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Introduced by SENATOR JIMGGOY EJERCITO ESTRADA
AN ACT
AUTHORIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (DOH) TO SET AND APPROVE 
THE BED CAPACITY AND SERVICE CAPABILITY OF ALL DOH HOSPITALS
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The global health crisis caused by the novel Coronavirus underscored the 
importance of a fully functioning and efficient health infrastructure, ready to respond 
to public emergencies and attend to a surge of medical concerns. To ensure that the 
population from the urban centers all the way to remote areas has access to quality 
health services, it is imperative that the existing health facilities are modernized and 
fully equipped to serve the requirements of the New Normal.
This measure is included In the legislative agenda of the updated Philippine 
Development Plan 2017-2022 with respect to transforming human capital 
development towards greater agility, specifically in ensuring responsive and resilient 
health system. As stated therein, the measure aims to "rationalize the distribution of 
capacity and capability of health facilities." This bill contains provisions to align all 
adjustments in bed capacity and service capability of each Department of Health 
(DOH) hospital with the Philippine Health Facility Development Plan. This legislation 
intends to accelerate the much needed reforms in the public health sector by 
empowering the DOH to implement expansion and upgrading of hospitals and health 
facilities under its jurisdiction.
This bill was reported out by the Senate Committee on Health and Demography 
during the previous Congress. This legislation was already approved on Third and Final


Reading by the House of Representatives during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth 
Congresses.
In view of strengthening the delivery of public health services, the immediate 
passage of this bill Is recommended.
jmGGm EJERCITO ESTRADA


NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session
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SENATE 
S. No.
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Introduced by SENATOR JINGGOY EJERCITO ESTRADA
AN ACT
AUTHORIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (DOH) TO SET AND APPROVE 
THE BED CAPACITY AND SERVICE CAPABILITY OF ALL DOH HOSPITALS
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled:
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Section 1. Short Tide. - This Act shall be known as the y'DOH Hospital Bed
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Capacity and Service Capability Rationalization A cf.
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Sec. 2. Purpose, Scope, and Coverage. - This Act shall streamline the process
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for approving changes in the authorized bed capacities and corresponding service
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capabilities of all Department of Health (DOH) hospitals,
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Sec. 3. Authority to Approve. - The DOH is hereby authorized to adjust and
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approve the authorized bed capacities and coiresponding service capabilities of
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hospitals under its supervision and control, taking into consideration the development
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plans of the hospitals, catchment population, burden of disease, availability of human
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resources, health care provider network, and other standards to be determined by the
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DOH. The DOH shall, through an administrative issuance, determine the bed
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capacities and service capabilities of DOH hospitals, subject to specific guidelines that
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shall be issued and promulgated, within three (3) months upon the effectivity of this
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Act.
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Sec. 4. Annual Report to Congress. - The DOH shall provide Congress, through
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the Committee on Health of the House of Representatives and the Committee on


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Health and Demography of the Senate, and annual report on hospitals with approved
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bed capacities, along with the necessary funding requirements.
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Sec. S.Philippine Health Facility Development Plan (PHFDP). — The DOH shall
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develop the Philippine Health Facility Development Plan (PHFDP) to guide the
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modernization and development plans of all government health facilities, and In order
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to access capital outlay investment through the Health Facilities Enhancement
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Program (HFEP) of the DOH and other national government capital outlay investment
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mechanisms.
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The Secretary of Health shall include in the Department's programs the funding
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requirements for the adjustment in bed capacity and service capability of each DOH
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hospital in accordance with the PHFDP and the hospital's modernization and
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development plan, the funding of which shall be Included in the annual General
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Appropriations Act.
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Sec. 6. Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR). - The DOH shall formulate
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the IRR of this Act within ninety (90) days upon its effectivity.
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Sec. 7. Separability Clause. - If any provision or part hereof Is held invalid or
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unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the provision or part not otherwise
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affected shall remain valid and subsisting.
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Sec. 8. Repealing Cause. - Any law, presidential decree or issuance, executive
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order, letter of instruction, administrative order, rule, or regulation contrary to or
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inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, modified, or amended
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accordingly.
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Sec. 9. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
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publication in the Official Gazette ov in a newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,