Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila
NINETEENTH CONGRESS
 First Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. _______________
Introduced by ANG PROBINSYANO 
Party-List Representative Alfred Delos Santos
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Article II, Section 15 of the Constitution states that: “The State shall
protect  and promote  the  right to health of the people  and instill  health
consciousness  among  them.”  Health  is  a  foremost  concern  given  the
consequences that follow if it is not properly monitored. Children would not
be able to go to school, employees would not be able to work, and many vital
functions of society would not be done if the individual responsible for them
are sick.
Hence, there is a paramount consideration when it comes to measures
ensuring that the population remains healthy. However, access to health
services remains a challenge for policymakers. Besides the high price for
mere  consultations, the  costs  of medicine  remain relatively high  despite
legislation to make it cheaper. Thus, even vulnerable families would opt to
walk off disease because budgetary constraints would not allow them to see
a doctor.
This is where barangay health workers come into the picture. Barangay
health workers are the frontline personnel in dealing with health concerns in
our communities. Coupled with sanitation service workers, barangay health
workers enable the State to pursue and implement its preventive policies to
ensure that each community is safe from illness.
Thus,  it  is  only  proper  and  right  that  the  State  should  properly
compensate our barangay health workers for the tireless and important work
that they do. To ensure that each Filipino household is free from sickness, we
must turn to our barangay health workers for the task at hand
It  is  for  these  foregoing  premises  that  the  approval  of  this  bill  is
earnestly sought.
July 13, 2022
4:43 pm
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 ALFRED C. DELOS SANTOS
Representative, Ang Probinsyano
Partylist


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila
NINETEENTH CONGRESS
 First Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. _______________
Introduced by ANG PROBINSYANO 
Party-List Representative Alfred Delos Santos
AN ACT
MANDATING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO ASSIGN AT LEAST
ONE (1) BARANGAY HEALTH WORKER TO EACH FAMILY INCREASING
THEIR SALARIES AND BENEFITS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the
Philippines in Congress assembled:
SECTION 1. Short Title. – This Act shall be known as the “Kalusugan ng
Barangay Act of 2022.”
SECTION 2. Provision of Barangay Health Workers. – There shall be
provided in every barangay throughout the country at least one (1) health
worker assigned to each family. Such health workers shall be under the
control  and  supervision  of  the  Department  of  Health  (DOH)  in  close
coordination with the Local Government Health Officer. As far as practicable,
the barangay health worker to be employed must be living in the barangay
where heshe is to be assigned or within the city or municipality where the
barangay is to be found.  
SECTION 3. Salary Grade and Other Benefits.  – The barangay health
worker shall receive monthly salary and benefits equivalent to a salary grade
not lower than SG10 pursuant to the current Salary Standardization Law in
place for government employees. In addition the barangay health worker
shall be entitled to a Christmas bonus equivalent to their one (1) month
salary, and all the benefits granted to other barangay employees within their
city or municipality, including incentives and benefits under Republic Act No
7883.
SECTION  4. Appropriations.  –  The  sum  of  Twenty  Million  Pesos
(P20,000,000.00) is hereby appropriated for the initial implementation of this
Act. Such amount as may be necessary for the continued implementation of
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this Act shall be included and integrated in the General Appropriations Act as
part of the budget of DOH.
SECTION  5.  Implementing  Rules  and  Regulations.  –  The  DOH  shall
promulgate the necessary implementing rules and regulations within sixty
(60) days from the effectivity of this Act.
 
SECTION 6. Repealing Clause. – All laws, executive orders, presidential
decrees or issuances, letters of instruction, administrative orders, rules, and
regulations contrary to or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are
hereby repealed, amended, or modified accordingly.
SECTION 7. Effectivity Clause. – This Act shall take effect fifteen (15)
days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general
circulation.
Approved,