Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS 
Third Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. _____________ 
Introduced by REPRESENTATIVE MANUEL ANTONIO F. ZUBIRI 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The nation’s police force has always been the backbone for our society’s order. 
Ensuring public safety and internal security with the active support of the community 
is what makes the Philippine National Police (PNP) special. Needless to say, they 
have a special bond with the community they serve.  
However, the number of our police force vis-à-vis the number of our population is 
still small. A lot of work is expected from a police man if he is to enforce the law, 
prevent and control crimes and as stated above, maintain peace and order and ensure 
public safety. Aside from the demanding job of a police man, the very nature of the 
job entails a high degree of risk to himself.  
When policemen are injured, they rely on the traditional benefits such as those arising 
from their occupation as government workers. Anything beyond that, they rely on 
what’s left of their income. It is a known fact that medical expenses from injuries or 
naturally occurring illnesses take a heavy toll on one’s finances. 
To show gratitude to our police men, it is imperative that their medical needs are 
subsidized through a dedicated hospital which will further attend to their needs. At 
present the PNP does not have its own tertiary hospital. As such, its ill and wounded 
personnel need to be carried or referred to other hospitals. 
Thus, approval of this bill is earnestly sought. 
MANUEL ANTONIO F. ZUBIRI 
Representative 
Third District, Bukidnon  
November 15, 2021
12:01 pm
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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS 
Third Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. _____________ 
Introduced by REPRESENTATIVE MANUEL ANTONIO F. ZUBIRI 
AN ACT 
CREATING A TERTIARY HOSPITAL FOR THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL 
POLICE (PNP) AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
Section 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the “PNP Tertiary Care Hospital 
Act.” 
Sec. 2. Declaration of Policy. - It is hereby declared the policy of the State to 
empower and support our police force in order for them to sufficiently provide front 
line government law enforcement and peace-keeping at the community level. The 
State acknowledges the need to provide the police force the much-needed medical 
hospital that will cater to them and their immediate family to assure them that the 
risks they take are not taken for granted. 
Sec. 3. Tertiary Care Hospital. – There is hereby established a tertiary care hospital 
for the Philippine National Police. The hospital shall be located at Camp Panopio in 
Quezon City which will have a highly-specialized critical management with 
appropriate clinical and nursing services.  
Sec. 4. Beneficiaries. – The tertiary hospital to be established for the PNP shall cater 
to the members, the latter’s immediate family, employees and staff of the PNP. The 
services to be performed to the beneficiaries shall be subsidized. 
Sec. 5. Role of the Department of Health. – The Department of Health (DOH) shall 
provide the appropriate guidance that the specifications needed for the establishment 
of tertiary care hospital is met.  
Sec. 6. Appropriations. -  There is hereby allocated the amount of One Billion Six 
Hundred Million Pesos (P1.6B) for the establishment of the hospital subject of this 
Act. The amount shall be chargeable against the national budget for the succeeding 
fiscal year after the effectivity of this Act.  
Sec. 7. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - The DOH and the PNP shall issue the 
rules and regulations that will properly maintain the operation of the hospital within 
ninety (90) days after its approval. 
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Sec. 8. Separability Clause. - If any provision of this Act shall be held 
unconstitutional or invalid, the other provisions not otherwise affected shall remain in 
full force and effect. 
 
SEC. 9. Repealing Clause. - All laws, executive orders, rules and regulations 
inconsistent with or contrary to this Act are hereby deemed accordingly repealed or 
amended. 
 
SEC. 10. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect after fifteen (15) days from 
publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
 
 
 
Approved,