Republic of the Philippines S E N A T E

COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND DEMOGRAPHY Joint with the COMMITTEE ON HIGHER, TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; AND FINANCE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

DATE : 1 SEPTEMBER 2021

FOR : SEN. Chairperson, Committee on Higher, Technical and Vocational Education

SEN. Chairperson, Committee on Finance

SEN. LEILA M. DE LIMA SEN. PIA S. CAYETANO SEN. SEN. MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY SEN. IMEE R. MARCOS SEN. CYNTHIA VILLAR SEN. PANFILO M. LACSON SEN. RICHARD J. GORDON SEN. SEN. RONALD “BATO” DELA ROSA SEN. FRANCIS “TOL” N. TOLENTINO SEN. AQUILINO “KOKO” PIMENTEL III SEN. MANUEL “LITO” M. LAPID SEN. EMMANUEL “MANNY” PACQUIAO SEN. SEN. RAMON JR. SEN. FRANCIS N. PANGILINAN

EX-OFFICIO : SEN. RALPH G. RECTO, Pro-Tempore SEN. JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI, Majority Leader SEN. FRANKLIN M. DRILON, Minority Leader

FROM : SEN. CHRISTOPHER Chairperson Committee on Health and Demography

Please be informed that the Committee on Health and Demography joint with the Committee on Higher, Technical and Vocational Education; and Finance will conduct a Public Hearing on September 14, 2021 (Tuesday),

1 at 10 am via Cisco Webex videoconference. The public hearing will discuss the following: 1) UPGRADING OF DOH HOSPITALS (9) 1) House Bill No. 7971 - COTABATO SANITARIUM AND GENERAL HOSPITAL (Representatives DATU ROONIE SR. Q. SINSUAT, MA. ANGELICA M. AMANTE-MATBA, FAUSTINO V "INNO" A. DY, JOEY SARTE SALCEDA, MUJIV S. HATAMAN, et. al.) 2) House Bill No. 7974 - NORTHERN MEDICAL CENTER (CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY) (Representatives RUFUS B. RODRIGUEZ and ADRIANO A. EBCAS) a. SBN–1606: An Act Increasing the Bed Capacity of the Northern Mindanao Medical Center in Cagayan De Oro City, Province of Misamis Oriental, From Six Hundred (600) Beds to One Thousand Two Hundred... (Sen. Marcos) 3) House Bill No. 7975 - VICENTE SOTTO MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER (Representatives RAUL V. DEL MAR, EMMARIE "LOLYPOP" M. OUANO-DIZON, EDUARDO "EDDIE" R. GULLAS, WILFREDO S. CAMINERO, PETER JOHN D. CALDERON, et. al.) a. SBN-1108: An Act Increasing the Bed Capacity of the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center of the Province of Cebu, From One Thousand Two Hundred (1,200) to One Thousand Five Hundred (1,500) Beds and... (Sen. Marcos) 4) House Bill No. 8225 - DR. PAULINO J. GARCIA MEMORIAL RESEARCH AND MEDICAL CENTER (NUEVA ECIJA) (Representatives ROSANNA "RIA" V. VERGARA, MARICEL G. NATIVIDAD-NAGAÑO, FRANCISCO G. DATOL, JR., ESTRELLITA B. SUANSING and JOY MYRA S. TAMBUNTING) a. SBN-2118: An Act Increasing the Bed Capacity of Dr. Paulino J. Garcia Memorial Research and Medical Center in the City of Cabanatuan, Province of Nueva… (Sen. Marcos) 5) House Bill No. 8228 - BICOL REGIONAL HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER (Representatives JOEY SARTE SALCEDA, FERNANDO T. CABREDO, FREDENIL "FRED" H. CASTRO, MA. BERNARDITA "DITAS B. RAMOS and ALFREDO JR A. GARBIN) 6) House Bill No. 8892 - SULU SANITARIUM AND GENERAL HOSPITAL (Representative AMIHILDA J. SANGCOPAN)

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7) House Bill No. 8893 - WESTERN VISAYAS SANITARIUM AND GENERAL HOSPITAL (Representative MICHAEL B. GORRICETA) a. SBN-2202: An Act Converting the Western Visayas Sanitarium in the Municipality of Santa Barbara, Province of Iloilo, Into a General Hospital to Be Known as the Western Visayas Sanitarium and General... (Sen. Marcos) 8) House Bill No. 9073 - ILOCOS TRAINING AND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (SAN FERNANDO CITY, LA UNION) (Representative PABLO C. ORTEGA) 9) House Bill No. 9074 - DON JOSE S. MONFORT MEDICAL CENTER (Representative BRAEDEN JOHN Q. BIRON)

2) ESTABLISHING NEW HOSPITALS UNDER DOH (8) 1) House Bill No. 7952 - SOUTHERN LUZON MULTISPECIALTY MEDICAL CENTER (TAYABAS, QUEZON) (Representatives ANGELINA "HELEN" D. TAN, WILFRIDO MARK M. ENVERGA and DEOGRACIAS VICTOR "DV" B. SAVELLANO) 2) House Bill No. 8189 - JOSE B. LINGAD MEMORIAL GENERAL HOSPITAL - STO. TOMAS ANNEX (PAMPANGA) (Representative JUAN PABLO BONDOC) a) SBN-1859: An Act Converting the Sto. Tomas Infirmary Hospital in the Municipality of Sto. Tomas, Province of Pampanga Into An Annex of the Jose B. Lingad Memorial General Hospital in San Fernando,... (Sen. Lapid) 3) House Bill No. 8195 - SAMAR ISLAND MEDICAL CENTER (Representatives YEDDA MARIE K. ROMUALDEZ, FERDINAND MARTIN G. ROMUALDEZ, EDGAR MARY S. SARMIENTO, ERIC L. OLIVAREZ, JOSE JR. "JUN" L. ONG and PAUL RUIZ DAZA) a) SBN-2080: SBN-2080: An Act Establishing a Tertiary Hospital Under the Control, Supervision, and Management of the Department of Health in the City of Calbayog, Samar to Be Known as the Samar Island Medical... (Sen. Zubiri) b) SBN-2032: An Act Establishing in the City of Calbayog, Province of Samar, a Tertiary Hospital to Be Known as the Samar Island Medical Center, and Appropriating Funds… (Sen. Revilla Jr.)

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c) SBN-1791: An Act Establishing a Tertiary Hospital Under the Control, Supervision, and Management of the Department of Health in the City of Calbayog, Samar to Be Known as the Samar Island Medical... (Sen. Pangilinan) 4) House Bill No. 8227 - NORTHWESTERN CAGAYAN GENERAL HOSPITAL (CAGAYAN VALLEY) (Representatives SAMANTHA LOUISE VARGAS ALFONSO and MARICEL G. NATIVIDAD-NAGAÑO) 5) House Bill No. 8270 - ILOCOS SUR MEDICAL CENTER (Representative KRISTINE SINGSON-MEEHAN) 6) House Bill No. 8606 - JONI VILLANUEVA GENERAL HOSPITAL (Representatives ALAN PETER "COMPAÑERO" S. CAYETANO, EDUARDO "BRO. EDDIE" C. VILLANUEVA, DOMINGO C. RIVERA and MARIA LAARNI CAYETANO) a) SBN-1060: Act Establishing the Jose B. Lingad Memorial Regional Hospital Satellite Emergency and Trauma Center, to Be Known as the Joaquin Villanueva Emergency Trauma Center (Sen. Angara) 7) House Bill No. 8668 - NORTHEASTERN MISAMIS GENERAL HOSPITAL (NMGH) (Representatives JULIETTE T. UY and FLORIDA "RIDA" P. ROBES) 8) House Bill No. 8887 - ILIGAN GENERAL HOSPITAL (Representative FREDERICK W. SIAO)

3) TUBERCULOSIS PROGRAM (2) 1) SBN 1748 - AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE NATIONAL PROGRAM FOR THE ELIMINATION OF TUBERCULOSIS AS A PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10767 OR THE COMPREHENSIVE TUBERCULOSIS ELIMINATION PLAN ACT (Sen. Go) 2) HBN 6496 - AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE NATIONAL PROGRAM FOR THE ELIMINATION OF TUBERCULOSIS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10767 OR THE 'COMPREHENSIVE TUBERCULOSIS ELIMINATION PLAN ACT' (Reps. ANGELINA "HELEN" D. TAN, ESTRELLITA B. SUANSING, GERALDINE B. ROMAN and ISIDRO T. UNGAB, GARCIA (J.E.), et. al.

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Your participation in the meeting will be highly appreciated Thank you.

For the Chairperson: SEN. CHRISTOPHER BONG GO

BEATRIZ TIONGCO-CRUDA Committee Secretary

CC: OFFICE OF THE SENATE PRESIDENT OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR LEGISLATION OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR LEGISLATION COMMITTEE B EDP-MIS PLLO

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