Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES

Quezon City, Metro Manila

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

3066
House Bill No.

Introduced by Honorable ALFONSO V. UMALI JR.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The most important role of hospitals and health institutions
is to provide adequate medical services to the people. The reality
however, is that it is difficult to secure medical services from big
private hospitals that often charge medical fees that the ordinary
Filipino people cannot afford, leaving him no other option but to
rely on medical services provided by the government hospitals.
Sadly, perennial budgetary problems plague government hospitals
and prevent them from filling this great void in the Filipinos’ health
care needs.

As a backgrounder, the Roxas District Hospital, now known
as “Oriental Mindoro Southern District Hospital,” was created by
Republic Act No. 1900 thru the bill introduced by the late
Congressman Jose Leido Jr. in 1969. In the same year, a hospital
building was erected with an initial cost of P100,000.00 on a one-
hectare lot in Brgy. Odiong, Roxas, Oriental Mindoro which was
donated by the heirs of Lucio Suarez Sr. On January 21, 1995,
Republic Act 7857 was enacted and increased the bed capacity of
Roxas District Hospital from twenty-five (25) to fifty (50) beds.

However, the steady growth of number of the populace and
consequently the medical cases referred to the Roxas, necessitates
the need for the government to upgrade the bed capacity of the
Roxas District Hospital. To realize this goal, the improvement of
this government hospital is necessary. This bill aims to provide the
Roxas District Hospital with an increased bed capacity.


This legislation aims 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.



Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES

Quezon City, Metro Manila

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No. 3266

Introduced by Honorable ALFONSO V. UMALI JR.

AN ACT INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF THE ROXAS
DISTRICT HOSPITAL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF ROXAS
PROVINCE OF ORIENTAL MINDORO FROM FIFTY (50) TO
ONE HUNDRED (100) BEDS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THEREFOR, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT
7857

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

SECTION 1. Section 1 of R.A. 7857 is hereby amended, to read as
follows:

“Section 1. The bed capacity of the Roxas District Hospital in
the Municipality of Roxas, Province of Oriental Mindoro, is hereby
increased from [twenty-five (25) to fifty (50) beds] FIFTY (50) BEDS
TO ONE HUNDRED (100) BEDS. THE INCREASED IN BED
CAPACITY SHALL BE IMPLEMENTED FOR A PERIOD OF NOT
MORE THAN TWO (2) YEARS FROM THE APPROVAL OF THIS
ACT.”

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.