FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE ) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
First Regular Session 
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Introduced by Senator Antonio ”Sonny” F. Trillanes N 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Article 2, Section XVIII of the 1987 Constitution declares that “The State affirms 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 government service is Php15,841 as Medical 
Officer 111. Although it is atypical for the Department of Health to confer Medical Officer 
I or I1 positions, local government units can do so. A junior resident physician who holds 
a position of Medical Officer I is entitled to a meager basic salary of Php12,546. This 
does not do justice to our hardworking doctors who have spent years in their studies and 
whose duty goes beyond the normal 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 confirm that 70 percent of doctors have 
emigrated for higher-paying posts overseas 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 Philippines 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. It aims to afford our government doctors the right to a decent pay and benefits 
long withheld such as Loyalty Service Pay; Transportation, Representation, Food, and 
Medical Allowances; and Educational Grant. Moreover, this bill intends to attract doctors 
to the rural areas by providing for higher allowances for those assigned in lower classed 
municipalities. 
In view of the foregoing, immediate passage of this bill is earnestly sought. 
ANT~NIO~SONNY~* 
F. TRILLANES rv 
Senator 
’ Five fop Filipino doctors named. Manila Standard Today. 18 October 2007. 
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FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THJI ) 
REPUBLIC OF TEE PHILIPPJNES ) 
First Regular Session 
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Introduced by Senator Antonio “Sonny” F. Trillanes 
AN ACT 
PROVIDING FOR AN INCREASE IN TEE SALARY OF GOVERNMENT 
PEYSICIANS AND ADDITIONAL. INCENTIVES APPROPRIATING FUNDS 
THEREFOR 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled. 
SECTION 1. 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 refers 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 government or a local government 
unit, as the case may be, either in public health institutions or in any government agency 
or instrumentality. 
SEC. 3. Salary Grade Adjustmenr. - The minimnm base pay of physicians 
working in government shall not be lower than Salary 
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Grade 27 prescribed under 
Republic Act No. 6758, otherwise known as the Compensation and Classification Act of 
1989. 
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this Act. 
SEC. 4. Loyalty Sewice Pay. - An annual loyalty pay equivalent to Fitly 
Thousand Pesos (P50,OOO.OO) to government physicians who have rendered at least two 
(2) years of government service. This will take effect immediately after the approval of 
Assignment 
All cities and 1" 
class municipalities 
Znd class and 3& 
class municipalities 
4th class and 5" 
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P10,OOO.OO 
P6,OOO.OO 
P4,OOO.OO 
P12,OOO.OO 
P8,OOO.OO 
P6,OOO.OO 
P14,OOO.OO 
P10,000.00 
P8,000.00 
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SEC. 5. Transportation, Representation, Food, and Medical Allowances. - All 
government physicians shall be entitled to the following monthly allowances: 
Area of 
1 Amount of TA & I Amount of FA 
I Amount of MA 
class municipalities 
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municipalities 
P16,OOO.OO 
P12,000.00 
P10,000.00 
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SEC. 8. Separability Clause. - Should any provision of this Act be declared 
invalid or unconstitutional, no other provisions hereof shall he thereby affected 
SEC. 9. Appropriation. - The amount necessary for the implementation of this 
Act for the first five (5) years shall be sourced out from the gross annual revenues of the 
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Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) and thereafter in a special fund to be 
included in the annual General Appropriations Act. 
SEC. 10. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - The Department of Budget and 
Management (DBM), shall, within sixty (60) days after its approval prepare and issue the 
necessary guidelines to implement the same. 
SEC. 11. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days following bits 
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publication in at least two (2) national newspapers of general circulation 
Approved, 
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