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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES

Quezon City, Metro Manila

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No. cod

Introduced by Honorable ALFONSO V. UMALI JR.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

In the current health care system in the country, community
hospitals play significant role in the delivery of health services to
the communities. In many areas, community hospitals take full
charge in the delivery of medical and health assistance and
providing care for patients in the least dependent setting for their
needs. It provides an appropriate range of accessible health care
facilities and resources designed to meet the needs of the local
people.

The Bulalacao Community Hospital was created by Republic
Act No. 6910 during the 8‘ Congress and is the only hospital in
the Municipality of Bulalacao, the southernmost municipality in
the Province of Oriental Mindoro. {t is a 10-bed community
hospital; however, in reality, it has long been accommodating fifty
(50) to eighty (80) patients coming from various nearby
municipalities in the Provinces of Oriental Mindoro and Occidental
Mindoro. The lack of beds and beddings adds burden to the
medical staff that needs to prioritize the patients in critical and
emergency cases. The provision of additional beds and beddings in
the Bulalacao Community Hospital will certainly be a great help to
the hospital and will redound to the benefits of the patients it
serves.

This legislation aims to provide the Bulalacao Community
Hospital with an increased bed capacity from ten (10) to fifty (50)
beds in order to create a more responsive health institution that


will address the pressing medical needs of the people, more
particularly the poor and the marginalized of society.

In view thereof, immediate approval of this bill is earnestly

sought.

HON. ALF SAWALI JR.
Reyresehtative
24 Distrift, Oriéntal Mingloro


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES

Quezon City, Metro Manila

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No. 2958

Introduced by Honorable ALFONSO V. UMALI JR.

AN ACT INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF THE
BULALACAO COMMUNITY HOSPITAL IN THE MUNICIPALITY
OF BULALACAO, PROVINCE OF ORIENTAL MINDORO FROM
TEN (10) TO FIFTY (50) 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 bed capacity of the Bulalacao Community
Hospital in the Municipality of Bulalacao, Province of Oriental
Mindoro, is hereby increased from TEN (10) BEDS TO FIFTY (50)
BEDS.

SECTION 2. Appropriation. The amount necessary to carry out
the provisions of this Act shall be included in the General
Appropriations Act of the year following its enactment.

SECTION 3. Separability Clause. Should any provision herein
be declared unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity
of other provisions of this Act.

SECTION 4. Repealing Clause. All laws, decrees, orders, rules
and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with this Act are
hereby repealed or amended accordingly.


SECTION 5. 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.