SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
f'irst Regular Session 
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SENATE 
S.No. 807 
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Introduced by Sen. Antonio "Sonny" F. Trillanes IV 
Explanatory Note 
Article 2, Section XVIII of the 1987 Constitution declares that "The State affinns labor as a 
primary social economic force, It shall protect the rights of workers and promote their welfare," 
However, the present condition of doctors of medicine working in government hospitals and 
public health institutions runs counter to the aforementioned policy, 
The entry level for resident physicians in goverrnnent service is Php15,841 as Medical Officer III. 
Although it is atypical for the Department of Health to confer Medical Officer I or II positions, 
local goverrnnent uhits can do so, A junior resident physician who holds a position of Medical 
Officer I is entitled to a meager basic salary of Php 12,546, This does not do justice to our 
hardworking doctors who have spent years in their studies and whose duty goes beyond the 
nonnal eight-hour workload, 
The government has in effect escorted doctors out of the country making the Philippines the 
second-largest exporter of physicians, next to India, as per a World Health Organization (WHO) 
report, Recent studies confinn that 70 percent of doctors have emigrated for higher-paying posts 
ov,erseas and have even traded their medical profession to become nurses, Consequently, the 
exodus of doctors in the last five years is exacting a toll on the country's already second-rate 
health service. The ratio of doctor vis-a-vis patients in the Philippincs is 1: 28, 493 (one doctor 
per 28, 493 Filipinos) - a far cry from the ideal 1 : 1 ,000 ratio prescribed by the WHO. 
This bill seeks to address this alarming outflow of doctors and its repercussions by increasing the 
salary of government physicians and providing additional incentives therefor. This bill aims to 
afford our government doctors the right to a decent pay and benefits long withheld from them. 
The incentives shall include Loyalty Service Pay, Transportation, Representation, Food, and 
Medical Allowances, and Educational Grant Redound. 
In view ofthe foregoing, immediate passage of this bill is earnes y sought. 
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ANTONIO' ONNY" . TRILLANES IV 
Senator 
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SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
S. No. 807 
Introduced by Sen. Antonio "Sonny" F. Trillanes IV 
AN ACT 
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PROVIDING 
PHYSICIANS 
THEREFOR 
FOR AN 
INCREASE IN THE SALARY OF GOVERNMENT 
AND 
ADDITIONAL 
INCENTIVES 
APPROPRIATING 
FUNDS 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
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SECTION 1. Policy.- It is hereby declared the policy of the State to continuously promote and 
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improve the social and economic well-being of government physicians as well as their living and 
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working conditions to help ensure, promote and maintain the del ivery of basic health services. 
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SEC. 2. Coverage.- The provision of the Act shall apply to all govemment physicians. As 
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used in this Act, govemment refers to Doctors of Medicine duly certified by the Professional 
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Regulatory Commission (PRC) who are in the active practice of medicine, employed by the 
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nation- govemment or a local govemment unit, as the case may be, either in public health 
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institutions or in any govemment or a local govemment unit, as the case may be, either in public 
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health institutions or in any govemment agency or instrumentality. 
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SEC. 3. Salary Grade Adjustment.- The minimum base pay of physicians working in 
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govemment shall not be lower than Salary Grade 27 prescribed under Republic Act No. 6758, 
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otherwise known as the Compensation and Classification Act of 1989. 
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SEC. 4. Loyalty Service Pay.- An annual loyalty pay equivalent to Fifty Thousand Pesos 
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(P50,OOO.OO) to government physicians who have rendered at least three (3) years of govemment 
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service. This will take effect immediately after the approval of this Act. 
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SEC. 5. Transportation, Representation, Food, and Medical Allowances." All 
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government physicians shall be entitled to the following monthly allowances: 
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Area of Assignment 
Amount of TA & 
Amount of FA 
AmountofMA 
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All cities and 1st class 
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P5,000.00 
municipalities 
P5,000.00 
2nd class and 3th class 
PI2,000.00 
P8,000.00 
municipalities 
P6,000.00 
4th class and 5th class 
PI5,000.00 
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municipalities 
P8,000.00 
6th class municipalities 
PI8,000.00 
PI2,000.00 
PI 0,000.00 
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SEC. 6. Educational Grant." All government physicians who have rendered at least five 
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(5) years of continuous service in government shaH be entitled to an educational grant not to 
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exceed Two Hundred Thousand Pesos (P200,000.00) for any medical course or training availed 
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here or abroad. 
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SEC. 7. Repealing Clause.- All laws, rules, regulations, orders, circulars, and 
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memoranda inconsistent with any provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or modified 
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accordingly. 
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SEC. 8. Separability Clause.- Should any provision of this Act be declared invalid or 
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unconstitutional, no other provisions hereof shall be thereby affected. 
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SEC. 9. Appropriation.- The amount necessary for the implementation ofthis Act for the 
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first five (5) years shall be sourced out from the gross annual revenues of the Government 
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Service Insurance System (GSIS) and thereafter in a special fund to be included in the aunual 
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General Appropriations Act. 
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