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SE\ ENTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE ) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
First Regular Session 
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•16 DEC -7 W1 :38
Senate Bill No. 1 2 C 8
(In substitution of Senate Bill Nos. 57 and
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Prepared Jointly hy the Coniniittecs on Civil Service, Government Reorganization and 
Professional Regulation; Health and Demography; and Einanee with 
Senators Pangilinan, rrillanes I\', Hontiveros and Legarda as authors
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PROMDING FOR AN INCREASE IN H IE SALARY OF, AND ADDITIONAL 
INCENTIVES FOR, GOVERNMENT PHYSICIANS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS 
THEREFORE
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lie it emictccl by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled;
SECTION I. Policy. - It is hereby declared the policy of the State to continuously 
promote and improve the social and economic well-being of government physicians as well 
as their living and working conditions to help ensure, promote and maintain the delivery of 
basic health services.
SEC. 2. Coverage. - The provision of the Act shall apply to all government 
physicians. As used in this Act, government physicians refer to Doctors of Medicine duly 
certified by the Professional Regulatory Commission (PRC) who are in the active practice of 
medicine, employed by the national government or a local government unit, as the case may 
be, either in public health institutions or in any national government or local government unit, 
agency or instrumentality.
SEC. 3. Salary Grade Adjustment. - The minimum base pay of physicians working in 
government shall not be lower than Salary Grade 24 pursuant to Department of Budget and 
Management (DBM) and Department of Health (DOH) Joint Circular NO. 2013-1 dated 
September 23, 2013 entitled Revised Standards on Organizational Structure and Stajfing 
Patten] of Government Hospitals.
SEC. 4. Loyalty Service Pay. - An annual loyalty pay equivalent to seventy-five 
percent (75%) ot the prevailing (1) month basic salary/basc pay of government physicians 
shall be given to government physicians who have rendered at least three (3) years of 
government service. This will take effect immediately after the approval of this Act.
SEC. 5. Transportation, Representation, Food, and Medical Allowances. - All 
government physicians assigned to geographically isolated and depressed areas and conflict 
areas shall be entitled to the following monthly allowances:
Area of Assignment
Amount of TA & RA
Amount of FA
Amount of MA
Geographically Isolated Areas (GIDA)
P 15,000.00
P 10,000.00
P 8,000.00
Conflict Areas
PI8, 000.00
P 12,000.00
PIO, 000.00


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SEC. 6. Educational Grant and Return to Service Program. - All government 
physicians who have rendered at least five (5) years of continuous service in govemment 
shall be entitled to an educational grant not to exceed Two Hundred Thousand Pesos (Php 
200,000.00) for any medical course or training which may be availed of here or abroad. 
Provided, that those who have availed of such grant shall render and 
participate into a 
Return of Service Program at any public hospital or institution for such period which shall be 
dctemiined as far as practicable by DOH and /or institution from which such grant was 
received.
SEC. 7. Implementing Guidelines. - The DOH, in consultation with the DBM and 
the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), shall issue such implementing 
guidelines as may be appropriate for the purpose of implementing the provisions of this Act 
within ninety (90) days from the approval thereof.
SEC. 8. Appropriation. - The Government shall appropriate such amounts as may be 
necessary to fund the salary increase, allowances and other benefits provided in this Act. The 
initial funds required for the implementation of this Act shall be sourced from the savings of 
the Executive Department as well as other possible sources as may be determined by the 
Office of the President. The funds necessary for the implementation of the Act in subsequent 
years shall be included in the General Appropriations Act to be proposed by the DBM 
annually.
SEC. 9. Repealing Clause. - All laws, rules, regulations, orders, circulars, and 
memoranda inconsistent with any provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or modified 
accordingly.
SEC. 10. Separability Clause. - Should any provision of this Act be declared invalid 
or unconstitutional, no other provisions hereof shall be thereby affected.
SEC. 11. EJfeetivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after the 
completion of its publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of 
general circulation.
Approved,