Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
House Bill No. ___________________ 
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE BAI DIMPLE I. MASTURA 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The 1987 Constitution, under Article II, Section 15 declares that “The 
State shall protect and promote the right to health of the people and instill 
health consciousness among them.
Cotabato Regional and Medical Center or CRMC in Cotabato City is 
a tertiary government hospital under the Department of Health, regulated 
by the Civil Service Commission in terms of human resources, the 
Department of Budget and Management agency responsible for the 
management and development of its financial transactions, and the 
Commission on Audit in-charge of the general accountabilities of the 
hospital. 
Its present 600 bed capacity authorized under Republic Act No. 
11391 is not enough to cater to the needs of its increasing number of 
patients.  Hence, there is a need to increase the authorized bed capacity of 
the Cotabato Regional and Medical Center from 600 to 1,000 beds. 
Immediate approval of this measure is earnestly sought. 
BAI DIMPLE I. MASTURA 
 Representative 
 Lone Legislative District of Maguindanao del Norte 
 with Cotabato City 
February 27, 2023
4:02 pm
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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-seventh day of 
July, two thousand and twenty-two. 
House Bill No. ___________________ 
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE BAI DIMPLE I. MASTURA 
AN ACT AN ACT INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF THE 
COTABATO REGIONAL AND MEDICAL CENTER IN COTABATO 
CITY FROM SIX HUNDRED (600) BEDS TO ONE THOUSAND 
(1,000) BEDS, UPGRADING ITS SERVICE FACILITIES AND 
PROFESSIONAL 
HEALTH 
CARE 
SERVICES, 
AND 
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
Philippines in Congress assembled: 
Section 1. The authorized bed capacity of the Cotabato Regional and 
Medical Center (CRMC) in Cotabato City is hereby increased from six 
hundred (600) beds to one thousand (1,000) beds.  The Secretary of 
Health shall implement the increase in bed capacity of the CRMC 
consistent with the five (5)-year development plan of the hospital. 
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Section 2. The existing service facilities and professional health care 
services of the CRMC are hereby upgraded commensurate to the increase 
in its authorized bed capacity as herein provided for in Section 1. 
The existing workforce, the budget for personnel services, 
maintenance and other operating expenses of the CRMC shall also be 
increased correspondingly. The Secretary of Health shall, in coordination 
with the Secretary of Budget and Management and the Commissioner of 
the Civil Service Commission, and after consultation with the Chief of 
CRMC, determine the additional plantilla positions to be created and filled 
up. 
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 included in the annual General Appropriations Act. 
Section 4. All laws, decrees, issuances, rules and regulations or 
parts thereof inconsistent with 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,