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EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session
House Bill No, _ 1951

Introduced by MAGDALO Party-List Representative
HON. MANUEL DG. CABOCHAN I __

EXPLANATORY NOTE

One of the best values in employee benefits today is insurance. Providing insurance to
employees is one notable means of prevention, early diagnosis and treatment of work-related
illnesses, It alludes to an assurance of their safety and well-being.

However, there are employees, despite of existing precautionary measures, who still suffer an
injury in the line of duty which makes them unable to perform their functions, Because of
their diminished mobility and physical incapability, an immediate and accessible assistance is
essentially needed.

Considering the importance of offering such services and benefits that will protect employees
from the financial setbacks of a disability, this bill humbly acknowledges and understands the
plight of public employees undergoing such hardships and needs accommodation without
delay.

In view of the foregoing, immediate approval of this bill is earnestly sought

MANU OCHAN LIL
Represente
Magdalo Para sa Pilipino Party-List


REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No. 1951

Introduced by MAGDALO Party-List Representative
HON. MANUEL DG. CABOCHAN Il

AN ACT

PROVIDING BENEFITS TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES WHO SUFFER ANY INJURY
IN THE LINE OF DUTY THAT LEADS TO DISABILITY

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

Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. Short Title.- This Act shall be known as the "Public Employee

Disability Act".

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SEC, 2. Definition of Term. - For the purposes of this Act, the following terms shall

a)

"Eligible employee" - any part-time or full-time correctional officer or any other
full or part-time employee of the Bureau of Corrections, any full or part-time
employee of the Board of Pardons and Parole, any full or part-time employee
working within a penal institution or a mental health or developmental disabilities
facility, and any full-time law enforcement officer or full-time firefighter who is
employed by the government, any unit of local government, any government-
supported college or university, or any other public entity granted the power to
employ persons for such purposes by law; and

b) "Permanently disabled" - a diagnosis or prognosis of an inability to retum to
current job duties by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its
branches.

SEC. 3. Disability Benefit.—

Whenever an eligible employee suffers any injury in the line of duty which causes
him to be unable to perform his duties, he shall continue to be paid by the employing
public entity on the same basis as he was paid before the injury, with no deduction
from his sick leave credits, compensatory time for overtime accumulations or
vacation" or service credits in a public employee pension fund during the time he is
unable to perform his duties due to the result of the injury, but not longer than one (1)
year in relation to the same injury. However, no injury to an employee of the Bureau
of Corrections or the Board of Pardons and Parole working within a penal institution
or an employee working within a mental health or developmental disabilities facility


shall qualify the employee for benefits under this Act unless the injury is the direct or
indirect result of violence by inmates of the penal institution or residents of the mental
health or developmental disabilities facility.

At any time during the period for which continuing compensation is required by this
Act, the employing public entity may order at the expense of that entity physical or
medical examinations of the injured person to determine the degree of disability.

During this period of disability, the injured person shall not be employed in any other
manner, with or without monetary compensation. Any person who is employed in
violation of this paragraph forfeits the continuing compensation provided by this Act
from the time such employment begins. Any salary compensation due the injured
person from workers compensation or any salary due him from any type of insurance
which may be carried by the employing public entity shall revert to that entity during
the time for which continuing compensation is paid to him under this Act. Any
disabled person receiving compensation under the provisions of this Act shall not be
entitled to any benefits for which he would qualify because of his disability.

Any employee of the government who becomes permanently unable to perform the
duties of such employment due to an injury received in the active performance of his
duties as a government employee as a result of a willful act of violence by another
employee of the government, committed during such other employee's course of
employment, shall be eligible for benefits pursuant to the provisions of this Act.

‘The compensation and other benefits provided to part-time employees covered by this
Act shall be calculated based on the percentage of time the part-time employee was
scheduled to work pursuant to his or her status as a part-time employee.

SEC. 4. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, executive orders or parts thereof

inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, amended or modified
accordingly.

SEC. 5. Separability Clause. - If any provision of this Act is held invalid or

unconstitutional, other provisions not affected shall continue to be in full force and effect.

SEC. 6. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its complete

publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,