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BillHBN-847220th Congress

Bukidnon General Hospital

In committee Filed Mar 17, 2026
◷ Where it standsIn Committee
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Filed on March 17, 2026, and currently pending in the Committee on Health and Demography; it has sat in committee since its referral on March 18, 2026, with no recorded action since then.

Should you care?
Relevance to you
Moderate

The bill addresses the need for improved health care facilities in Bukidnon.

PatientsHealth care providersLocal government officials
Timeliness
Timely

The upgrade responds to the growing demand for better health services in the region.

Affects you ifMaramag residentsHealth care workersPatients needing hospitalizationLocal government of Bukidnon
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Overall impact
5.5/ 10
Long title

Bukidnon General Hospital

Plain-language summary
✦AI Summary

This bill aims to upgrade the Bukidnon Provincial Hospital in Maramag, Bukidnon, to a Level III General Hospital, to be known as the Bukidnon General Hospital, under the supervision of the Department of Health.

What this bill actually requires
RequiresUpgrade Bukidnon Provincial Hospital to Level III General Hospital.
RequiresFormulate a transition plan for renationalization within 180 days.
FundsFunding to be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
Deadline180 days from effectivity for transition plan formulation.
Deadline15 days after publication for effectivity.
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What changes from current law

Compared with current law:

Today

Bukidnon Provincial Hospital is a Level II facility.

This bill

It will be upgraded to a Level III General Hospital.

Today

No transition plan for renationalization exists.

This bill

A transition plan must be formulated within 180 days.

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The main purpose of the bill is to upgrade the Bukidnon Provincial Hospital in Maramag to a Level III General Hospital, which will improve health care services in the area.

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Issue areas
HealthLocal GovernmentSocial WelfareLocal GovernmentDepartment of HealthHospital upgradeHealth care servicesBukidnon General Hospital

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Legislative history
Mar 17, 2026Senate
Introduced by Representatives AUDREY KAY T. ZUBIRI, CIRIACO JR B. GATO and MIKAELA ANGELA B. SUANSING;
Mar 17, 2026Senate
Approved on Third Reading by the House of Representatives on March 16, 2026;
Mar 17, 2026Senate
Sent to the Senate requesting for concurrence;
Mar 18, 2026Senate
Read on First Reading and Referred to the Committees on HEALTH AND DEMOGRAPHY and FINANCE;
✦ AI insight

Stalled: the bill was approved on third reading by the House of Representatives on March 16, 2026, and sent to the Senate the same day, but has not progressed since its first reading in the Senate on March 18, 2026.

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Full text
HBN-8472 — verbatim textAs filed

CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINE WENTIETH CONGRES First Regular Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H. No. 8472 BY REPRESENTATIVES ZUBIRI, GATO AND SUANSING (M.A.) AN ACT UPGRADING THE BUKIDNON PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF MARAMAG, PROVINCE OF BUKIDNON, INTO A LEVEL Ill GENERAL HOSPITAL TO BE KNOWN AS THE BUKIDNON GENERAL HOSPITAL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR Be it o ongo by essemble and House of Representatives of the Philippines in

SECTION 1. The Bukidnon Provincial Hospital in the Municipality of

Maramag, Province of Bukidnon, is hereby upgraded into a Level Ill general hospital to be known as the Bukidnon General Hospital (BGH), which shall be under direct supervision and control of the Department of Health (DOH).

SEC. 2. Any future increase in bed capacity of the BGH shall be consistent

With the hospital development plan that shall be prepared by the DOH. SEe. 3. The existing protessional health care services and facilities of th GH shall also be upgraded to conform with and be commensurate to th increase in bed capacity as provided for in Section 2 hereof. nurses, and upon person anal de of race, corespondena doctore sEc. S. The Secretary of Health shall, in consultation with the Medica Center Chief of the BGH, determine the additional positions required for the operation of the BGH, subject to applicable laws, rules, and regulations.

SEC. 6. Within one hundred eighty (180) days from the effectivity of this

Act, the DOH shall, in coordination with the Provincial Govemment of Bukidnon, formulate a transition plan for the renationalization of the BGH. The transitio period for the renationalization shall commence immediately upon approval o this Act.

SEC. 7. 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. 8. If any provision of this Act is declared unconstitutional, the

remaining parts or provisions not affected shall remain in full force and effect.

SEC. 9. All laws, executive orders, issuances, rules and regulation:

consistent with this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingh

SEC. 10. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in

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

Reproduced from the Senate document. The official PDF is the authoritative version.