Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPESENTATIVES 
Quezon City, Metro Manila 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO.   _________________________  
Introduced by Rep. Wilfrido Mark M. Enverga 
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        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. 
WILFRIDO MARK M. ENVERGA 
July 28, 2022
5:11 pm
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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPESENTATIVES 
Quezon City, Metro Manila 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO.   _________________________  
Introduced by Rep. Wilfrido 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 2022” 
         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:
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(a) 
undertake measures to improve the current state of the  
                                   Philippine General Hospital (PGH); 
 
(b) 
provide greater awareness by the public of the systems being  
offered by PGH through various programs and projects and other 
related information; 
 
(c) 
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 re-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 
is 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 
        government 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. 
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  APPROVED,