Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

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House BILLNo, 4714

Introduced by HON. ARNEL M. CERAFICA

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Good health is an essential element a man needs to be a productive citizen of his country. ‘This is
a policy specifically embraced in our Constitution, Articles Il, Section 15 and Article XI, Section 11
provides,“(t) State shall protect and promote the right to health and instil health consciousness among,
them, “The State shall adopt an integrated and comprehensive approach to health development that shall
endeavour to make essential goods, health and other social services available to all people at affordable
cost”.

To date, the First District of Taguig-Pateros (hereinafter referred to as “ the District” for brevity)
have no accessible Public Hospital which provides diagnosis, treatment and care of individuals suffering
from deformity , disease, illness or injury, or those in need of surgical, obstetrical, medical or nursing
care, ‘The closest public hospital is the Taguig City Hospital, However, said hospital is situated in
Taguig’s Second District

The District needs a hospital which is accessible to its constituents, The need is pressing
considering that this District is often stricken by floods which make its residents highly susceptible to
diseases, Transportation constraints, likewise brought about the floods, make it all the more difficult for
them to go back and forth to the hospitals outside their District.

As such, these predicaments make healthcare for the people of Taguig and Pateros remo
inadequate and unavailable at most times.

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In light of this pressing need, this Bill seeks to alleviate the plight of the people of Taguig, and
Pateros by establishing a public hospital with adequate facilities for their benefit

It is earnestly requested that this proposed measure be approved.

HON. A) |. CERAFICA



Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVEAS
Quezon City, Metro Manila

Seventeenth Congress
First Regular Session

House Bill No. 47.1.4

Introduced by HON. ARNEL M. CERAFICA,

AN ACT CREATING A DISTRICT HOSPITAL IN THE FIRST DISTRICT OF TAGUIG
PATEROS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREOF

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

SECTION 1. There is hereby created y hospital in the First District of Taguig and Pateros which
shall have a level Two (2) capacity

SECTION 2. The amount needed for its operation and mai
Annual General Appropriations Act

jenance shall be included in the

SECTION 3. The Secretary of Health shall issue the necessary rules and regulations concerning
the operations of the Hospital upon approval of this Act

SECTION 4, The Secretary shall immediately include in the Department's programs the National
Government's assistance for the operation of the hospital and such funds shall be chargeable against the
appropriations authorized for that purpose under the General Appropriations Act of the year following the
enactment of this bill and every year thereafter

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved