EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session
S E N A T E
*19 JUL 15 A 9 53
Introduced by SENATOR RAMON BONG RE VILLA, JR.
AN ACT
GRANTING INCENTIVES AND OTHER BENEFITS TO RURAL HEALTH UNIT 
DOCTORS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Access to health services should be unimpaired as guaranteed by the Philippine 
Constitution. Rural health unit doctors are in the frontline of delivering basic health 
services to our countrymen. However, these doctors, who prides themselves with same 
or even better credentials as their private counterparts, receive far lower salaries.
In our nation's quest to provide universal access to health services, it is 
Imperative that we improve the conditions of the people who deliver these services. In 
this light, this proposed measure seeks to grant additional incentives and other benefits 
to rural health unit doctors.
More than the monetary value that we attribute to our rural health unit doctors, 
we are conferring them the due respect and recognition for their dedication and 
unselfish service in delivering vital health care needs of our countrymen.
In this regard, passage of this bill is earnestly sought.
RAMO^I/B^^G ^EVILLA, JR.


EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
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Introduced by SENATOR RAMON BONG REVILLA, JR.
AN ACT
GRANTING INCENTIVES AND OTHER BENEFITS TO RURAL HEALTH UNIT 
DOCTORS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the Philippines in 
Congress assembled:
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Section 1. Title. - This Act shall be known as the "Rural Health Unit Doctors
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Incentives and other Benefits Act."
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Sec. 2. Statement o f Policy. - The State shall protect and promote the right to
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health of people and instill health consciousness among them by giving each individual
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unimpaired access to health and information services. Towards this end, this Act shall
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provide incentives and benefits to rural health unit doctors, the front-liners in the
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promotion, protection and maintenance of health in the rural areas.
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Sec. 3. Definition o f Term. - The term "rural health doctof' refers to a licensed
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doctor of medicine employed by the local government who is assigned to actively or
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regularly perform his/her official duties in a rural area or remote community.
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Sec. 4. Incentives and Benefits. - In recognition of their services, rural unit
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health doctors shall, in addition to their incentives and benefits granted under existing
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laws, be entitled to the following:
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(a) hazard allowance in an amount to be determined by the local
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health board of the local government unit concerned;
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(b) subsistence allowance equivalent to the meals they take in the
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prevailing circumstances as determined by the local government unit 
concerned; and
(c) scholarships in the form of tuition fees and stipends.
Sec. 5. Separability Clause. -  If for any reason any section or provision of this 
Act is declared unconstitutional, other provisions hereof which are not affected thereby 
shall continue to be in full force and effect.
Sec. 6. Repealing Clause. -  All laws, orders, rules and regulations or parts 
thereof inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
Sec. 7. Effectivity. -  This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.
Approved,