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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City, Metro Manila 
TWENTIETH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. 2929 
Introduced by Representatives Bryan B. Revilla, Lani Mercado-Revilla, and Ramon 
Jolo B. Revilla III 
AN ACT 
PROVIDING FREE INSURANCES FOR COVERED APPLICANTS OF OVERSEAS 
EMPLOYMENT CERTIFICATES, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND 
FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) continue to play a vital role in sustaining the 
Philippine economy, sending billions in remittances annually while making personal 
sacrifices abroad. Despite this, many still shoulder costly requirements just to secure 
legal deployment, including mandatory insurance fees tied to the issuance of their 
Overseas Employment Certificates (OECs). 
This bill seeks to provide free insurance coverage to all covered applicants of OECs. 
It ensures that every qualified OFW is automatically enrolled in an insurance program 
that includes benefits such as accidental death, disability, medical repatriation, and 
other essential protections. The measure aims to ease the financial burden on our 
migrant workers while reinforcing the government’s responsibility to safeguard their 
welfare. 
The necessary funding for this program will be sourced from the national budget and 
administered in coordination with the Department of Migrant Workers and the 
Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA). In doing so, the bill affirms the 
State’s commitment to protect OFWs and guarantees that financial constraints will not 
be a barrier to accessing basic insurance coverage. 
In view of the foregoing, the passage of this bill is earnestly sought. 
   REP. BRYAN B. REVILLA 
  REP. LANI MERCADO-REVILLA 
Representative, AGIMAT Partylist  
Representative, 2nd District of Cavite  
REP. RAMON JOLO B. REVILLA III 
Representative, 1st District of Cavite
August 4, 2025
2:27 pm


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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City, Metro Manila 
TWENTIETH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. 2929
Introduced by Representatives Bryan B. Revilla, Lani Mercado-Revilla, and Ramon 
Jolo B. Revilla III 
AN ACT 
ESTABLISHING THE OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS HOSPITAL AS A LEVEL 
III HOSPITAL UNDER THE DIRECT SUPERVISION AND CONTROL OF THE 
DEPARTMENT OF MIGRANT WORKERS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS 
THEREFOR 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Declaration of Policies. - The State shall afford full protection to labor, 
local and overseas, organized, and unorganized. Towards this end, the State shall 
provide adequate and timely social, legal, and economic services to overseas Filipino 
workers. Pursuant to this, the State shall ensure that all overseas Filipino workers are 
properly monitored and accounted for with due regard for their protection and welfare, 
and that overseas Filipino workers are incentivized to make themselves to Philippine 
authorities abroad. 
SEC. 2. Coverage. – The benefits under this Act shall apply to applicants of overseas 
employment certificates (OECs); Provided, That the applicant-migrant worker is 
abroad; Provided further, That s/he has no prior record with the Philippine Overseas 
Employment Authority (POEA), or if s/he has a prior record, is working in a vulnerable 
sector, as may be determined by the POEA, in consultation with relevant government 
agencies and other stakeholders. 
SEC. 3. Benefits. - Covered migrant workers shall, upon securing an overseas 
employment certificate from the POEA or Philippine Embassy or consular offices 
abroad shall be given a free one-year insurance with the same or similar coverage as 
required under Republic Act No. 8042, as amended, otherwise known as the “Migrant 
Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act.” 
SEC. 4. Funding. - The payment for the premium of the insurance provided under this 
Act shall be funded partly by the budget of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) 
earmarked for the Assistance to Nationals and partly by the appropriations in the 


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General Appropriations Act as included in the budget of the POEA. For the first year 
of the implementation of this Act, an initial amount of Thirty Million Pesos (Php 
30,000,000.00) is hereby appropriated. Thereafter, such amount necessary for its 
continued implementation shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act. 
SEC. 5. Implementing Rules and Regulations. The Department of Labor and 
Employment (DOLE), DFA, POEA, OWWA, Insurance Commission and other relevant 
stakeholders shall issue the implementing rules and regulations of this Act within sixty 
(60) days from the effectivity of this Act. 
To ensure the proper implementation of this Act, DOLE, POEA and DFA shall establish 
a system that shall facilitate the processing and issuance of OECs abroad. 
 
SEC. 6. Separability Clause. – If any provision of this Act is declared invalid or 
unconstitutional, the remaining provisions not affected thereby shall continue to be in 
full force and effect. 
 
SEC. 7. Repealing Clause. – All laws, decrees, executive orders, and rules and 
regulations contrary to or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby 
repealed or modified accordingly. 
 
SEC. 8. Effectivity. – This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication 
in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation. 
Approved,