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Introduced by Senator S. R. Osmeha Ill 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Injuries are not always life threatening. However, if there are no public 
health personnel or volunteers on hand then death becomes a serious possibility. 
This is the normal situation in the mountainous barrios. To effectively address 
this situation this bill is being proposed to encourage and provide incentives to 
barrio workers who are involved in community health services. Furthermore, the 
State has the obligation to make health and other social services available to all 
the people at affordable cost as provided for in Section 11, Article Xlll of the 1987 
Philippine Constitution ,to wit: 
“The State shall adopt an integrated and comprehensive 
approach to health development which shall endeavor to make 
essential goods, health and other social services available to all the 
people at affordable cost. There shall be priority for the needs of 
the underprivileged, sick, elderly, disabled, women, and children. 
The State shall endeavor to provide free medical care to paupers.” 
In accordance with the aforementioned reasons the immediate enactment 
of this bill is earnestly requested. 
SERGIO OSMENA I l l  
Senator 


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Introduced by Senator S. R. OsmeAa Ill 
AN ACT 
PROVIDING INSURANCE TO BARANGAY HEALTH WORKERS 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
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SECTION 1. Title. - This Act shall be known as the “Barangay Health 
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Workers Insurance Act.” 
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SEC. 2. The barangay health workers herein contemplated refer to 
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members of any barangay unit of the Philippines from 18 to 80 years old and not 
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otherwise incapacitated or disqualified by law performing on a voluntary basis 
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assistance in health units, hospitals or the red cross, institutions for the aged, or 
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any organized welfare institutions or to doctors, nurses, paramedics or midwives 
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performing community health care services involved. 
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SEC. 3. Any volunteer worker as defined in Section 2 who has rendered 
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satisfactory service for at least six (6) months shall be entitled to an insurance of 
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PlO,OOO.OO in case of death as hereunder provided. 
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SEC. 4. Any qualified volunteer worker performing duties in the barangay 
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who shall sustain injuries without his fault or negligence shall be entitled to a 
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compen’sation in an amount to be determined by the persons or agencies 
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mentioned in Section 2 but not exceeding Five thousand pesos (PS,OOO.OO), and 
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in the case of death the sum of Ten thousand pesos PlO,OOO.OO) representing 
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the face amount appearing in hidher insurance policy. 
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SEC. 5. The Secretary of the Department of Health after consultations 
with the Secretary of Interior and Local Governments shall formulate the rules 
and regulations to implement the provisions of this Act shall be effective after 
publication in two newspapers of general circulation in the country. 
SEC. 6. Appropriations. - To fiscally implement this Act, the sum of One 
million pesos (PI ,000,000.00) is hereby appropriated from the unexpended funds 
of the Treasury of the Philippines. 
SEC. 7. Separability Clause. - If any section or provision of this Act shall 
be declared unconstitutional, the remaining sections or provisions shall not be 
affected thereby. 
SEC. 8. Repealing Clause. - All laws, presidential decrees, executive 
orders, letters of instruction, rules and regulations which are inconsistent with any 
of the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly. 
SEC. 9. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (IS) days 
after its publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of 
general circulation whichever comes earlier. 
Approved, 
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