EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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Second Regular Session 
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SENATE 
S. B. No. 2097
(In substitution of Senate Bili Nos. 1966, 1968, 1971, 1975, 1977 a 
into consideration House Biii No. 8461)
FILED
March
DATE
NDfcX
Prepared and submitted jointly by the Committees on Health and Demography, and 
Finance, with Senators Marcos, Poe, Zubiri, Villanueva, Angara, Binay, Gatchalian, 
Gordon, Revilla, Jr., De Lima, and Go as authors hereof
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AN ACT
GRANTING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES THE POWER TO SUSPEND 
THE SCHEDULED INCREASES IN PHILHEALTH PREMIUM CONTRIBUTION 
RATES, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11223, 
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE ACT"
Be It enacted by the Senate and die House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled:
Section 1. Suspension ofPhilHealth Premium Contribution Increase. - Section 
10 of Republic Act No. 11223, otherwise known as the "Universal Health Care Act" is 
hereby amended to read, as follows:
"SECTION 10. Premium Contributions. - For direct contributors, 
premium rates shall be in accordance with the following schedule, and monthly 
income floor and ceiling:
Year
Premium Rate
Income Floor
Income Ceiling
2019
2.75%
PIO,000.00
P50,000.00
2020
3.00%
PIO,000.00
^60,000.00
2021
3.50%
PIO,000.00
^70,000.00
2022
4.00%
^10,000.00
^80,000.00
2023
4.50 %
PIO,000.00
^90,000.00
2024
5.00%
^10,000.00
^100,000.00
2025
5.00%
PIO,000.00
PlOO,000.00
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Provided, That for indirect contributors, premium subsidy shall be
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gradually adjusted and included annually in the General Appropriations Act
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(GAA): Provided, further, That the funds shall be released to PhilHealth: 
Provided, furthermore. That the DOH, In coordination with PhilHealth, may 
request Congress to appropriate supplemental funding to meet targeted 
milestones of this Act: Provided, finaiiy. That for every increase in the rate of
contribution of
direct contributors and premium subsidy of indirect 
contributors, PhilHeaith shall provide for a corresponding increase in benefits.
IN THE EVENT OF A STATE OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY OR 
PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY, OR STATE OF NATIONAL CALAMITY, 
THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES, UPON RECOMMENDATION OF 
THE PHILHEALTH BOARD AFTER CONSULTATION WITH
STAKEHOLDERS, MAY SUSPEND THE INCREASE IN PREMIUM
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CONTRIBUTION RATES PROVIDED UNDER THIS SECTION. THE
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MANDATED INCREASE SHALL BE IMPLEMENTED UPON THE LIFTING 
OF THE STATE OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY, OR PUBLIC HEALTH 
EMERGENCY, OR STATE OF NATIONAL CALAMITY. ALL SUBSEQUENT 
SCHEDULED INCREASES IN CONTRIBUTION RATES SHALL BE 
IMPLEMENTED IN THE SUCCEEDING YEARS ACCORDINGLY."
Section. 2. Continuity of Benefits. - Nothing in this Act shail be construed to 
eiiminate or diminish any benefits or entitiements already granted to members of 
PhilHealth.
Section. 3. Repeating Ciause. - All laws, ordinances, ruies, reguiations, other 
issuances, or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with this Act, are hereby repealed 
or modified accordingiy.
Section. 4. Separabiiity Ciause. - If any provision or section of this Act is held 
to be unconstitutional or invalid, the other provisions or sections hereof, which are not 
affected thereby shali continue to be in full force and effect.
Section. 5. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days foliowing 
its pubiication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation in the 
Phiiippines.
Approved,