NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE ) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
Regular Session 
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Vji a- tOnirr of iljc
23 JUL 19 All :20
SENATJ
S.B. No.
Introduced by SENATOR IMEE R. MARCOS
AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR AID TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES SEEKING MEDICAL, 
FUNERAL, FOOD, TRANSPORTATION, EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE, 
PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT AND OTHER SUPPORT SERVICES,
INSTITUTIONALIZING FOR THIS PURPOSE THE ASSISTANCE TO
INDIVIDUALS IN CRISIS SITUATION (AICS) PROGRAM OF THE 
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT (DSWD), 
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Following the two-year-long COVID-19 pandemic, a string of super typhoons, 
and regional conflicts that affected the world's economy, a huge number of our 
kababayans suffered extensive disruption to their livelihood, health, education and 
overall lives. Exacerbating these health, climate, and political crises is the steady rise 
of the country's headline inflation and which eat away at the poor Filipinos' already 
modest purchasing power. The need for social and economic safety nets to protect and 
provide poverty-reduction solutions for the country's poor, vulnerable and 
disadvantaged is now, more than ever, imperative.
The Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) Program of the 
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) serves as a social safety net 
or stop-gap measure to support the recovery of individuals and families suffering from 
unexpected life events or crises. The provision of psychosocial intervention and/or 
direct financial/material assistance may enable them to meet their basic needs in the 
form of food, transportation, medical, educational and burial assistance.
This bill seeks to institutionalize the AICS Program for it to continuously provide 
aid to individuals and families seeking assistance for medical, funeral, food, 
transportation, educational, psychosocial, and other support services, especially after 
the severe economic effects brought about by COVID-19 and the rising inflation rate. 
Under this proposed measure, the DSWD shall be authorized to motuproprio implement 
assistance projects in case of crisis situations; clarify the covered beneficiaries of


individuals and families as affected by the crisis situation; identify the needed 
requirements for qualification to the various forms of assistance provided under the 
program; receive and administer donations for the AICS Program; and provide penalties 
for illegal acts that may be performed by officials In charge of implementing its 
provisions, such as cuts for commission, job sharing, ghost or duplicate beneficiaries, 
or padding of beneficiaries.
In view of the foregoing, the immediate approval of this bill is earnestly sought.
MARCOS


NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE ) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
5eo?/7<y Regular Session 
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SENATE
S.B. No.__ 2Z2&
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23 JUL 19 All :20
Rl'CEiVtO BV.
Introduced by SENATOR IMEE R. MARCOS
AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR AID TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES SEEKING MEDICAL, 
FUNERAL, FOOD, TRANSPORTATION, EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE, 
PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT AND OTHER SUPPORT SERVICES, 
INSTITUTIONALIZING FOR THIS PURPOSE THE ASSISTANCE TO 
INDIVIDUALS IN CRISIS SITUATION (AICS) PROGRAM OF THE 
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT (DSWD), 
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Phiiippines in Congress 
assembied:
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Section 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the "Assistance to Individuals 
in Crisis Situation (AICS) Act".
Sec. 2. Declaration of Policy. — The State shall promote a just and dynamic 
social order that will ensure the prosperity and independence of the nation and free 
the people from poverty through policies that provide adequate social services, promote 
full employment, a rising standard of living, and an improved quality of life for all, 
specifically to individuals in extreme and difficult situations.
SEC. 3. Coverage. - This Act shall cover all individuals and families determined 
to be in a "state of active crisis" or "crisis situation", as defined in this Act, or needing 
financial or material support from the National Government, whether or not as a form 
of augmentation to that provided by the individual or family's local government unit 
(LGU), based on the assessment of a Department of Social Welfare and Development 
(DSWD) Social Worker. In general, any individual, whether indigent or not, including 
persons with disability, senior citizens, solo parents, farmers, fisherfolk, and other 
vulnerable sectors, who is in a crisis situation or in difficult circumstances In life may 
be assisted through the provision of any of the assistance available under this Act, 
subject to the guidelines to be provided by the DSWD.


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Sec. 4. Definition of Terms. 
hereby defined as follows:
For purposes of this Act, the following terms are
a. AICS Program shall refer to a social safety net or stop-gap measure to support the 
recovery of individuals and families suffering from unexpected life events or crises 
through the provision of psychosocial intervention and/or direct financial/material 
assistance that may enable them to meet their basic needs in the form of food, 
transportation, medical, educational and burial assistance. It is also known as the 
"Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation Program", and herein interchangeably 
referred to as "AICS" or "Program";
b. Authorized Representative refers to any person who represents a beneficiary who, 
for certain reasons, will not be physically present in processing and claiming the 
assistance requested. Authorized representatives shall be limited to:
1. Family Member(s) refers to a relative up to the fourth degree of 
consanguinity or affinity, including the spouse, children, parents, siblings, 
uncles, aunts, grandparents and grandchildren of the beneficiary; and
2. In extremely justifiable circumstances, any other individual acting as a 
representative of a beneficiary. Provided, that said individual shall not be 
allowed to represent more than two (2) beneficiaries who are unrelated to 
him/her for every calendar year.
For this purpose, the information of the representative shall also be subject 
to the crossmatching process, as defined in this Act.
c. Beneficiary refers to the person who actually needs the assistance, or on whose 
behalf the assistance is being sought from the DSWD through an authorized 
representative. The beneficiary is the ultimate recipient of the assistance;
d. Case Summary refers to a document prepared by a Registered Social Worker from 
the DSWD, the local social welfare and development office (LSWDO) or the social 
service office of the hospital. It is an overview of the socio-economic situation of 
the client or beneficiary as well as the brief assessment and recommendation of the 
Social Worker for that particular client or beneficiary;
e. Certificate of Eiigibiiity (CE) refers to a document issued by the DSWD, duly 
approved by the approving authorities, that proves that the client is eligible to 
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f. 
Client refers to any individual or group who may be the beneficiary who seeks 
assistance or the authorized representative, on behalf of the beneficiary due to the 
latter's inability to be physically present;
g. Crisis Situation(s) refer to a time in the individual's life when they experience a 
breakdown or disruption in their usual or normal daily activities or family 
functioning. Such disruption prevents them from adequately performing their social 
roles and functions, and may lead them into worsened life situations;
h. Crossmatching refers to the process of cleaning or counter-checking the information 
or data sets provided by the client/s approaching the DSWD for assistance versus 
those already recorded from clients previously served by the Department to 
determine the eligible clients who may avail or re-avail assistance, taking into 
consideration the limitations under the frequency of availing;
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General Intake Sheet (GIS) refers to the form used by the DSWD Social Workers to 
record the basic information of the beneficiary and the authorized representative, 
the problem presented, and intake the assessment as well as the recommendation 
of assistance to the beneficiaries;
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Guarantee Letter (GL) refers to the document issued by the DSWD in favor of the 
beneficiary addressed to service providers to guarantee payment of the service on 
behalf of the beneficiary. The service providers may include hospitals, funeral 
homes, and such other providers that are willing to accept the GLs issued by the 
DSWD for payment of their services and/or goods for the beneficiary;
k. Material Assistance Distribution Sheet (MDS) refers to the form used by the DSWD 
to list/record all clients who will receive material assistance as provided in this Act;
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Repeat or Recurring Clients are those who seek assistance for at least three (3) to 
four (4) times in a quarter or at least twice in a semester, or those who visit the 
Crisis Intervention Unit/Sections (CIU/S) Office or SWAD Satellite Office (SWAD 
Office) regularly or seasonally due to lack of knowledge on possible types of 
assistance; and
m. Social Case Study Report (SCSR) refers to the document prepared by a Registered 
Social Worker of the LSWDO, that described in detail the situation and conditions 
of the beneficiary, including his/her or their social history. The central part of this 
document is the social assessment and the intervention plan and when applicable, 
evaluation of the intervention plan, and the recommendation of the Social Worker.
Sec. 5. Lead Agency and Coordination with Related Government Assistance
Program. - The DSWD shall be the lead agency in the implementation of the AICS
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approval of all applications in availing from the appropriated funds for the 
implementation of the Program.
The DSWD shall integrate and collaborate with other government agencies, 
LGUs, businesses and labor groups, and civil society groups in implementing similar or 
related programs and services for an efficient and effective whole-of-nation approach 
in the delivery of social safety nets.
Sec. 6. Modes of Implementation and Delivery of the AICS Program. - The 
services under the AICS Program may take the following form/s:
1. Financial Assistance - It may take the form of:
a. Medical Assistance - This assistance shall cover hospitalization expenses, cost 
of medicines, and other medical treatment or procedures such as implants, 
common laboratory tests and diagnostic imaging procedures for any illness or 
ailment, including postpartum complications, and also provision of assistive 
devices.
A client may be given assistance based on a hospital bill only once. Additionally, 
an in-patient beneficiary may request other assistance in the event that the 
needed medicine/s or treatment of the patient is not available at the hospital of 
confinement.
Other health care expenses such as immunization, birthing, and purchase of 
vitamins and other supplements which are not related to medical treatment or 
aftercare shall not be covered by the assistance.
b. Funeral Assistance - This assistance shall cover funeral and other related 
expenses including, but not limited to, expenses in bringing the remains of the 
deceased to his or her residence or hometown, interment, cremation, and/or 
burial site in accordance with existing customary practices of the family 
especially among Indigenous Peoples (IPs) and Moros.
Funeral and related expenses due to a disaster, calamity, and/or critical events 
or similar circumstances resulting in one or multiple casualties within the family 
may allow the surviving family member/immediate relative of the deceased to 
request outright cash assistance subject to the assessment of the DSWD Social 
Worker, without the need of a SCSR.
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Transportation Allowance - The assistance for the purchase or payment of 
transport (air/sea/land) tickets and/or expenses for travels of beneficiary/client, 
within the Philippines, for purposes not limited to, return to home provinces 
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emergency concerns such as death or care of sick loved ones, rescue of abused 
relatives, or events or disaster/calamity that require immediate presence of the 
beneficiary/client.
Outright cash may be considered for those who will be travelling using multiple 
modes of transportation.
Provided, that, if the DSWD procures the ticket for the beneficiary/client, the 
expenses for food and other necessary expenses for the travel shall be given to 
the client in cash. The Social Worker shall state in the CIS or in a separate 
justification attached to the CE his assessment to justify the provision of the 
outright cash.
d. Educational Assistance - A form of assistance given to a student-in-crisis, to 
help defray school expenses and/or cost of sending students/children to school 
such a school fees, school supplies, school projects, allowances, and other 
related expenses. Beneficiaries may include those who are breadwinners, 
whether or not they are the heads of their families, or working students or 
orphaned/abandoned and/or now living with relatives, children of solo parents 
or with unemployed parents or Overseas Filipinos (OFs) or persons with 
disability-in-crisis, or children of rebel returnees or of persons deprived of liberty, 
children with Fluman Immunodeficiency Virus, or those living with parents with 
HIV, those who are victims of abuse or displacement, or are otherwise in crisis 
due to human-induced or natural calamities.
The assistance shall not cover graduate (Masteral) and post-graduate (Doctoral) 
studies including professional degrees such as Doctor of Medicine and Bachelor 
of Laws/Juris Doctor, and those expenses for the review for the licensure/bar 
examinations.
e. Food Assistance-J\\\s is the provision of assistance to individuals or families to 
meet the need for food and other most basic needs for sustenance. This 
assistance may be distributed through outright cash.
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Cash Assistance for Other Support Services - This is an assistance in the form 
of outright cash provided to individuals and families in crisis or in extremely 
difficult circumstances in which the need is not covered under any of the other 
services of the AICS program. These individuals and families must establish that 
they are in a state of active crisis or vulnerability to crisis or are recovering 
therefrom as validated by the assessment of the LSWDO Social Worker or DSWD 
Social Worker.
Provided that, financial assistance may be provided in the following modes: (1)
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entitled beneficiary/client may claim it from the designated disbursing officer within 
the day, subject to the availability of funds. Depending on the assessment, the 
Social Worker may propose the provision of outright cash to the clients who are 
determined to be better assisted therewith because of their circumstances; and (2) 
GL - Assistance above Php 10,000.00, especially medical and funeral assistance, 
shall be released through a GL, unless other modes are necessary, as may be 
justified by the DSWD Social Worker, in accordance with the rules and regulations.
2. Materia! Assistance - The provision of food and non-food items to the beneficiary 
who needs the immediate material support which can be covered by the items listed 
below, subject to the availability of the material assistance and the funding required, 
and provided that any acquisition of goods and services shall be subject to existing 
procurement laws, rules, and regulations. This assistance may be given 
simultaneously or successively with financial assistance based on the assessment of 
the handling DSWD Social Worker depending on the posing needs of the beneficiary.
a. Famiiy Food Packs/ Other Food Items- These may be in the form of hot/ ready- 
to-eat/ pre-cooked/ pre-packed meals, or food voucher, whenever available. It 
may be given to individuals and families in need or in vulnerable situations such 
as those who are unemployed, without family support, persons with disabilities- 
in-crisis, homeless or street dwellers, or victims of fire incidents, severe drought 
(El Nino), La Nina, flood, or other similar incidents that cause hunger.
The contents of the family food packs may be the same as that regularly 
provided during disaster operations. However, the Program Management 
Bureau (PMB) may provide food packs containing ready-to-eat/ pre-cooked/ pre­
packed meals, or those especially packaged for groups in vulnerable situations, 
not limited to, older persons, pregnant women, lactating mothers or other 
persons with special needs, the standard composition of said food packs may be 
recommended by the Nutritionist-Dietitian of the PMB, duly approved by the 
Undersecretary for Operations.
b. Fiygiene or Steeping Kits-J\\e contents of these kits may be the same as that 
regularly provided during disaster operations.
c. Assistive Devices or Technotogies- Assistive devices and technologies are those 
whose primary purpose is to maintain or improve an individual's functioning and 
independence to facilitate participation and to enhance overall well-being. 
Examples of assistive devices and technologies include wheelchairs, canes, 
walkers, prostheses, hearing aids, visual aids, and specialized computer software 
and hardware that increase mobility, hearing, vision, or communication 
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3. Psychosocial Support - This is support given to help meet the psychological, 
emotional, social, and spiritual needs of beneficiaries and their families. It Is a set 
of interventions that intends to positively improve a person's behavior to reduce the 
impact of stress brought about by a crisis through behavioral modification 
interventions. This is intended for giving immediate relief to psychological and 
emotional issues under specific circumstances through the following:
a. Psychological First Aid (PFA) - This is an evidence-informed modular approach 
to help children, adolescents, adults, and families who are affected by a disaster 
or traumatic incident, whether survivors, witnesses, or responders to such 
events, to cope up with the struggle, stress, trauma so they face new challenges 
following the event or otherwise return to their normal social functioning. This 
aims to provide early assistance within days or weeks following an event.
b. Social Work Counseling-This aims to help clients clarify issues, gain insight into 
their feelings and thoughts affecting their behaviors, and facilitate them to 
process these feelings and thoughts, to identify potential solutions, and to deal 
effectively with their problems resulting in a state of active crisis. This is 
conducted by utilizing the Social Work Perspective in counseling such as the use 
of the Bio-Psycho-Social approach and the Person-In-Environment framework.
4. Referral Services-J\\\s refers to the assistance that is not available at the offices, 
bureaus, services, or units of the DSWD or other government agencies and/or 
institutions. This involves services that are not limited to referrals to legal services, 
psychological and/or psychiatric interventions, social case management, and 
admission to facilities deemed to be needed by the beneficiary.
As needed, clients availing assistance through the AICS program may be 
provided with comprehensive case management, whereby the assigned Social Worker 
collaboratively assesses the needs of the client and his/her family, and arranges, 
coordinates, monitors, evaluates, and advocates for a package of multiple services 
listed under the Act to meet the specific needs of the client towards Improvement. 
Provided that, the assigned Social Worker may likewise refer said client to the 
concerned SWAD Office or LSWDO for the conduct of comprehensive case management 
or to ensure follow-through.
SEC. 7. Program Beneficiaries. - All individuals and families determined to be in 
a "state of active crisis" or "crisis situation", as defined in this Act, or needing financial 
or material support from the National Government, whether or not as a form of 
augmentation to that provided by the individual or family's LGU, based on the 
assessment of a DSWD Social Worker. In general, any individual, whether indigent or 
not, who is in a crisis situation or In difficult circumstances in life may be assisted 
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Sec. 8. Documentary Requirements. - As a general rule, the beneficiary or 
authorized representative shall submit a copy of their valid identification cards or any 
alternative document/s for identification, except in cases where the beneficiary or 
representative has no valid identification card such as, but not limited to, children who 
are not enrolled in schools, indigenous people, victims of fire, typhoon or other 
calamities or disasters (natural or man-made). In which case, the barangay certification 
or justification from the DSWD Social Welfare Officer (SWO) pertaining to the absence 
of a valid identification card shall suffice.
A person who is acting as an authorized representative of the beneficiary shall 
present an authorization letter duly signed by the beneficiary.
The DSWD may also prescribe the necessary documentary requirements for 
each type of assistance that may be availed by the program beneficiary.
Sec. 9. Implementing Procedure. - The DSWD shall determine the procedure 
which shall be utilized in the implementation of the AICS Program, as provided in this 
Act.
Sec. 10. Rate of Assistance and Frequency of Avaiiment - The rates of 
assistance and the frequency of avaiiment shall be as follows:
Type
Particulars
Cost of Assistance
Frequency of
Minimum
Maximum
Avaiiment
Transportation
Assistance
Land/Sea/Air
Travel
Actual cost based on 
ticket quotation and/or 
travel expenses
General Rule (GR): 
Once a year
Exceptions (XPN): 
For specific cases 
such as:
a. Travel due to 
death - every 
death incident
b. Travel 
for
medical reasons 
- as the need 
arises
Medical
Assistance
Hospital Bill
1,000.00
300,000.00
GR: 
Once per
hospital bill
XPN: For chronic 
diseases/illnesses -


Per hospitalization 
or admission
Medicines
1,000.00
150,000.00
Once every three 
(3) months
Laboratory
Procedures
Other 
special
treatments such 
as, but not limited 
to, 
dialysis,
chemotherapy, 
implant and pre­
operation 
procedures
Funeral
Assistance
Funeral Expenses
5,000.00
50,000.00
GR: Per beneficiary 
or incident of death
XPN: 
Casualties
during disasters or 
calamity - Per 
casualty
Transfer 
of
Cadaver
Casualties during 
disaster/calamity
10,000.00
Educational
Assistance
Elementary
students
1,000.00
5,000.00
Once every school 
year
Fligh 
school
students
2,000.00
Senior high school 
students
3,000.00
10,000.00
Once 
every
semester (varies 
per region)
College 
and
vocational
students
4,000.00
Food
assistance
Food subsidy for 
individuals 
or
families
2,000.00
5,000.00
GR: Once every 
semester
XPN: Patients - 
once 
every
admission
Cash
assistance
Other needs
2,000.00
10,000.00
Once for every 
calamity
Provided that, this kind of assistance shall be validated by the CIU/CIS 
Head/SWAD Team Leader and approved by the authorized approving official or his/her 
alternate, as determined by the DSWD in the implementing rules and regulations.


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Further, the above schedule shall not be interpreted to limit the attending DSWD 
Social Worker from recommending a higher amount or the provision of a series of 
assistance that can be simultaneously or successively given, subject to the assessment 
and justification of the client's circumstances, especially those that may take time 
before recovery, which shall be validated by the CIU/CIS Head/SWAD Team Leader 
and approved by the proper authority, as may be provided in the rules and regulations.
Sec. 12. Handling of Repeat or Recurring Clients. - The PMB shall establish a 
centralized database for repeat or recurring clients, as defined in this Act, that could 
also be accessed by the FOs to prevent them from availing assistance twice or more in 
a quarter. These clients shall be under case management and, whenever deemed 
appropriate, shall be endorsed to the LGU where they reside for further intervention.
Sec. 13. Compliance Mechanism. - The DSWD shall establish mechanisms to 
ensure compliance with the provisions of this Act. It shall provide a list of prohibited 
activities, such as, but not limited to, cuts for commission, job sharing, ghost 
beneficiaries, duplicate beneficiaries, and padding of beneficiaries.
Any violation of this provision shall result in the reimbursement of any amount 
involved, with legal interest, and without prejudice to the filing of appropriate civil, 
criminal or administrative case and to the application of relevant rules and regulations 
of the Commission on Audit.
Sec. 14. Authority to Receive and Administer Donations for AICS Program. - 
The Department is hereby authorized under this Act to receive donations from 
government and non-government organizations and to administer the same strictly and 
exclusively for the beneficiaries of the AICS Program, subject to relevant and existing 
rules and regulations.
Sec. 15. Monitoring, Reporting, and Evaluation of the AICS Program. - The 
DSWD shall establish a standardized monitoring, evaluation, and reporting system to 
properly document the implementation of the AICS Program.
It shall also submit to Congress, and make available to the public, an annual 
Accomplishment Report and utilization of the funds earmarked for the implementation 
of the Program. The Report shall Include the pertinent details of the implementation, 
such as, but not limited to, the mode of implementation, number of beneficiaries, 
donations from private and other organizations, expenditures, number of beneficiaries 
who acquired assistance under the Program, and other pertinent information as may 
be necessary. An impact evaluation shall be conducted from time to time, but not later 
than every three (3) years.
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Sec. 16. Grievance Mechanisms. - The DSWD shall establish grievance 
mechanisms for the filing or reporting of complaints or grievances and other related 
laws arising from the implementation of the AICS Program. For this purpose, the 
Department shall ensure that all beneficiaries and stakeholders of the Program have 
access to these grievance mechanisms.
Sec. 17. Impiementing Ruies and Reguiations. — Within ninety (90) days from 
the effectivity of this Act, the DSWD shall issue the necessary rules and regulations for 
the effective implementation of this Act.
Sec. 18. Appropriations. - The appropriations necessary for the initial 
implementation of this Act shall be sourced from the current budget of the DSWD. 
Thereafter, the amount necessary for its continued implementation shall be included in 
the annual General Appropriations Act (GAA); Provided, That such appropriation shall 
take into consideration an administration cost of not more than five percent (5%), 
subject to periodic review and appropriate recommendation for Increase, whenever 
necessary. For this purpose, the DSWD shall Issue the appropriate guidelines on the 
utilization and management of the administration cost.
Sec. 19. Separabiiity Cause. - If for any reason, any provision of this Act is 
declared invalid or unconstitutional, the remaining parts or provisions not affected shall 
remain in full force and effect.
Sec. 20. Repeaiing Cause. - All laws, ordinances, rules, regulations, other 
issuances or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with this Act, are hereby repealed or 
modified accordingly.
Sec. 21. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,
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