NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session
SENATE
s. No. 993
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RECEIVED BV:
Introduced by SENATOR RAMON BONG REVILLA, JR.
AN ACT
INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF THE SOUTHERN TAGALOG REGIONAL 
HOSPITAL IN THE CITY OF BACOOR, PROVINCE OF CAVITE, AMENDING FOR 
THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11233, APPROPRIATING FUNDS 
THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
EXPLANATORY NOTE I
The 1987 Constitution, Article II, Section 15 declares that "The State shall 
protect and promote the right to health of the people and Instill health consciousness 
among them. Also, Articles XIII, on Social Justice and Human Rights on Health, 
declares that It Is the responsibility of the State to "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 underprivileged, sick, 
elderly, disabled, women, and children. Hie State shall endeavor to provide free 
medical care to paupers."
Corollary, The Philippine Health Facility Development Plan (PHFDP) 2020-2040 
aspires that the country achieves a bed density of 4 per 1,000 population by 2040. 
With 105,000 hospital beds that the country currently has, an additional 400,000 beds 
are still needed to achieve this. Our current bed density of 1.2 per 1,000 population 
is comparable to the poorest countries in the world.
To align with the Department of Health's development plan, this bill seeks to 
increase the bed capacity of the Southern Tagalog Regional Hospital from 100 beds 
to 300 beds.
Inorder for the Southern Tagalog Regional Hospital to obtain the highest level 
of health care for the people and to accommodate the increasing number of patients 
being admitted, the immediate passage of this bill is urgently sought.
RAMQkBONG revilla, 3R.^


NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
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First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
S. No. 993
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nF.CElVED BY:
Introduced by SENATOR RAMON BONG REVILLA, JR.
AN ACT
INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF THE SOUTHERN TAGALOG REGIONAL 
HOSPITAL IN THE CITY OF BACOOR, PROVINCE OF CAVITE, AMENDING FOR 
THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11233, APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THEREFOR
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Phiiippines in 
Congress assembied: 
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Section 1. Paragraph 2f Section 1 of Republic Act No. 11233, is hereby amended
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to read as follows:
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"The bed capacity of the Southern Tagalog Regional Hospital in the City of
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Bacoor, Province of Cavite, is hereby upgraded from one hundred (100) to three
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hundred (300)."
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Sec. 2. The existing professional health care services and facilities of the
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Southern Tagalog Regional Hospital in the City of Bacoor, Province of Cavite are
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hereby upgraded to conform with and be commensurate to the increase in its bed
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capacity as provided for in Section 2 hereof.
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Sec. 3. The Department of Health (DOH) shall, in coordination with the
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Department of Budget and Management and the Civil Service Commission, determine
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the additional plantilla positions to be created and filled upon prior consultation with
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the Chief of Hospital of the Southern Tagalog Regional Hospital in the City of Bacoor,
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Province of Cavite.


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Sec. 4. The Secretary of the DOH shall immediately include in their program 
the implementation of this Act, the funding of which shall be Included In the annual 
General Appropriations Act.
Sec. 5. If any provision or part of this Act is held unconstitutional or invalid, 
other parts or provisions hereof which are not affected shall continue to remain in full 
force and effect.
Sec. 6. All laws, executive orders, issuances, rules and regulations or parts 
thereof inconsistent with or contrary to the provisions of this Act are deemed 
amended, repealed or modified accordingly.
Sec. 7. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after Its publication in the 
Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of general circulation.
Approved,