Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
House Bill No. _____ 
Introduced by Representative SOLOMON R. CHUNGALAO 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
This legislative measure was originally filed as House Bill No. 10519 in the 
18th Congress. It was approved by the House on December 13, 2021 and was also 
approved in the Senate Committee Hearing on March 22, 2022.  
This bill is filed to address the cries and pleas of the people of Ifugao as a 
province and those in the eastern border of Mt. Province. It would also address the 
needs of those from the province of Kalinga and Apayao for decent medical 
facilities without tribal and ethnic discriminations. Furthermore, Ifugao is the 
home of the famous rice terraces with four (4) UNESCO heritage sites. One of the 
essential requirements for a meaningful and doable tourism industry is the 
establishment and presence of a decent medical facility to address the needs of 
foreign and local tourists in the area. 
Ifugao’s population was recorded at 191,000 in the 2010 Census of 
Population and Housing, and was projected to double by 2050.  By 2015 our 
population had already increased by over 10,000, recorded at 202,802.  Of Ifugao’s 
eleven municipalities, Alfonso Lista’s recorded population was the largest (at 
14.9%), followed by Lamut (12.1%), Banaue (11.7%), Aguinaldo (9.7%), Lagawe 
(9.5%), Mayaoyao (8.6%), Kiangan (8.3%), Asipulo (7.5%), Tinoc (7.4%), Hungduan 
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(5.2%), and Hingyon (5.1%).  As Ifugao is a popular tourist destination, this 
population is often augmented by thousands of outsiders. An estimated 250,000 
foreign as well as local tourists and visitors come to the province each year.  
Yet despite the growing population and volume of visitors received by our 
province every year, it is an acknowledged reality that provincial health facilities 
are unable to meet their needs. It is a common experience for residents of Ifugao 
and tourists to have to go out of the province in order to receive adequate health 
care, often to Bauko in the Mountain Province or Solano in Nueva Vizcaya. In the 
interest of providing more Ifugaos, as well as the neighboring eastern borders of 
Mt. Province, Province of Kalinga, and Province of Apayao, and foreign and local 
tourists, with easier access to adequate health care, this bill proposes for the 
establishment in the Municipality of Mayoyao, Province of Ifugao, a Level II 
general hospital to be known as the Eastern Cordillera Regional Hospital.  
For the foregoing reasons, speedy passage of this measure is earnestly 
sought.  
ATTY. SOLOMON R. CHUNGALAO 


Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
House Bill No. _____ 
Introduced by Representative SOLOMON R. CHUNGALAO 
AN ACT 
ESTABLISHING IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF MAYOYAO, PROVINCE OF 
IFUGAO, A LEVEL II GENERAL HOSPITAL TO BE KNOWN AS THE 
EASTERN CORDILLERA REGIONAL 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 be established in the Municipality of Mayoyao, 
Province of Ifugao, a level II general hospital to be known as the Eastern 
Cordillera Regional Hospital, which shall be under the direct control and 
supervision of the Department of Health (DOH).  
SEC. 2. Any further increase in bed capacity, healthcare facilities, service 
capability, and human resource complement shall be based on the hospital 
development plan that shall be prepared by the DOH. 
SEC. 3. The Secretary of Health shall immediately include in the 
Department’s program the implementation of this Act, the funding of which shall 
be included in the annual General Appropriations Act. 
SEC. 4. All laws, executive orders, issuances and rules and regulations 
inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.  
SEC. 5. 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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