Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

5025

House Bill No.

Introduced by Representative SHAREE ANN T. TAN

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to increase the hospital beds of Samar Provincial
Hospital located in the City of Catbalogan, Province of Samar, from one
hundred (100) beds to two hundred twenty (220) beds.

Article II, Section 15 of the 1987 Philippine Constitution mandates that,
“The State shall protect and promote the right to health of the people and
instill health consciousness among them.” Another provision in the
Constitution which mandates the efficient delivery of health care services to
the people is found in Article XIII, Section 11 which states that, “The State
shall adopt an integrated and comprehensive approach to health development
which shall endeavor to make essential goods, health and other social services
available to all the people at an affordable cost. There shall be priority for the
needs of the underprivileged sick, elderly, disabled, women, and children. The
State shall endeavor to provide free medical care to paupers.”

Hence, it is the obligation of the State to enhance its delivery of health
services to the people. The State must endeavor to make health care services
available to the people at an affordable cost.

The Samar Provincial Hospital is a 100-bed capacity government
hospital. It caters to the medical and health needs of the people in the Province
of Samar. Through the years, the Samar Provincial Hospital’s number of
patients admitted has substantially increased. The hospital is already
running way below of its bed capacity. Thus, the 100-bed capacity hospital
can no longer adequately accommodate the increasing number of patients
admitted to it.


Accordingly, increasing its bed capacity to two hundred twenty (220)
beds will greatly benefit the people of the Province of Samar considering the
increased number of patients that the hospital will be able to accommodate.
Likewise, the upgrade of its facilities and augmentation of its personnel would
Provide a more effective and efficient delivery of health care services to the
People consistent with the mandate of the Constitution.

In view of the foregoing, the approval of this bill is earnestly sought.

T. TAN
Representative, 24 District of Samar


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No. gle P

Introduced by Representative SHAREE ANN T. TAN

AN ACT FURTHER INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF THE SAMAR
PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL IN THE CITY OF CATBALOGAN, PROVINCE OF
SAMAR, FROM 100 TO 220 BEDS, UPGRADING THE SERVICE
FACILITIES AND PROFESSIONAL HEALTH CARE THEREIN AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.

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

SECTION 1. The authorized bed capacity of Samar Provincial Hospital in the
Municipality of Catbalogan, Province of Samar, is hereby increased to 220
beds.

SECTION 2. The sum of Eight Hundred Sixty Million Four Hundred One
Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty Bight Pesos and Seventy-Nine Centavos (Php
860,401,858.79) is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any funds in
the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the operation and
maintenance of said hospital during the fiscal year 2020. Thereafter, such
sum as may be needed for its operation and maintenance shall be included
in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SECTION 3. The existing hospital facilities and professional health care
services of the Samar Provincial Hospital are also hereby upgraded and
increased to conform with and be commensurate to the increase in bed
capacity.

SECTION 4. Upon prior consultation with the Samar Provincial Hospital,
the Department of Health, in coordination with the Department of Budget and
Management and the Civil Service Commission, determine the additional
plantilla positions to be created and filled up in the workforce of the Samar
Provincial Hospital.


SECTION 5. All laws, decrees, orders, issuances, rules and regulations or
Parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed
or modified accordingly.

SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days from the date of its

Publication in the Official Gazette or at least two (2) newspapers of general
circulation.

Approved,