Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS.
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. pine

Introduced by HON. JOSEPH “JOJO” L. LARA

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to establish a drug rehabilitation center in the Municipality of
Iguig, Province of Cagayan.

With the increasing number of drug users who need to be rehabilitated, this
representation deems it necessary that Region 2, particularly in the Province of
Cagayan where the regional center is located, have its own drug rehabilitation center
to service all the provinces in the entire region. This center will become another
beacon of hope for these people who have fallen victim to drug addiction.

There are now only a handful of these government centers in existence, which
are now overflowing with applicants who want to undergo the rehabilitation program,
especially those coming from the poor areas who cannot afford private hospital
facilities.

In lieu of the foregoing, the passage of this bill is earnestly sought.

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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. dae

Introduced by HON. JOSEPH “JOJO” L. LARA

AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A DRUG REHABILITATION CENTER IN THE MUNICIPALITY
OF IGUIG, PROVINCE OF CAGAYAN TO BE KNOWN AS THE CAGAYAN DRUG
REHABILITATION CENTER AND ALLOCATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES

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

SECTION 1. Declaration of Policy. — There shall be established a drug
rehabilitation center in the Municipality of Iguig, Province of Cagayan to be known as
the Cagayan Drug Rehabilitation Center, that shall be responsible for the handling and
implementation of programs for the rehabilitation of drug addicts and other drug
related cases within the Province of Cagayan and other nearby areas.

SECTION 2. Objectives and Functions. - The Center shall have the
following objectives and functions:

a. To provide care, treatment and accommodation to persons found to be drug
dependents;

b. To bring a drug dependent to a state where he is physically, psychologically
and socially capable of coping with problems common to his peer group;

c. To facilitate and encourage the dissemination and exchange of ideas and
information on the prevention, care, treatment and control of drug addiction
and abuse;

d. To provide after-care, follow-up and social reintegration services to enable
a drug dependent to adjust to family and community life after his release;

e. To provide each drug dependent motivation for regaining self-confidence,

rediscover his working latent abilities and develop a sense of responsibility
for himself;


f. To encourage the formation of organizations, associations or groups
composed of parents, guardians and immediate relatives of drug
dependents in order to arouse their awareness and enhance their
Participation in the care, treatment and rehabilitation of their relatives or
wards found to be drug-dependent patients;

g. To undertake continuous training of physicians, nurses, health officers,
psychologists and social workers on the practical and scientific methods of
prevention, care, treatment and rehabilitation of persons found to be drug
dependents;

h. To strengthen the emotional and spiritual make-up of an individual drug
dependent by conducting regular guidance and counseling sessions as well
as interdenominational church services; and

i, The center shall be responsible for the implementation of the programs for
the rehabilitation of drug dependents and other related cases.

SECTION 3, Site of Facility. — The center shall be constructed within the
Municipality of Iguig, Province of Cagayan at a location which will be identified by the
Department of Health — Region 2.

SECTION 4. Organization. - The center shall be headed by a Director who
shall be appointed by the Secretary of Health and vested with powers generally
exercised by a Chief of a government hospital and shall abide by the qualification
requirements set about by the Civil Service Commission.

SECTION 4. Personnel and Staff. - The Director, shall appoint such other
personnel and staff as may be necessary for the effective operation of the center
subject to existing laws, rules and regulations.

SECTION 5. Development Plan. - The Center, through its Director, is
hereby authorized to embark on a development plan in the fulfillment of the following:

a. To establish additional building facilities equipped with new and modern
equipment to serve and cater to drug dependents from Paranaque;

b. To initiate plans for the development of income generating programs for the
ultimate purpose of generating resources to provide additional projects for
the Center, particularly charity services;

c. To provide pharmacy services, dispensaries and health stations; and
d. To provide educational facilities for interns, graduates and undergraduates

of medicine and related fields with focus on the rehabilitation of drug
dependents.


SECTION 6. Government Assistance to the Center. - The Secretary of
Health is hereby authorized to call upon department, bureau, agency or instrumentally
of the government for such assistance as may be necessary to effectively implement
this Act.

SECTION 7. Rules and Regulations. — The Director of the Center is hereby
authorized, with the approval of the Secretary of Health, to promulgate such rules and
regulations as may be necessary to secure an effective administration of the Center
and the effective implementation of the provisions of this act.

SECTION 8. Appropriations. — The Secretary of Health shall immediately
include in the programs of the Department of Health the establishment and
operationalization of the Cagayan Rehabilitation Center, the funding of which shall be
included in the General Appropriations Act.

SECTION 9. Repealing Clause. — Any law, presidential decree or issuance,
executive order, presidential proclamation, rules, regulations or parts thereof
inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, are hereby repealed, modified, or amended
accordingly.

SECTION 10. Separability Clause. - If any provision of this Act is declared
unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity and effectivity of the other
provisions hereof.

SECTION 11. Effectivity. — This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after
its publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,