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines specifically
provides: “The State shall adopt an integrated and comprehensive approach to
health development which shall endeavor to make essential goods, health and other
social services available to all the people at affordable cost.”

Initially known as the Bohol Provincial Hospital,’ it opened on October 19,
1929 and was originally designed as a Regional Teaching and Training Hospital for
Region VIL It was then an eight (8) bed-capacity hospital. The hospital was later
named Governor Celestino Gallares Memorial Hospital (GCGMH).s

‘To accommodate the increasing number of patients in Tagbilaran City and in
the neighboring municipalities, the bed capacity was increased to one hundred fifty
(150), then to two (200) hundred and finally to two hundred twenty five (225) beds
under Republic Act No. 7266 which was enacted on March 20, 1992.

For more than twenty (20) years since the enactment of Republic Act 7266,
however, the bed capacity of GCGMH has not changed despite the significant change
in the number of patients being served by the hospital. Consequently, there is also a
need to substantially improve the facilities and services of the hospital as a ‘regional
teaching and training hospital for Region VIL.”

Hence, this bill seeks to increase the bed capacity of Governor Celestino
Gallares Memorial Hospital (GCGMH) from two hundred twenty five (225) to five
hundred twenty five (525) beds, amending for the purpose Republic Act 7266. In
addition, this bill seeks the upgrading of medical facilities and equipment of this level
4 regional hospital.

In the light of the foregoing, and further considering that this bill passed three
readings in this House and was transmitted to the Senate, the early passage of this

bill is strongly recommended.
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REN ae RELAMPAGOS
* By virtue of Republic Act No. 3114
+ pursuant to Administrative Order No. 38, series of 1980 by the Ministry of Health
* per Batas Pambansa Bl. 640 dated 1984



Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 3064

Introduced by HON. RENE L. RELAMPAGOS
First District, Bohol

AN ACT
INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF GOVERNOR CELESTINO
GALLARES MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (GCGMH) IN TAGBILARAN CITY,
PROVINCE OF BOHOL FROM TWO HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE (225) TO
FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE (525) BEDS AND UPGRADING ITS
SERVICES AND FACILITIES, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7266, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. Increase in Authorized Bed Capacity. ~ The authorized
bed capacity of Governor Celestino Gallares Memorial Hospital (GCGMH) is hereby
increased from two hundred twenty five (225) to five hundred twenty five (525) beds,
amending for the purpose Republic Act No. 7266.

SEC, 3 Upgrade of Existing Service Facilities and
Professional Health Care Services. — The existing service facilities and
professional health care services of the GCGMH are hereby upgraded to conform
with and be commensurate to the increase in authorized bed capacity as provided in
Section 1 hereof. ‘The GCGMH shall submit to the DOH its proposed development
plan and the additional clinical departments and special units it requires to meet the
increased authorized bed capacity.

SEC. 3. Implementation and Appropriation. — The Secretary of
Health shall immediately include in the Department's programs the implementation
Act, the funding of which shall be included in the Annual General
Appropriations Act.

. 4.  Effectivity. — This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
ition in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) national newspapers of
general circulation.

Approved,