Batangas Tourism Specialty Hospital

CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES TWENTIETH CONGRESS First Regular Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H. No. 7980 BY REPRESENTATIVES LUISTRO, MARCOS, GATO, SUANSING (M A.), GARDIOLA AND COLLANTES AN ACT CONVERTING THE MABINI COMMUNITY HOSPITAL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF MABINI, PROVINCE OF BATANGAS, INTO A SPECIALTY HOSPITAL TO BE KNOWN AS THE BATANGAS TOURISM SPECIALTY HOSPITAL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. The Mabini Community Hospital located in the Municipality of

Mabini, Province of Batangas, is hereby converted into a specialty general hospital to be known as the Batangas Tourism Specialty Hospital, and shall be placed under the direct supervision and control of the Department of Health (DOH).

SEC. 2. The authorized bed capacity of the Batangas Tourism Specialty Hospital

shall be increased from eighteen (18) to fifty (50) beds. Any future increase in bed capacity shall be consistent with the hospital development plan to be prepared by the DOH.

SEC. 3. The Batangas Tourism Specialty Hospital shall:

(a) Specialize as a tourism hospital with the capability to admit and treat illnesses and disorders of transients and tourists and to address tourism-related accidents; (b) Keep, maintain, and upgrade its hyperbaric chamber and all other medical equipment and supplies; (c) Maintain a sufficient number of land and sea ambulances and fast communication facilities to enable the hospital to respond quickly to tourism-related emergency calls;

(d) Maintain a sufficient number of specialists, physicians, as well as technical and medical professionals, including support personnel, in accordance with the hospital development plan; (e) Coordinate with the tourism offices of local government units within the Province of Batangas, as well as with legitimate tourism establishments and sites that are located and operating therein, to address the medical tourism concerns of the entire province effectively; (f) Admit other patients and address non-tourism-related cases within the catchment area of the hospital; and (g) Accommodate indigent patients and provide charity beds in accordance with DOH regulations.

SEC. 4. The current health care facilities of the Batangas Tourism Specialty

Hospital shall be upgraded to conform with and be commensurate to the increase in bed capacity as provided for in Section 2 hereof. Similarly, the existing workforce of the hospital which includes doctors, nurses, and support personnel, shall be increased correspondingly.

SEC. 5. The Secretary of Health shall immediately include in the Department's

program the implementation of this Act, the funding of which shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SEC. 6. If any provision or part of this Act is declared unconstitutional, the

remaining parts or provisions not affected shall remain in full force and effect. issuances, and rules and regulations 31. inconsistent with this Act are hereby repeats one cordingly.

SEC. 8. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the

Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation. Approved, Page 2 of 2