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BillHBN-847420th Congress

Capiz Medical Center

In committee Filed Mar 17, 2026
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Filed on March 17, 2026, and is currently pending in the Committee on Health and Demography; no recorded action since its referral to the Senate on March 18, 2026.

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Relevance to you
Moderate

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

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Timeliness
Timely

The bill responds to the growing demand for better health care facilities in the region.

Affects you ifCapiz residentsHealth care workersPatients needing careLocal government of Capiz
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Long title

Capiz Medical Center

Plain-language summary
✦AI Summary

This bill proposes to upgrade the Roxas Memorial Provincial Hospital in Barangay Lanot, City of Roxas, Province of Capiz, into a Level III General Hospital, to be named the Capiz Medical Center, and allocates funds for this purpose.

What this bill actually requires
RequiresUpgrade Roxas Memorial Provincial Hospital to Level III General Hospital.
RequiresFormulate a transition plan for the Capiz Medical Center within 180 days.
FundsFunding to be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
Deadline180 days from effectivity for transition plan
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What changes from current law

Compared with current law:

Today

Roxas Memorial Provincial Hospital is a provincial hospital.

This bill

It will be upgraded to a Level III General Hospital, known as Capiz Medical Center.

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The main purpose of the bill is to upgrade the Roxas Memorial Provincial Hospital into a Level III General Hospital, which will be known as the Capiz Medical Center.

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Issue areas
HealthSocial WelfareDepartment of HealthCapiz Medical CenterHealth care servicesRoxas Memorial Provincial Hospital

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Legislative history
Mar 17, 2026Senate
Introduced by Representatives JANE T. CASTRO, IVAN HOWARD A. GUINTU, 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, but has sat in the Senate committee since March 18, 2026, with no further action recorded.

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Full text
HBN-8474 — verbatim textAs filed

CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES TWENTIETH CONGRESS First Regular Session } HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H. No. 8474 BY REPRESENTATIVES CASTRO, GUINTU, GATO AND SUANSING (M.A.) AN ACT UPGRADING THE ROXAS MEMORIAL PROVINGIAL HOSPITAL IN BARANGAY LANOT, CITY OF ROXAS, PROVINCE OF CAPIZ INTO A LEVEL III GENERAL HOSPITAL TO BE KNOWN AS THE CAPIZ MEDICAL CENTER, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. The Roxas Memorial Provincial Hospital in Barangay Lanot,

City of Roxas, Province of Capiz, is hereby upgraded into a Level Ill general hospital to be known as the Capiz Medical Center (CMC), which shall be under 4 the direct supervision and control of the Department of Health (DOH). consisten it he hospire decease in plan end space prepared My the al be. EC. 3. The existing professional health care services and facilities of th MC shall also be upgraded to conform with and be commensurate to the increase in bed capacity as provided for in Section 2 hereof. nurses. and supon existing stilate be increas, cores ponding doctors.

SEC. 5. The Secretary of Health shall, in consultation with the Medical

Center Chief of the CMC, determine the additional positions required for the operation of the CMC, 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 Capiz 22 formulate a transition plan for the renationalization of the CMC. The transition period for the renationalization shall commence immediately upon approval of this Act.

Departmen Prora s the tapleme lation of his Act, the tady i of udi in stal 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. inconsen in a, executivy reper or model ade ang regulations,

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.