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SIXTEENTH CONGRESS ) f? EC EWED x
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES —)
FIRST REGULAR SESSION )

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Representative Maximo B. Rodriguez, Jr.

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House Bill No.
EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill was originally introduced as House Bill No. 239 by
undersigned Rufus B. Rodriguez during the Fourteenth Congress. It was
approved by the Committee on Health, as evidenced by Committee Report
No. 1117 dated August 12, 2008. it was approved by the House of
Representatives on 2” reading on September 2, 2008 and on 3rd reading on
October 2, 2008. It was transmitted to the Senate on October 6, 2008 where it
was not acted upon. | was again re-filed during the Fifteenth Congress as
House Bill No. 253 where it was approved on 2™ Reading last March 16,
2014

This bill seeks to upgrade and modemize the J.R. Borja Memorial
Hospital in Cagayan de Oro City to be converted as an extension of the
Northern Mindanao Medical Center.

The collective health of a people affects, to a great extent, the success
of its overall socio-economic development efforts. Nowadays, the concept of
health has totally revolutionized from one of need to that of a fundamental
human right. The government is presently intensifying its campaign to deliver
better and efficient health and medical services to areas where these are
wanting

One such area is Cagayan de Oro City. As one of the country’s most
potential area for development, the city plays a pivotal role in our country’s
efforts to attain economic growth. Unfortunately, majority of its population
cannot afford to have their basic health needs served within the city area. The
existing government hospitals are, if not very far, inadequate to serve the
needs of the city populace. Hence, this bill

In keeping with the constitutional mandate to adopt an integrated and
comprehensive approach to health development, the approval of this bill is

eamestly sought
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MAXIMO B. RODRIGUEZ, JR.

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SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES —)
FIRST REGULAR SESSION )

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Introduced by Representative Rufus B. Rodriguez and
Representative Maximo B. Rodriguez, Jr.

39

House Bill No.

AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR THE UPGRADE AND MODERNIZATION OF THE J.R.
BORJA CITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AS AN EXTENSION HOSPITAL OF
THE NORTHERN MINDANAO MEDICAL CENTER (NMMC) IN CAGAYAN
DE ORO CITY, PROVINCE OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. The J.R. Borja City Memorial Hospital is hereby upgraded and
modernized as an extension hospital of the Northern Mindanao Medical
Center (NMMC) in Cagayan de Oro City, Province of Misamis Oriental and
which shall be administered by the NMMC and the Department of Health,
Region 10.

SEC, 2. The Secretary of Health shall immediately include in the
Department's programs the operationalization of the J.R. Borja City Memorial
Hospital as an extension hospital of the NMMC, the funding of which shall be
included in the annual General Appropriations Act

The local government unit (LGU) concerned shall continue to provide
funding for the J.R. Borja City Memorial Hospital until such time that the same
is integrated as an extension hospital of the NMMC and its funding included in
the annual General Appropriations Act.

SEC. 3. The Department of Health shall promulgate the necessary rules and
regulations for the effective implementation of this Act.

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in a
newspaper of general circulation.

Approved.