Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. ______ 
Introduced by REPRESENTATIVES LANI MERCADO-REVILLA, 
BRYAN B. REVILLA and RAMON JOLO B. REVILLA III  
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Injuries and medical emergencies can happen anytime and anywhere, including in 
learning institutions where learners spend most of their waking hours.  Once the learners 
are inside the premises of the school, they are placed under the supervision, authority 
and care of the school.  It is therefore necessary that the school personnel and teachers 
are equipped with basic first aid and life support skills to enable them to properly respond 
should medical emergencies occur, until qualified medical personnel are dispatched on 
scene.   
A recent case involving a second-grade learner who died after choking on a 
chocolate1 may have been prevented had there been a school personnel who was 
equipped with first aid knowledge to perform the Heimlich maneuver.  First aid 
intervention is crucial in many cases involving injuries or incidents that are life-
threatening.    
This bill seeks to mandate the periodic training of teachers and school personnel 
in all learning institutions, both private and public, in order to equip them with knowledge 
on how to properly respond to injuries and illness in school.  Knowing how to respond to 
a medical emergency may mean the difference between life and death.   This measure 
also mandates that an emergency guidebook and training program is developed to serve 
as a standard reference for school personnel in quickly, safely, and effectively responding 
to medical emergencies in school or during school-sponsored activities. 
In view of the foregoing, immediate approval of this bill is earnestly sought. 
REP. LANI MERCADO-REVILLA 
2nd District of Cavite 
REP. BRYAN B. REVILLA 
AGIMAT Partylist 
REP. RAMON JOLO REVILLA III 
1st District of   Cavite 
1 https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1958789/bacolod/local-news/boy-9-dies-after-choking-on-chocolate 
May 3, 2023
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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. ______ 
Introduced by REPRESENTATIVES LANI MERCADO-REVILLA, 
BRYAN B. REVILLA and RAMON JOLO B. REVILLA III  
AN ACT 
MANDATING THE PERIODIC TRAINING OF TEACHERS AND SCHOOL 
PERSONNEL ON FIRST AID AND BASIC LIFE SUPPORT  
IN ALL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING 
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 “Basic Life Support 
Training for Teachers and School Personnel in Learning Institutions Act.” 
SEC. 2. Coverage. – All institutions of learning, both public and private, including 
but not limited to, schools, colleges, universities, vocational learning institutions, shall hold 
periodic training for teachers and the institution’s personnel on basic life support and first 
aid.  
SEC 3. Guidebook and Training Program. – Within ninety (90) days from the 
effectivity of this Act, the Department of Education (DepEd), Commission on Higher 
Education (CHED), Technical Skills Development Authority (TESDA), in coordination with 
the Department of Health (DOH), Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), 
the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), shall 
develop a guidebook and training program that shall serve as reference for school 
personnel in quickly, safely, and effectively responding to medical emergencies in school 
or during school-sponsored activities. 
SEC. 4. Implementing Rules and Regulations. – Within ninety (90) days from the 
effectivity of this Act, DepEd, CHED, TESDA, in coordination with DOH, DILG, and 
NDRRMC, shall promulgate the corresponding implementing rules and regulations for the 
effective implementation of this Act. 
SEC. 5. Appropriations. – The funds necessary to implement the provisions of this 
Act shall be sourced from the respective budgets of CHED, DepEd and TESDA in the 
annual General Appropriations Act.  
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SEC. 6. Separability Clause. – If any provision, section, or part of this Act is 
declared unconstitutional or invalid, such judgement shall not affect, invalidate, or impair 
any other provisions, sections, or parts hereof. 
SEC. 7. Repealing Clause. – All laws, decrees, orders, issuances, circulars, rules 
and regulations or parts thereof, which are 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 at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.  
Approved,