NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
Second Regular Session 
) 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Introduced by Representative Rufus B. Rodriguez 
House Bill No.  _____ 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The Lung Center of the Philippines was established through Presidential Decree No. 1823 
on January 16, 1981 and was inaugurated on January 23, 1982 as a tertiary level hospital 
aimed at providing state-of-art specialized care for lung and other chest diseases. 
Respiratory diseases had been one of the leading causes of illness and death in the country. 
Data from the Philippines Statistics Authority show that around 66 Filipinos die every minute 
or around 1,591 per day and the leading causes of death are ischemic heart disease, cancer 
and pneumonia. 
Pneumonia is the infection of both lungs and it claims the lives of approximately 57,000 
Filipinos every year.  
At present, there is only one Lung Center in the Philippines and it is located in Quezon City. 
There is a need to establish at least 1 more Lung Center in Mindanao respectively to cater to 
the patients in said regions.   
This bill seeks to establish a Lung Center of the Philippines in Cagayan de Oro City for 
Mindanao to bring quality and specialized medical services and research closer to lung 
related disease patients in the said regions. With this new Lung Center, specialized services 
will be available to all Filipinos countrywide since it will be established in strategic locations 
across the country. 
In view of the foregoing, immediate approval of this measure is earnestly requested. 
RUFUS B. RODRIGUEZ 
September 11, 2023
8:00 am
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NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
Second Regular Session 
) 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Introduced by Representative Rufus B. Rodriguez 
House Bill No.  _____ 
AN ACT 
ESTABLISHING   A LUNG CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES IN CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY 
FOR MINDANAO, AMENDING SECTION 1 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1823, 
ENTITLED “AN ACT CREATING THE LUNG CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES, 
PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR”, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER 
PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled:  
SECTION  1. Section 1 of Presidential Decree No. 1823 is hereby amended to read as 
follows: 
Section 1. Creation of the Lung Center of the Philippines. There is 
hereby created a trust, under the name and style of Lung Center 
of the Philippines, WHICH SHALL ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN 
TWO (2) HOSPITAL  FACILITIES, ONE (1) FOR LUZON  WHICH 
SHALL BE LOCATED IN QUEZON CITY, AND ONE (1) IN 
MINDANAO TO BE LOCATED IN CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, 
which subject to the provisions of this Decree, shall be 
administered, according to the Articles of Incorporation, By Laws 
and Objectives of the Lung Center of the Philippines, Inc., duly 
registered (reg. No. 85886) with the Securities and Exchange 
Commission of the Republic of the Philippines, by the [Office of 
the President, in coordination with the Ministry of Human 
Settlements and the Ministry of Health] DEPARTMENT OF 
HEALTH. 
SEC 2. The amount of One Billion Pesos (Php 1,000,000,000) is hereby appropriated for the 
establishment of the new hospital in Cagayan de Oro City. Said fund shall be used for the 
acquisition of land, construction of the hospital, purchase of hospital equipment, furniture, 
fixtures, and for personnel services. Thereafter, the amount necessary to ensure the 
continued operations and maintenance of the three Lung Centers of the Philippines shall be 
included in the Annual General Appropriations Act. 
SEC 3. Implementing Rules and Regulations. The Board of Trustees and the Department of 
Health shall formulate the implementing rules and regulations to carry out the 
implementation of this Act.  
SEC 4. Separability Clause.  If, for any reason, any part or provision of this Act is declared 
unconstitutional or invalid, the remaining provisions hereof which are not affected thereby 
shall continue to be in full force and effect.  
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SEC 5.  Repealing   Clause.  — All laws, decrees, executive orders, rules and regulations or 
portions thereof which are inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed, amended or 
modified accordingly.  
 
SEC 6. Effectivity Clause.  - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in 
the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.  
 
      Approved,