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Republic of the Philippi
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS

First Regular Session
House BillNo,_ 1993

Introduced by HONORABLE ARNULFO F. GO

Explanatory Note

“The State shall protect and promote the right to health of the people” xxx
(Art. Ii, Sec. 15, 1987 Constitution). It “shall adopt an integrated and comprehensive
approach to health, other social services and endeavor to make essential goods,
health and other social services available to all people at affordable cost. The needs
of the underprivileged, sick, elderly, disabled, women and children shall be prioritized.
And the “ State shall endeavor to provide free medical care to paupers “( Art. III, Sec
1, Ibid).

Sadly, these covenants are practiced more often in the breach.

The primary objectives of this bill are: 1.) To aid in the development of a
healthy and alert citizenry; 2.) to ensure the efficient and effective implementation
of health programs and services by local government units; 3.) to provide the legal
basis for the mandatory appropriation of money devoted to health care programs
and services by LGU’s.

While local development projects are important for LGUs, this
representation believes that the health of those people whom development projects
intend to benefit must come first in the order of battle against poverty,
malnutrition, and hunger. To my mind, requiring LGU’s to appropriate at least ten
percent (10%) oftheir annual internal revenue allocation (IRA) for health care
programs and services would not be asking too much.

‘As a Sangguniang Bayan for (nine) 9 years, my heart cries out to those

who could ill afford primary health care services. And truly, local government
units are in a special position to remedy this malaise.

REP. ARNI jo ~F. GO


Republic of the Philippines
House of Representatives
Quezon City
Sixteenth Congress
First Regular Session

House Bill No 1993

Introduced by HON. ARNULFO F.GO

AN ACT
MANDATING LOCAL GOVERNEMNT UNITS TO APPROPRIATE IN THEIR:
ANNUAL BUDGETS AT LEAST 10% OF THEIR ANNUAL INTERNAL
REVENUE ALLOTMENTS FOR LOCAL HEALTH PROGRAMS AND
SERVICES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines
in Congress assembled:

Section 1. Section 287 of Republic Act No. 7160, as amended, is hereby further
amended to read as follows:

“Section 287. Local HEALTH and Development Projects Each local government
unit shall appropriate in its annual budget no less than twenty per cent (20%) and
ten per cent (10%) of it annual internal revenue allotment for development projects
AND HEALTH PROGRAMS AND SERVICES, RESPECTIVELY. Copies of the
development plans AND HELATH PROGRAMS AND SERVICES of local
government units shall be furnished the Department of Interior and Local
Government and Department of Health, respectively. “

Sec. 2. The Departments of Finance (DOF), Budget and Management (DBM) and
Health (DOH) shall jointly issue the necessary rules and regulations to implement
the provisions of this Act.

Sec 3. All laws, presidential decrees, executive issuances, rules and_ regulations, or
parts thereof, found inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or modified
accordingly.

Sec. 4. If, for any reason whatsoever, any provision of this Act is declared
unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity of the other provisions not
declared as such.

Sec. 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval and fifteen (15) days following
its publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.
Approved,