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

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
THIRD REGULAR SESSION

House Bill No. _7962_

INTRODUCED BY Rep. GREG G. GASATAYA

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Art. II, Sec. 15 of the 1987 Constitution states that “The State shall protect
and promote the right to health of the people and instill health consciousness among
them.” Furthermore, Art. XIII, Sec. 11 of the same further emphasizes that “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 under-
privileged, sick, elderly, disabled, women and children. The State shall endeavor to
provide free medical -care to paupers.” Pursuant to the provisions of the
Constitution, the government-must continuously exert efforts in ensuring quality and
accessible healthcare for its people.

The Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital (CLMMRH)
is a tertiary teaching-training hospital located at Lacson-Burgos Streets, Bacolod
City, Negros Occidental. Ten (10) departments are accredited by their respective
societies, namely: General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Pediatrics, Anesthesiology, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Orthopedics
and Traumatology, Ophthalmology, Laboratory, and Diagnostic Imaging and
Radiologic Sciences. It serves as the sole end referral and premiere tertiary
government hospital that offers specialized medical care in the City of Bacolod, the
entire province of Negros Occidental, and the neighboring provinces within the
Western Visayas region.


Founded on March 24, 1926 with only a 25-bed capacity, CLMMRH
gradually increased its bed capacity until January 21, 1981, when the last law
increasing its bed capacity to 400, Batas Pambansa Blg. 118, was enacted. Despite
the vast population growth within the City of Bacolod and the Western Visayas
Region since 1981, the CLMMRH capacity and personnel are yet to be adjusted
accordingly.

In view of the foregoing, passage of this bill seeking to increase the bed
capacity of CLMMRH from 400 beds to 1,000 beds and providing for additional
hospital personnel is earnestly sought.

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REP. GREG G. GASATAYA
Lone District of Bacolod


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

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
THIRD REGULAR SESSION

House Bill No. _ 7962

INTRODUCED BY Rep. GREG G. GASATAYA

AN ACT INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF CORAZON
LOCSIN MONTELIBANO MEMORIAL REGIONAL HOSPITAL IN THE
CITY OF BACOLOD, PROVINCE OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL FROM
FOUR HUNDRED (400) TO ONE THOUSAND (1,000) BEDS CAPACITY,
AUTHORIZING THE INCREASE OF ITS PERSONNEL, AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

SECTION 1. The bed capacity of Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional
Hospital in the City of Bacolod, Provice of Negros Occidental shall be increased
from four hundred (400) to one thousand (1,000) beds capacity.

SECTION 2. The CLMMRH, through its Board of Trustees, is hereby authorized
to increase and hire additional employees corresponding to the upgrading of its
services and facilities and increase in bed capacity. The Chief of Hospital of the
CLMMRH shall coordinate with the Department of Health, the Department of
Budget, and the Civil Service Commission for the efficient and effective
implementation of this Section.

SECTION 3. The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act shall be
included in the General Appropriations Act separate and distinct from the budget of
the Department of Health and the Civil Service Commission of the year following
its enactment into law and thereafter.

SECTION 4. All laws, decrees, ordinances, rules and regulations, executive or
administrative orders, and other presidential issuances inconsistent with this Act are
hereby repealed, amended, or modified accordingly.


SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the
Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,

REP. GREG G. GASATAYA
Lone District of Bacolod