Republic of the Philippines

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

House Bill No, 7751

Introduced by Honorable REYNALDO V. UMALI

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The 1987 Constitution Section 15, Article II provides that, “The State
shall protect and promote the right to health of the people and instill health
consciousness among them.”

This bill seeks to convert Oriental Mindoro Provincial Hospital (OMPH)
in Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro into a regional hospital.

At present, OMPH is a service and training-oriented tertiary medical
facility being run by the provincial government. The hospital has 200-bed
capacity and serves as the catchment hospital for serious patients needing
tertiary specialty medical care from satellite hospitals and rural health unit
in the province.

Due to the increasing population of Oriental Mindoro and the province
being the Regional Center of MIMAROPA, the need for medical care services
also increases. The medical care services in the province should be more in
keeping with today’s realities and the standard of health services has to be
at par globally.

‘The increase in bed capacity and upgrading of the OMPH to a regional
hospital will give a remarkable stride in improving health outcomes in the
Province of Oriental Mindoro and nearby provinces in the region. People will
have better access to quality and affoydable health care provided by the
government.

earnestly sought.

Representative
2nd District, Oriental Mindoro


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES

Quezon City, Metro Manila

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

7751

House Bill No.

Introduced by Honorable REYNALDO V. UMALI

AN ACT CONVERTING THE ORIENTAL MINDORO PROVINCIAL
HOSPITAL IN CALAPAN CITY ORIENTAL MINDORO TO REGIONAL
HOSPITAL TO BE KNOWN AS ORIENTAL MINDORO REGIONAL
HOSPITAL AND TO INCREASE THE BED CAPACITY TO THREE
HUNDRED (300) BEDS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. The Oriental Mindoro Provincial Hospital in Calapan City,
Oriental Mindoro, shall be converted into a regional hospital to be known as
“Oriental Mindoro Regional Hospital (OMRH)” and the bed capacity is hereby
increased from two hundred (200) to three hundred (300) beds.

SECTION 2. The existing service facilities, medical equipments and
professional health care services are also hereby upgraded to conform with
and commensurate to the increase of bed capacity as provided in Section 1
of this Act.

SECTION 3.The Department of Health, in coordination with the Department
of Budget and Management and Civil Service Commission, shall determine
the additional plantilla positions to be created and filled up upon prior
consultation with the OMRH.

SECTION 4. The Department of Health also, shall promulgate the rules and
regulations necessary for the effective implementation of this Act.

SECTION 5. The increase in bed capacity of the OMRH from two hundred
(200) to three hundred (300) beds shall be implemented for a period of not
more than two (2) years from the approval of this Act.


SECTION 6. The amount necessary to carry out the provision of this Act
shall be included in the General Appropriations Act of the year following its
enactment into law and thereafter.

SECTION 7. Effectivity.- This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in the Official Gazette or in two (2) national newspapers of
general circulation.

Approved.