EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE ) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
Second Regular Session 
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SENATE
S.B. No. 2275
DATE
TU.IE
Introduced by Senator Maria Lourdes Nancy S. Binay
AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A ONE HUNDRED (lOO)-BED DISTRICT SATELLITE 
HOSPITAL OF THE MILAGROS ALBANO DISTRICT HOSPITAL IN 
BARANGAY DIMAPULA, DIVILACAN, PROVINCE OF ISABELA TO BE 
KNOWN AS THE DIVILACAN-MILAGROS ALBANO DISTRICT 
SATELLITE HOSPITAL AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
EXPLANATORY NOTE
It is enshrined in our Constitution that the State shall protect and promote the 
right to health of the people and instill health consciousness among them. This 
is further strengthened by Section 11, Article XIII of the Constitution which 
states:
The State shall adopt an integratet;! 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. The 
State shall endeavor to provide free medical care to paupers.
Furthermore, the World Health Organization, declared that the right to health 
includes access to timely, acceptable and affordable health care of appropriate 
quality.
The Municipality of Divilacan is situated in Northeastern Isabela. It is a second 
class municipality and is one of the four (4) coastal municipalities in the Province 
of Isabela. It is bounded on the north by the town of Maconacon; on the east, 
by the vast Philippine Sea; on the west, by the towns of Tumauini and Hagan; 
and on the south, by the town of Palanan. The Divilacan Rural Health Unit is the 
only health facility that provides health services to its five thousand six hundred 
eighty-seven population (5,687). There is a need to establish its own hospital 
since the only nearest hospital available to the people takes three (3) hours 
travel by sea to reach. The establishment of the proposed hospital will cater to


the health needs of the residents of Divilacan and the nearby town of 
Maconacon.
This bill seeks to establish a one hundred bed in the Municipality of Divilacan to 
be known as Divilacan-Milagros Albano District Satellite Hospital.
With the declared policy of the State to promote the right to health of every 
Filipinos, the immediate passage of this bill is earnestly sought.
MARIA LOURDES NAN
BINAY


EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE ) 
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Second Regular Session 
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SENATE
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AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A ONE HUNDRED (lOO)-BED DISTRICT SATELLITE 
HOSPITAL OF THE MILAGROS ALBANO DISTRICT HOSPITAL IN 
BARANGAY DIMAPULA, DIVILACAN, PROVINCE OF ISABELA TO BE 
KNOWN AS THE DIVILACAN-MILAGROS ALBANO DISTRICT 
SATELLITE HOSPITAL AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Phiiippines in 
Congress assembied:
Section 1. There shall be established a one hundred (100) bed capacity hospital 
in Barangay Dimapula, Divilacan, Province of Isabela, in accordance with the 
standards of the Department of Health to be known as the Divilacan-Milagros 
Albano District Satellite Hospital.
Section 2. The Secretary of Health shall promulgate the rules and regulations 
necessary to carry out the purposed of this Act within sixty (60) days from 
effectivity.
Section 3. The Secretary of Health shall immediately include in the Department's 
programs the implementation of this Act, the funding of which shall be charged 
against the succeeding year's appropriation of the DOH and thereafter, such 
sums as may be necessary for its continued operations shall be included in the 
annual General Appropriations Act.
Section 4. All laws, presidential decrees, executive orders, rules and regulations 
contrary to or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed 
or modified accordingly.
Section 5. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the 
Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,