Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Quezon City, Metro Manila 10 UN 2014

PK
SIXTEENTH CONGRESS,
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO, 4627

Introduced by HONORABLE EDCEL “GREX” B. LAGMAN

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Article II, Section 15 of the Constitution provides: “The state shall protect and promote
the right to health of the people and instill health consciousness among them.” Further,
Article XII, Section 11 states: “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. There shall be priority for
the needs of the underprivileged sick, elderly, disabled, women and children. The state shall
endeavor to provide free medical care to paupers.”

The municipality of Bacacay in the First Congressional District of Albay has the most
number of barangays and is the second most populous town in the district. With a total of 56
barangays, including its small islands, Bacacay has a population of 65,724 with a 2.20%
growth rate as of the 2010 Census of Population and Housing.

At present, the Cagraray District Hospital in Barangay Cabasan, Bacacay, is the only
public hospital serving barely five per cent (5%) of the entire population of the municipality
The said hospital is regrettably inaccessible to majority of the constituents because of its
remote location in the island thus resulting in the difficult transport of patients from the
mainland especially emergency cases in need of urgent medical attention. Aside from the
inaccessible location, the hospital's deficiency in facilities, doctors, personnel and medical
supplies has made the health service ineffective and inadequate at best. Without a doubt, the
priority to build and establish a municipal hospital located in the mainland to address the
increasing demand to provide indigent patients with quality health care is of vital importance.

The construction of the municipal hospital in Barangay 11 Poblacion in Bacacay intends
to accommodate not only the constituents of the municipality but also those from the two
neighboring towns namely Malilipot and Sto. Domingo in Albay, both iacking government
hospitals.

In line with these, the bill urgently proposes the establishment of a fifty (50) bed
capacity municipal hospital for Bacacay, Albay.

In keeping with the constitutional mandate, the approval of this bill is earnestly

sought.
ED 'GRI B. LAGMAI

First District, Albay


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

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bit no, __ 4627

Introduced by HONORABLE EDCEL “GREX” B. LAGMAN

AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A FIFTY (50) BED CAPACITY MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL IN BACACAY,
PROVINCE OF ALBAY TO BE KNOWN AS THE BACACAY MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR,

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

SECTION 1,There shall hereby be established, under the supervision of the
Department of Health, a fifty (50) bed capacity hospital in the municipality of Bacacay in the
First Congressional District of the Province of Albay to be known as the Bacacay Municipal
Hospital,

SECTION 2, The Department of Health, in consultation and coordination with the local
government officials concerned, shall promulgate the necessary rules and regulation for the
effective implementation of this Act.

SECTION 3.The amount necessary for the implementation of this Act shall be
charged to the current appropriations of the Department of Health. Thereafter, such amount
as may be necessary for the operation of the hospital shall be included in the annual General
Appropriations Act.

SECTION 4.This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in a
newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,