Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Constitution Hills, Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No. __4704

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Introduced by
REPRESENTATIVE PANTALEON D. ALVAREZ

AN ACT
CONVERTING THE PRIMARY CARE FACILITY IN SAWATA,
MUNICIPALITY OF SAN ISIDRO, PROVINCE OF DAVAO DEL
NORTE, INTO A TEN (10) BED CAPACITY WARD EXTENSION
(INFIRMARY) OF THE DAVAO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER,
TAGUM CITY, TO BE KNOWN AS THE DAVAO REGIONAL
MEDICAL CENTER INFIRMARY

EXPLANATORY NOTE:

This bill seeks to provide the people of Sawata in the Municipality
of San Isidro, Davao del Norte, access to affordable, quality, and timely
hospital care through the establishment in the locality of a ten (10) bed
capacity ward extension facility of the Davao Regional Medical Center.

The Sawata area is classified as Geographically Isolated
Disadvantaged Area (GIDA) where the provision of regular and essential
health services by government is challenging, if not inexistent. This bill
intends to provide the people of Sawata and nearby communities of the
provinces of Davao Del Norte and Compostela Valley, especially indigent
patients, with accessible health services.

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PANTALEO! LVAREZ



Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Constitution Hills, Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No. _ 4704

Introduced by
REPRESENTATIVE PANTALEON D. ALVAREZ

AN ACT
CONVERTING THE PRIMARY CARE FACILITY IN SAWATA,
MUNICIPALITY OF SAN ISIDRO, PROVINCE OF DAVAO DEL
NORTE, INTO A TEN (10) BED CAPACITY WARD EXTENSION
(INFIRMARY) OF THE DAVAO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER,
TAGUM CITY, TO BE KNOWN AS THE DAVAO REGIONAL
MEDICAL CENTER INFIRMARY

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

SECTION 1. The Primary Care Facility in Sawata, Municipality of
San Isidro, Province of Davao del Norte, is converted into a ten (10) bed
capacity ward extension of the Davao Regional Medical Center (DRMC)
in Tagum City, to be known as the Davao Regional Medical Center
Infirmary (DRMC Infirmary). As ward extension of DRMC, the DRMC
Infirmary shall be administered by DRMC.

SEC. 2. The DRMC Infirmary shall primarily provide preventive,
curative, and rehabilitative services to the people of San Isidro and nearby
municipalities of the provinces of Davao Del Norte and Compostela
Valley.

SEC. 3. Ownership, possession, and use of all assets, fixed and
movable, and records of the Primary Care Facility in Sawata, as well as

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its liabilities or obligations, are hereby transferred to the DRMC
Infirmary.

SEC. 4. The Department of Health (DOH) shall determine the
staffing pattern of DRMC Infirmary and as approved by the Department
of Budget and Management shall be incorporated into the organizational
structure and staffing pattern of DRMC. Subject to existing civil service
laws, rules, and regulations, DOH shall appoint the officials and
employees of DRMC Infirmary, prescribe their duties and fix their
compensation in accordance with the pertinent provisions of Republic
Act No. 6758, otherwise known as the “Compensation and Position
Classification Act of 1989”.

SEC. 5. All accounts and expenses of the DRMC Infirmary shall be
audited by the Commission on Audit or its duly authorized
representative.

SEC. 6. All parcels of land occupied by the Primary Care Facility in
Sawata are hereby declared to be properties of DRMC and shall be titled
under that name.

SEC. 7. The Secretary of Health shall immediately include in the
Department's program the operationalization of the DRMC Infirmary,
the initial funding of which shall be charged against the current year’s
appropriations for the DOH. Thereafter, the amount necessary for the
continued operation of the DRMC Infirmary shall be included in the
annual General Appropriations Act.

SEC. 8. The Secretary of Health shall within ninety (90) days issue
the necessary rules and regulations for the effective implementation of
this Act.

SEC. 9. 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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