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SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
First Regular Session
Of tl]C Si'I (.ftflfjJ
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MAR 14 f P5 5 7
RECtlVuO HV.
SENATE 
Senate Bill No. 1 3 9 1
(In substitution of Senate Bill Nos. 249, 356, 377 and 796)
Prepared and submitted jointly by the Committees on Health and Demography: and 
Social Justice, Welfare and Rural Development, with Senators Legarda, Aquino IV, 
Hontiveros, Villanueva, and Recto as authors thereof 
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AN ACT
PROVIDING 
FOR 
THE 
MANDATORY 
PHILHEALTH 
COVERAGE 
FOR 
ALL 
PERSONS WITH DISABILITY (PWDs), AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC 
ACT NO. 7277, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "MAGNA CARTA 
FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITY", AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled:
SECTION 1. Title Two, Chapter 8, Section 32 of Republic Act No. 1211, as 
amended, is hereby further amended to read asfollows:
"CHAPTER 8. Other Privileges and Incentives
“SEC. 32. Persons with disability shall be entitled to the following:
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"(f) MANDATORY PHILHEALTH COVERAGE
ALL 
PERSONS 
WITH 
DISABILITY 
(PWDS) 
SHALL
AUTOMATICALLY BE 
ENROLLED AND 
COVERED 
UNDER THE 
NATIONAL HEALTH 
INSURANCE 
PROGRAM (NHIP) OF THE 
PHILIPPINE HEALTH INSURANCE CORPORATION (PHILHEALTH). 
PREMIUM CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ALL PWDS SHALL BE PAID BY THE 
NATIONAL 
GOVERNMENT: 
PROVIDED, 
THAT, 
THE 
PREMIUM
CONTRIBUTIONS OF PWD MEMBERS IN THE FORMAL ECONOMY 
SHALL BE SHARED EQUALLY BY THEIR EMPLOYERS AND THE 
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT.
FUNDS 
NECESSARY 
TO ENSURE THE ENROLLMENT OF


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ALL PWDS SHALL BE SOURCED FROM THE NATIONAL HEALTH 
INSURANCE 
FUND 
OF 
PHILHEALTH, EARMARKED FROM 
THE 
PROCEEDS 
OF 
REPUBLIC ACT 
NO. 10351, IN ACCORDANCE 
WITH PERTINENT LAWS AND REGULATIONS.
THE PHIC SHALL DEVELOP EXCLUSIVE PACKAGES FOR 
PWDS 
THAT WILL ADDRESS 
THEIR 
SPECIFIC 
HEALTH AND 
DEVELOPMENT NEEDS.”
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SEC. 2. Monitoring and Evaluation. The Department of Health (DOH), in cootdinafon
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with the Department of Social Welfare and Devebpment (DSWD), the Department of Labor and
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Employment (DOLE), the National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA), the local government units
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(LGUs), other relevant government agencies and non-government oiganizatbns, shall conduct a
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periodic monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of this A ct Towards this end, the DOH shall
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maintain an updated database on PWDs and their health and devebpment needs. The LGUs, the
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PhilHeatth, the NCDA, and other rebvant government agencbs are directed to submit their data on
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PWDs to the DOH.
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SEC. 3. Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) -  The PhilHealth, in consultation
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with the DOH, the DSWD, the DOLE, the NCDA, and the LGUs shall promulgate the
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im plem enting rules and regulations (IRR), w ithin three (3) m onths upon the effectivity o f
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this Act.
SEC 4. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, executive orders, rules and 
regulations, or parts thereof which are inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed, 
amended or 
modified accordingly.
SEC. 5. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect after fifteen (15) days from its 
publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,