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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

1057

House Bill No.

Introduced by Representative Neptali M. Gonzales II

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill requires all government issued cards, certificates and licenses
to indicate the blood type of the holder thereof and providing penalities for
its violations.

The right to health of the Filipino people is enshrined in Section 15,
Article II of the 1987 Philippine Constitution, to wit:

“The State shall protect and promote the right to health of the people
and instill health consciousness among them.”

Accidents and other medical emergency situations affect and happen
to everyone. Thus, in case of emergency which results to excessive blood
loss, immediate matching of the correct blood type may be transfused in
order to save the life of the victim. Knowledge of one’s blood type is
important for both the recipient and the donor for the immediate transfusion
of the appropriate blood.

In view of the foregoing, approval of



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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

1057

House Bill No.

Introduced by Representative Neptali M. Gonzales II

AN ACT
REQUIRING ALL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES ISSUING
IDENTIFICATION CARDS, CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES TO
INDICATE THEREIN THE BLOOD TYPE OF THE HOLDER
ANDPROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines
in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. Short Title. - ‘This Act shall be known as the “Blood
‘Type Identification Act of 2013”.

SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. - In order to promote public health, it
is hereby declared the policy of the State to promote awareness about the
importance of blood type which is to be found in all government-issued
identification cards and to facilitate immediate transfusion during medical
emergencies.

SEC. 3. Blood Type Identification. — The Government Service
Insurance System (GSIS), the Social Security System (SSS), the Professional

Regulation Commission (PRC), the Land Transportation Office (LTO), the


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Philippine National Police (PNP), the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), the
Local Treasurer’s Office, the Local Registrar’s Office and other pertinent
agencies which may later be identified or created upon the effectivity of this
Act shall indicate in their issued certificates, licenses and identification
cards the blood type of the owner-holder.
SEC. 4. Coverage. - The following government-issued identification
documents shall bear the blood type of its owner-holder:
(a) Certificates:
(1) Birth Certificate or Certificate of Live Birth; and
(2) Community Tax Certificate, as issued by the Local
‘Treasurer’s Office.
(b) Licenses:
(1) Driver's license, as issued by the LTO; and
(2) Firearms license, as issued by the PNP.
(c) Identification Cards:
(1) 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 certificates, licenses and/or identification documents
that the other agencies not yet stated in Section 3 may issue in the
same classification as enumerated above.
SEC. 5. Prohibited Act. - It shall be unlawful for any person to
deliberately bear false information as to one’s blood type on any certificate,

license and other government identification card.

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SEC. 6. Penal Provision. - Violations of Section 5 of this Act shall be
punishable by a fine of not less than Five thousand pesos (P5,000.00) but
not more than Ten thousand pesos (P10,000.00). 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. 7. 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 (GAA).
Thereafter, such sums as may be necessary for its continued
implementation shall be included in the GAA.

SEC. 8. Implementing 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. 9. 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. 10. 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. 11. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after
its publication in at least two (2) newspapers of national circulation.

Approved,