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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila
20" CONGRESS
Ast Regular Session

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Introduced by Representative SITTIE SHAHARA “BA DIMPLE” I. MASTURA

EXPLANATORY NOTE

‘This measure was proposed in the 19" Congress, was approved by the Committees on Health and
‘Appropriations however, for lack of material time did not make it past the Committee on Rules on June
9, 2025.

For additional context in 2019 just a little more than five (5) years ago, Republic Act No. 11391 was
‘enacted which provided for the increase in bed capacity of this hospital from four hundred (400) to six
hundred (600), and since then, the need for more beds has increasingly grown twice given that the
Cotabato Regional and Medical Center (CRMC) serves both the mainland Bangsamoro region and
Central Mindanao.

We reiterate the need to increase the present bed capacity of the CRMC from 600 beds to 1,000
because the existing capacity is not enough as per record and experience, to effectively cater to the
number of patients confined at the medical facility at any given time.

This measure when approved and enacted will greatly contribute to the attainment of our goals as we
pursue the protection and promotion of the right to health of the people in general and our
constituents in the Province of Maguindanao del Norte with Cotabato City and the adjacent
‘communities in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).

In view of the foregoing, passage of this bill is earnestly sought.

‘Maguindanao del Nase, Lone District


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

20" CONGRESS
1st Regular Session

3492

House BiLL No. 2

Introduced by Representative SITTIE SHAHARA “BA DIMPLE” |. MASTURA.

AN ACT
INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF THE COTABATO REGIONAL AND MEDICAL CENTER IN THE CITY OF
COTABATO, PROVINCE OF MAGUINDANAO DEL NORTE, FROM SIX HUNDRED (600) TO ONE
THOUSAND BEDS (1,000), AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. The authorized bed capacity of the Cotabato Regional and Medical Center
(CRMC) in the City of Cotabato, Province of Maguindanao del Norte, shall be increased from
six hundred (600) to one thousand (1,000) beds. Any future increase in bed capacity shall be
consistent with the hospital development plan that shall be prepared by the Department of
Health.

SEC. 2. The existing professional health care services and facilities of the CRMC are hereby
upgraded to conform with and be commensurate to the increase in bed capacity as provided
for in Section 1 hereof.

SEC. 3, The existing workforce of the CRMC, which includes doctors, nurses and support
personnel, shall be increased correspondingly.

SEC, 4. The Secretary of Health shall, after consultation with the Chief of Hospital of the
CRMC, and in coordination with the Department of Budget and Management, and the
Chairperson of the Civil Service Commission, determine the additional new positions to be
created.

SEC. 5. The Secretary of Health shall immediately include in its Department's program the
implementation of this Act, the funding of which shall be included in the annual General
Appropriations Act.



SEC. 6. If any provision or part of this Act is declared unconstitutional, the remaining parts
or provisions not affected shall remain in full force and effect.

SEC. 7. All laws, executive orders, issuances and rules, or regulations inconsistent with this
Act is hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SEC. 8. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette
or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,