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SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS BY:

First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO, _#317

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INTRODUCED BY REP. MAXIMO B. DALOG

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This bill seeks to exclude from the operation of Proclamation No. 217,
Series of 1929, otherwise known as “The Central Cordillera Forest Reserve,”
a certain portion of land embraced therein and declare the same alienable and
disposable under Section 4 of Republic Act No. 10023, otherwise known as
“Residential Free Patent Act” in favor of the Luis Hora Memorial Regional
Hospital located in Abatan, Bauko, Mountain Province.

The Luis Hora Regional Memorial Hospital (LHRMH) in Abatan, Bauko,
Mountain Province came into existence on June 22, 1957 by virtue of
Republic Act 1806 and was then known as Mountain Province General
Hospital.

In 1962, the Bureau of Forestry and the Department of Health signed a
formal lease contract renewable after twenty five (25) years for the lease of
about 7.1 hectares of the public land situated at Abatan, Bauko, Mountain
Province exclusively for hospital purposes which led the construction of the
hospital facilities.

It started as a small hospital which catered primarily to patients in the
municipalities of Bauko, Tadian and Sabangan, all in Mountain Province. As
the years went by, there was a need to provide better health services and
health facilities. On April 27, 1992, RA 7445 was signed into law increasing its
bed capacity to a 75-bed capacity status.

With the expanding need for more effective medical services catering to
patients from all over the Cordillera Region to include the other municipalities
of Mountain Province and some municipalities in Region |, Benguet Province
and Kalinga Province, it was elevated to a Regional Hospital of the Cordillera
Region to cater health services to the northern part of Benguet, southern part
of Ifugao, eastern part of Kalinga, the northern part of Abra and the
neighboring municipalities of Ilocos Sur.


With the recent issuance of the Implementing rules and Regulations of
RA 7445 last June 9, 2014, there is a continued increase in the number of
patients being served. A corresponding improvement in the facilities have
also been made. In fact, a Dialysis Center is now being constructed within the
premises of the hospital and just last year the Department of Health proposed
the establishment of a Drug Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation Center for
the Cordillera Administrative Region to be located within the area leased by
LHRMH. One of the conditions set forth for the approval of the said
Rehabilitation is that the lot must be titled and owned by the hospital.
However, up to this time, the LHRMH still leases the lot where all the buildings
and facilities are erected as the area is covered by the Central Cordillera
forest reserve.

In view of the vital role of the Luis Hora Memorial Regional Hospital in
the efficient and effective delivery of health services to the people in the
Cordillera Region and its neighboring municipalities, approval of the bill is
earnestly sought.



Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

2317
HOUSE BILL NO.“ ‘

Introduced by: HON. MAXIMO B, DALOG

AN ACT
TO EXCLUDE FROM THE OPERATION OF PROCLAMATION NO. 217,
SERIES OF 1929, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE CENTRAL CORDILLERA
FOREST RESERVE, A CERTAIN PORTION OF LAND EMBRACED THEREIN
AND DECLARE THE SAME ALIENABLE AND DISPOSABLE UNDER
SECTION 4 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10023, (RESIDENTIAL FREE PATENT
ACT) DATED MARCH 9, 2010, IN FAVOR OF THE LUIS HORA MEMORIAL
REGIONAL HOSPITAL LOCATED IN ABATAN, BAUKO, MOUNTAIN
PROVINCE FOR HOSPITAL PURPOSES.

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

Section 1. It is hereby declared the policy of the state to protect and
promote the right to health of the people and instill health consciousness among
them

Sec. 2. A certain portion of the Central Cordillera Forest Reserve
covered by Proclamation No. 217, Series of 1929 is hereby excluded therefrom and
declared open to disposition under the provisions of Section 4 of Republic Act No.
10023, “An Act Authorizing the Issuance of Free Patents to Residential Lands,” in
favour of the Luis Hora Memorial Regional Hospital located at Abatan, Bauko,
Mountain Province, which had herein continuous possession and occupation openly
and adversely and in the concept of an owner for more than fifty (50) years or since
time immemorial to the present had been subject to the condition that hereunder


described parcel of land shall be used exclusively for hospital purposes only, as
follows:

TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION
‘SP-CAR-000203
LUIS HORA MEMORIAL REGIONAL HOSPITAL

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| A porgel of land (SP-CAR-000203) being a portion of Lot 1, Swo-
| 134402:000442-Amd,,.situaled of rurban code 134402, Barangay of
| Poblacion. Municipality of Bauko, Province of Mt. Province, Island of
Luzon, Bounded on the Sw., & NW.,along lines 29-1-2:3-4-5-6-7-8 by tot 2,
Swo-134402-090442-Amd.; on the NW., along lines 8-9-10-11-}2-13-14-15 by
National Road (60.00 m, wide);.on the NE., slong lines 15-16:}7-18-19-20 by
Public. Land; on the SE. along line 20-21 by ASIERIO PAGTEILAN, Psu:
222522: op the SE., along lines 21-22.23-24-25-26-27-28.29 by Provincial
| Road (30.00 m. wide).

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Beginning at a point marked "1" on the pian being S. 68 deg. 21
min. W., 1842.86 m. from BLLM No. 2, MUN. OF BAUKO, MT. PROVINCE, 10
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to point 26:
to point 27
to point 28;
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to point of beginning.

Containing on area FIFTY SEVEN THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED FORTY
TWO (57,942) sq, m. more or less. All polnis are marked on the ground by

PS cyl. cone. mons. 15x40 cms., except cor, 21 by Old PS. cy Conc.

mons. 1Sx60 cms. Bearings: GRID: Date of survey on May 27, 2014

execuled by Engr. Andres A. Tindungan and was approved on Mo)

2014.

Sec. 3. The Land Management Services of the Department of
Environment and Natural Resources is hereby directed to conduct a validation
survey of the land under this Act and to effect the issuance of a Special Patent
in favour of the Luis Hora Memorial Regional Hospital.

Sec. 4. All laws and decrees, orders, rules and regulations or parts
thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or

modified accordingly.

Sec. 5. This Act shall effect fifteen(15) days after its publication in the
Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved