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SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session
943 BILLS AND INDEX SERVICE

REGISTRATION UNIT

HOUSE BILL No.

Introduced by Hon. ROSENDA ANN OCAMPO.

EXPLANATORY NOTE
The Constitution, Article 2, Section 15 provides:

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

Substance abuse is the process of using illegal drugs or other chemicals that have an
impact on a person in a detrimental way.

It is the misuse of alcohol, tobacco, illegal drugs, prescription drugs, and other
substances (such as paint thinners or aerosol gasses) that change how the mind and body
work.

‘The term can be used to apply to both criminal and non-criminal acts, as substance
abuse can refer to overindulgence of legal drugs as well. Someone may abuse alcohol in a
way that never specifically causes him or her to break the law, but it may still have serious
negative consequence and impacts both on the abuser’s life and the lives of those around
him or her.

Substance abuse can also involve the use of illegal drugs and can often involve one
or more instances of legal repercussions such as police arrest and incarceration.

Drug addiction appears to be on the rise in the Philippines. There are believed to be
as many as 6.7 million drug abusers according to figures from 2004. This is a dramatic
increase from 1972, when there was only believed to have been around 20,000 drug users
in the Philippines.


The drug that is most abused in the Philippines continues to be alcohol. Filipinos are
the second highest consumers of alcoholic drinks in South East Asia. Most of the drug users
in the Philippines are young people. While there are no hard and fast statistics available, it is
estimated that as many as 60,000 young people in the Philippines are dealing with drug
addiction.

Unfortunately, most substance abusers are left without proper medical assistance on
how to deal with their addiction due to lack of affordability and accessibility of substance
abuse rehabilitation centers.

This bill seeks to enhance public safety and promote the health and welfare of
indigent addicts and alcoholics whose families cannot afford to send them to a private
rehabilitation center, by creating substance abuse rehabilitation centers in every region that
will provide affordable and accessible rehabilitation services.

y ROSENDA ANNSCAMPO


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILLNo. 953

Introduced by Hon. ROSENDA ANN OCAMPO

AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE REHABILITATION CENTERS IN
EVERY REGION OF THE PHILIPPINES

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

SECTION 1. Short Title. -This Act shall be known as the “Accessible Substance Abuse
Treatment Act.”

SECTION 2. Creation of Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Center. ~The Department
Health (DOH), in coordinator with the Department of interior and Local Government (DILG),
shall undertake the establishment of a substance abuse rehabilitation center in every region
in the country.

SECTION 3. Lead Agency. - The Secretary of Health, in coordination with the
Secretary of Interior and Local Government (DILG), shall issue the necessary rules and
regulations for the effective implementation of the Act.

SECTION 4. Appropriations. - There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as
may be necessary to carry out this Act.

SECTION 5. Separability Clause — If any provision or part thereof is held inyalid or
unconstitutional, the remainder of the Act or provision not otherwise affected shall remain
valid and subsisting.



SECTION 6. Repealing Clause. — Any law, presidential decree or issuance, executive
order, letter of instruction, administrative order, rule, or regulation contrary to or
inconsistent with the provisions of this Act is hereby repealed, modified, or amended
accordingly.

SECTION 7. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,