Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE 0F REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila
NINETEENTII CONGRESS
First Regular Session
IIous;BiiiNo.    5123
Introduced by Representative Gabriel H. Bordado, Jr.
EXPIANATORY NOTE
According to the World Health Organization, around 2,270 children around the
globe die as a result of unintentional accidents each year.  Road acoidents alone kill
an estimated  1.35 million  people per year. And the sad  reality is accidents that can
occur in highly populated areas, particularly areas such as schools, are not limited to
traffic incidents alone.
Children  are  particularly vulnerable to accidents occurring  in  and  around  the
school premises. And teachers, who are primarily responsible for their welfare while
in school,  face the same risks.  The safety of our teachers and students,  therefore,
shQu[d be a priority Qf the State in the aQQQrds tQ education.
This  bill  had  been  formerly  filed  by  Rep.   Salvador  Belaro  during  the   17th
Congress.  It seeks to provide insurance coverage to teachers and students while in
the school premises.
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RepublicofthePhflippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
u   -duez-on Cdy, Metro Manila
NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session
HouseBi||No.   5123
Introduced by Representative Gabriel H. Bordado, Jr.
AN ACT pRovlDING AcclDnNT INsuRANCF TO TEACHERs AND sTUDENTs
B_e  it Enacted  by the Senate and the  House of Representatives Of the
Phil.Ippines in Congress assembled:
SECTION  1.   Short Title.   This Act shall  be known  as the "Teachers and  Students
Insurance Act Qf 2022"
SEC. 2.   Declaration of State Policy. -  a.) The State recognizes the indispensable
role of teachers in educating our citizenry.  It is thus but fitting that the State ensure
that the teaching  profession  attract the  best and the  brightest by  making teachers'
compensation and benefits reasonably competitive.
b.)   ln  this  regard  it  is  essential  that  the  financial  security  of the  teaching
profession be secured by contemporary and available means such as the provision to
them of accident insurance.
c.)  Cognate to the State's giving importance to the education of our citizenry
is  the  ancillary  to  provide  protection  to  teachers  and  students  while  in  the  school
premises which can be done through giving teachers and student accident insurance
SEC. 3.  The State shall provide basic accident group insurance to teachers in public
schools  as well  as  to  students while  in  the school  premises+  Private  schQQls  shall
likewise be required to provide basic acoident group insurance to their teachers and
their students while  in  the  school  premises.  No  private  school  shall  be  allowed  to
operate on continue to operate without securing such accident insurance.
SEC.  4.   The  Department of Education  (DepED),  Commission  on  Higher Education
(CHED) and the Technical Education and Ski[ls Development Authority (TESDA) shall
be  tasked  to  formulate  and  issue  the  rules  and  regulations  that  are  necessary  to
implement the provisions of this Act
SEC. 5.  The funds necessary to carry out the provision of this Act shall be included in
the  General  Appropriation  Act  Of  the  year  following  its  enactment  into  law  and
thereafter.


SEC. 6.  All laws, orders, issuances rules and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent
with any provision of this Act are hereby repealed, mcidified or amended accordingly.
SEC. 7.   This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days from complete publication in the
Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,