NINETEENTH CONGRESS	
) 
OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES	
) 
Second Regular Session	
) 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
House Bill No. 10177 
Introduced by Representative Jaime D. Cojuangco 
AN ACT  
SETTING THE MINIMUM COMPENSATION OF BARANGAY HEALTH 
WORKERS 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The State’s policy in Article XIII, Section 11 of the 1987 Constitution enunciates: 
“The State shall adopt an integrated and comprehensive approach to health 
development which shall endeavor to make essential goods, health and other services 
available to all the people at affordable cost.”  
At the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, our Barangay Health Workers were 
one of the first who responded to assist and provide health services to those affected by 
the disease. As frontliners, Barangay Health Workers play an essential role in 
performing basic health services that people need in the barangay level.  
Although Republic Act No. 7883 or the “Barangay Health Workers’ Benefits and 
Incentives Act of 1995” was enacted to provide incentives and benefits to our barangay 
health workers such as hazard and subsistence allowances, the present law is 
insufficient in providing for a reasonable compensation to our Barangay Health 
Workers.  
This enactment is a measure to foster dedicated and faithful performance of 
duties of our Barangay Health workers which is crucial to the efficient and meaningful 
administration of the barangay as the basic political unit of our government, especially 
in making health services accessible to people.  
In view of the foregoing, immediate passage of the bill is earnestly sought.  
Jaime D. Cojuangco 
Representative - 1st District, Tarlac 
March 19, 2024
11:56 am


NINETEENTH CONGRESS	
) 
OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES	
) 
Second Regular Session	
) 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
House Bill No. 10177 
Introduced by Representative Jaime D. Cojuangco 
AN ACT  
SETTING THE MINIMUM COMPENSATION OF BARANGAY HEALTH 
WORKERS 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
Section 1. Minimum Compensation for accredited Barangay Health 
Workers. – In addition to the benefits and incentives authorized under Republic Act 
No. 7883, accredited barangay health workers shall be compensated in an amount not 
less than Three Thousand Pesos (Php 3,000.00) per month.  
Sec. 2. Membership in the National Health Insurance Program of the 
Philippine Health Insurance Corporation. – All accredited barangay health 
workers shall be enrolled into the National Health Insurance Program in accordance 
with Republic Act 11223, otherwise known as the “Universal Health Care Act”. 
Sec. 3. Coverage. – This Act shall apply to all accredited Barangay Health 
Workers; Provided, That when the barangay health worker receives a fixed salary by 
virtue of a permanent appointment in any government office, by election to another 
public office, their coverage under this Act shall automatically cease and they shall then 
be covered under other appropriate laws.  
Sec. 4. Number of Barangay Health Workers. - There shall be an 
appropriate number of barangay health workers in each barangay in consideration of 
the number of households in a barangay. Such number of barangay health workers 
shall be determined by the Department of Health (DOH) in consultation with the 
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG): Provided, That the total 
number of barangay health workers per barangay shall not be less than two (2), nor 
more than one percent (1%) of the barangay's total population. 
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Sec. 5. Funding. – The amount necessary for the compensation herein 
authorized shall be chargeable to the barangay or the city or municipality to which the 
barangays belong: PROVIDED, That the national government may provide such 
financial assistance as may be reasonable and necessary for the purpose to fourth, fifth, 
and sixth class local government units concerned.  
Sec. 6. Amendment. – Republic Act No. 7883 or the Barangay Health Workers’ 
Benefits and Incentives Act of 1995” and other pertinent provisions of Republic Act No. 
7160 or the “Local Government Code” are hereby amended or modified accordingly.  
Sec. 7. Implementing Rules and Regulations. – Within sixty (60) days 
from the effectivity of this Act, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), 
Department of Health (DOH), and Department of Interior and Local Government 
(DILG), in consultation with the leagues of the barangays, cities and municipalities, and 
existing health workers union and barangay health workers organizations, shall issue 
the implementing rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act.  
Sec. 8. Non-diminution of benefits. – Nothing in this Act shall be construed 
to eliminate or in any manner diminish entitlements, or other benefits being provided 
to or enjoyed by barangay health workers under Republic Act No. 7883 or other laws 
and issuances.  
Sec. 9. Separability Clause. — If any provision or portion of this Act is 
subsequently declared unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act or any provision not 
thereby affected shall remain in full force and effect. 
Sec. 10. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, executive orders, ordinances, 
rules, regulations, and other issuances, or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with 
any provision of this Act, are hereby repealed, amended, and/or modified accordingly. 
	
 
Sec. 11. Effectivity. – This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
complete publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation in the 
Philippines.  
  
Approved,
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