Republic  of the  Philippines
HOUSE  0F REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon  City,  Metro  Manila
Nineteenth  Congress
First  Regular  Session
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House  Bill  No.
5239
Introduced by REP.  SANCH0  FERNANDO  "ANDO"  F.  OAMINAL
EXPLANATORY  NOTE
In  due  recognition  to  the  responsibilities  that  barangay  health  workers
perform   in   rendering   basic   health   services   to   the   residents   of  the   smallest
political  units  in  the  country,  the  barangays,  Republic  Act  to.  7883,  otherwise
known  as  the  Barangay  Health  Workers'  Benefits  and  Incentives  Act  of  1995
explicitly  provides  certain privileges  and  benefits  to  barangay  health  workers.
However,  the  amount  of  incentives  and  benefits  in  the  form  of  hazard
allowance  and  subsistence  allowance  is  not  fixed  by  law  but  to  be  determined
by  the  local  health  board  and  the  local  peace  and  order  council  of  the  local
government  unit  concerned.  In  other  words,  their  monetary  benefits  are  left  at
the  mercy  of  these  bodies  depending  on  the  availability  of  local  funds.  This
notwithstanding the fact that they  also  act as  frontliners  like barangay  officials
in  the  delivery  of essential  services  to  barangay  constituents.
This bill  therefore  seeks to  grant a monthly  honorarium in the  amount of
not   less   than   Five   Hundred   Pesos   (P500.00)   to   accredited   barangay   health
workers  in  addition  to  the  monetary  and  non-monetary  benefits  and  incentives
they  are receiving under the existing  law.  This additional  monetary  benefit will
sought.


Republic  of the  Philippines
HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon  City.  Metro  Manila
Nineteenth  C`ongress
First  Regular  Session
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House  Bill  No.
5239
Introduced  by  Rep.  SANCHO  FERNANDO  "ANDO"  F.  OAMINAL
AN  ACT
GRANTING  A  MONTHLY  HONORARIUM  TO  ACCREDITED
BARANGAY  HEALTH  WORKERS,  AMENDING  FOR THIS  PURPOSE
SECTION  6  0F  REPUBLIC  ACT  No.  7883  OTHERWISE  KNOWN  AS
THE  BARANGAY  HEALTH W  ORKERS'  BENEFITS  AND  INCENTIVES
ACT  0F  1995
Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  the  House  of  Representatives  of  the
Philippines  in  Congress  assembled..
SECTION  1.  Section  6  of Republic  Act to.  7883  otherwise  known  as  the
Barangay   Health   Workers'   Benefits   and   Incentives   Act   of   1995   is   hereby
amended  to  read  as  follows:
"See.  6.  Incentives  and  Benefits  -In  recognition  of their  services,  all
accredited   barangay   health   workers   who   are   actively   and   regularly
performing      their      duties      shall      be      entitled      to      A      MONTHLY
HONORARIUM    OF    NOT    LESS    THAN    FIVE    HUNDRED    PESOS
(P500.00),  IN  ADDITION  TO  the  following  incentives  and  benefits:
a)   I-Iazard  Allowance  -  Volunteer    barangay    health    workers    in  rural


areas,    exposed    to    situation,    conditions    or    factors    in    the    work
environment  or  place  where   foreseeable  but  unavoidable  danger  or
risks exist which adversely  endanger his health or life  and/or increase
the  risk  of producing  adverse  effect  on  his  person  in  the  exercise  of
his  duties,  to  be  validated  by  the  proper  authorities,  shall  be  entitled
to hazard allowance  in an amount to  be determined by the local  health
board  and  the  local  peace  and  order  council  of the  local  government
unit  concerned.
b)   Subsistence   Allowance   -   Barangay   health   workers   who   render
service   within  the   premise   of  isolated   barangay   health   stations   in
order  to  make  their  services  available  at  any  and  all  times,  shall  be
entitled to  subsistence  allowance  equivalent to  the  meals they  take  in
the  course  of their  duty,  which  shall  be  computed  in  accordance  with
the  prevailing  circumstance  as  determined  by  the  local  government
unit  concerned.
SEC.  2.  The  amount  necessary  to  implement  this  Act  shall  be  charged
against the  Internal  Revenue  Allotment  (IRA)  shares  of local  government  units
to  which  the  barangay  belongs  in  the  following  manner:
Thirty  percent  (30%)         from  the  barangay
Fifty  percent  (50°/o)            from  the  municipality  or  city
Twenty  percent  (20%)      from  the  province
SEC.  3.  All  laws,  decrees,  executive  orders,  rules  and  regulations  which
are   inconsistent   with   this   Act   are   hereby   amended,   repealed   or   modified
accordingly.
SEC.  4.  This  Act  shall  take  effect  fifteen  (15)  days  after  its  publication
in  the  Official  Gazette  or  in  a  newspaper  of general  circulation.
Approved,