Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

4928
House Bill No.___

Introduced by Rep. BERNADETTE “BH” HERRERA-DY
EXPLANATORY NOTE

The constitution under Article 11, Section 15 of the 1987 Constitution
thereof provides that the State shall protect and promote the right to health or
the people and instill health consciousness among them.

As a partner in promoting people's health, the government must
provide assistance to private hospitals to ensure their viability and high quality
service.

Seventy percent (70%) of the country's hospitals are privately
owned. Distributed to the different areas of the country, these institutions
provide the much needed medical services and facilities that government
hospitals cannot alone provide thereby filling a void in the people's health needs.

This legislation proposes a Private Hospital Development Plan, which
will be drawn in coordination with the Department of Health, other appropriate
government agencies, and non-government organizations. This plan shall
monitor the needs of private hospitals in terms of facility, equipment, and
human resources. It shall also grant tax incentives to accredited private hospitals.

This bill likewise proposes the creation of a Special Private Hospital
Fund that will be sourced from real property taxes paid by private hospitals.
The money collected shall be used to finance the improvement of private
hospital facilities and to assist community-based projects in various localities.
This fund shall be managed and disbursed by the local health board in each
municipality or chartered city where the private hospital is located.


Through this bill, we hope to build a bridge of cooperation between
the Government and private hospitals. It shall provide the needed link
between the public's ever growing, health care needs and the advanced
medical services that can he provided by private hospitals.

The immediate passage of this bill is therefore requested.

BERI JETTE HERRERA-DY


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

4928
House Bill No.

Introduced by Rep. BERNADETTE “BH” HERRERA-DY

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PRIVATE-HOSPITAL DEVELOPMENT
PLAN AND PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO PRIVATE HOSPITALS BY
GRANTING OF INCENTIVES

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

SECTION 1. Title. - This Act shall be known as the ‘Private
Hospital Assistance Act of 2019."

SECTION 2. Declaration of Policy - It is the policy of the State to
provide assistance to private hospitals to ensure their viability and enable
them to continue giving quality service to the people. Towards this end, a
private hospital development plan shall he promulgated and the private
hospital fund established.

|. PRIVATE HOSPITAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN

SECTION 3. The Private Hospital Development Plan. - The
Department of Health in consultation with the other appropriate government
agencies, the Philippine Hospital Association, and non-government
organizations, shall draw up a Private Hospital Development Plan that
shall:

1. Assess the prevailing situation in certain localities and identify its
needs in terms of facility, equipment and human resources; provide
incentives for, and establish agreements and linkages with private
hospitals and clinics, to answer these needs;

2. Identify unserved or underserved areas in terms of secondary
and tertiary care where private hospitals can be established and,
in collaboration with other government agencies, provide proper
incentives for the same;


3. Promulgate rules and regulations regarding the number, composition
and other matters relating to the creation of the Private Hospital Board
as provided for in Section 5 of this Act;

4. Establish guidelines for better coordination and cooperation
between government and private hospital system in the country so as
to provide better quality medical services to more people needing medical
attention.

Il. CREATION OF THE PRIVATE HOSPITAL FUND AND BOARD
SECTION 4. Private Hospital Fund. - Al] proceeds from the payment of

real property taxes of private hospitals shall accrue to a special Private Hospital
Fund which shall be used for the following purposes:

a) Improvement of hospital facilities to accommodate more service ward
patients; and

b) Financial assistance to community-based health projects in the locality.

SECTION 5. The Private hospital Fund Board. - The private hospital fund
shall be managed and disbursed by a local Board which shall be constituted in
each municipality or chartered city with private hospitals, and shall be composed of:

a) The Mayor of the municipality or chartered city as Chairperson:.

b) A director from every private hospital in the municipality or city:

c) The municipal or city health officer;

D) Two (2) representatives orthe private sector or non-governmental
organizations.

The. members of this Board shall be chosen in accordance with
implementing rules and regulations to be issued by the Secretary of Health. The
Private Hospital Board shall adopt its own rules and regulations, which shall
enable it to finance the activities, provided for in Section 4 or this Act.

SECTION 6. Audit of the Private Hospital Fund. - The disbursement of the
Private Hospital Fund shall be subject to audit by the Commission on Audit.

SECTION 7. Repealing Clause. - Any provision of law, rules and
regulations inconsistent with this Act is hereby repealed or modified accordingly.


SECTION 8. Effectivity - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15)

days from its publication in the
newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,

Official

Gazette or

in two (2) national