Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. House Bill No. 6024, 12th Congress of the Republic | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT AUTHORIZING GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS TO UTILIZE ALL ITS INCOME FOR THEIR MAINTENANCE AND OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES | |
| SHORT TITLE : Authorizing Government Hospitals to Utilize its Income for Maintenance | |
| ABSTRACT : The practice of disallowing government hospitals from spending their income for maintenance and other operating expenses restricts their ability to respond to the needs of their clients. It also dampens the initiative of the hospital adminstrator toexpand and improve their services. This is perceived to be one of the reasons why government hospitals are unable to deliver adequate and timely health services. Utilization of their income can augment the budget appropriated to them by the nationalor local government. The bill provides that government hospitals shall be authorized to utilize income derived from pharmacy, laboratory, radiology, operating room, nursery and other facilities plus income derived from non-patient related services ffor maintenance and other operating expenses including capital outlay. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : ABAYON, HARLIN CAST | |
| DATE FILED : 2003-05-15 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS : | |
| 1. Espina | 2. Angara-castillo |
| 3. Lapus | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Monfort (016 ) | 2. Codilla (076 ) |
| 3. Amin (076 ) | |
| ADMINISTRATION BILL? No | |
| URGENT BILL? No | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE | |
| COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 01466 | |
| SUBMITTED ON 2003-05-15 | |
| SUBMITTED BY: HEALTH | |
| RECOMMENDATIONS: approval | |
| SUBSTITUTED BILLS: House Bill No. 364, 12th Congress of the Republic, House Bill No. 1517, 12th Congress of the Republic | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON RULES ON 2003-05-21 | |
| DATE INCLUDED IN OB: 2003-05-21 | |
| DATE CALENDARED : 2003-06-03 | |
| SECOND READING INFORMATION | |
| PERIOD OF SPONSORSHIP : 2003-06-04 | |
| DATE APPROVED ON SECOND READING : 2003-06-04 | |
| REMARKS : The Body approved to consider the Explanatory Note of HB Nos. 364 and 1517 as the sponsorship remarks. | |
| THIRD READING INFORMATION | |
| DATE COPY DISTRIBUTED TO MEMBERS: 2003-07-29 | |
| DATE APPROVED BY THE HOUSE ON THIRD READING :2003-08-04 | |
| HOUSE VOTES: YEAS:129 NAYS:0 ABSTAIN:.0 | |
| DATE TRANSMITTED TO THE SENATE: 2003-08-05 | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE SENATE/HOUSE | |
| DATE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE: 2003-08-07 |
Abstract
The practice of disallowing government hospitals from spending their income for maintenance and other operating expenses restricts their ability to respond to the needs of their clients. It also dampens the initiative of the hospital adminstrator toexpand and improve their services. This is perceived to be one of the reasons why government hospitals are unable to deliver adequate and timely health services. Utilization of their income can augment the budget appropriated to them by the nationalor local government. The bill provides that government hospitals shall be authorized to utilize income derived from pharmacy, laboratory, radiology, operating room, nursery and other facilities plus income derived from non-patient related services ffor maintenance and other operating expenses including capital outlay.
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