FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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Second Regular Session 
Introduced by Senator Manny W a r  
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The promotion and protection of the right to health among Filipinos is a policy of 
the State and guaranteed under our Constitution. 
The government therefore, is 
mandated to enhance and intensify its programs concerning health and health care in 
the pursuit of this policy. 
Near fatal injuries resulting from accidents and in some cases from violence 
require immediate emergency response. 
With that, a victim's identity and other 
information is imperative which can only be obtained from his or her identification card. 
Normally, identification cards particularly those issued by the government usually 
contain the name, address, person to be notified and other relevant information of the 
cardholder. Most often, the blood type is not included. 
In cases where the cardholder was victimized by an accident or violence that 
resulted in a heavy loss of blood, survival will depend, aside from other medical 
treatment, on blood transfusion. As such, immediate identification of the person's blood 
type is very important to the person's survival. 
The proposed measure therefore, seeks to prevent any delay in blood 
transfusion by requiring government offices to include in their identification cards 
information on the holder's blood type. 
Early passage of this bill is earnestly sought 
MANNYVI 
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FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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Second Regular Session 
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Introduced by Senator Manny Villar 
AN ACT REQUIRING ALL GOVERNMENT-ISSUED IDENTIFICATION 
CARDS, CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES TO INCLUDE A 
PORTION INDICATING THE BLOOD TYPE OF THE HOLDER 
THEREOF AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS 
THEREOF 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Title. - This Act shall be known as the "Blood Type 
Identification Act of 2008". 
SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. - In order to promote public health, it is 
hereby declared the policy of the State: 
(a) To promote awareness about the importance of blood type which is to 
be found in all government-issued identification cards; and 
(b) To facilitate 
immediate transfusion 
response during 
medical 
emergencies. 
SEC. 3. lmplementing Agencies. - The Government Service Insurance 
System (GSIS), Social Security System (SSS), Professional Regulation 
Commission (PRC), Land Transportation Office (LTO), Philippine National Police 
(PNP), Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), Local Treasurer's Office and the 
Local Registrar's Office shall implement the provisions of this Act. 
SEC. 4. Rules and Regulations. - All government implementing agencies, 
in coordination with the Department of Health, shall formulate the rules and 
regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this Act within six (6) 
months of its effectivity. 
SEC. 5. Coverage, - The following government-issued identification 
documents shall bear the blood type of its owner-holder: 
(a) 
Certificates: 
(1) 
(2) 
Community Tax Certificate, as issued by the Local 
Treasurer's Office 
Birth Certificate or Certificate of Live Birth; and 
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(b) 
Licenses: 
(1) 
(2) 
Driver's license, as issued by the LTO; and 
Firearms license, as issued by the PNP 
(c) 
Identification Cards: 
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SSS Card, as issued by the SSS; 
(2) 
GSIS card, as issued by the GSIS; 
(3) 
Passport, as issued by the DFA; and 
(4) 
Professional Identification Card (PIC), as issued by the PRC 
and such other identification documents in the same classification 
as enumerated above. 
SEC. 6. Appropriations. - The amount necessary for the implementation 
of this Act shall be charged to the appropriations of the implementing agencies 
under the General Appropriations Act. Thereafter, such sums as may be 
necessary for its continued implementation shall be included in the annual 
General Appropriations Act. 
SEC. 7. Penal Provision. - Any person who, on his own volition, bears 
false information regarding his or her blood type on his or her license and/or 
other government identification cards shall be punished by a fine of not less than 
Five thousand pesos (P5,OOO.OO). 
Any person in government office who violates the provisions of this Act 
shall, in addition to the penalty stated above, be dismissed from government 
service. 
SEC. 8. Separability Clause. - In the event that any provision of this Act is 
declared unconstitutional, the validity of the other provisions shall not be affected 
by such declaration. 
SEC. 9. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, orders, rules and 
regulations and other issuances or parts thereof which are inconsistent with the 
provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly. 
SEC. 10. Effecfivity. - This Act shall take effect after fifteen (15) days 
following its full and complete publication in the Official Gazette or in any 
newspaper of general circulation in the Philippines. 
Approved, 
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