Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No.6 88

Introduced by DIWA Party-list Representative Hon. Michael Edgar Y. Aglipay

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The 1987 Constitution states that, “The State shall protect and promote the right to
health of the people ad instill health consciousness among them.” (Section 15, Article II)

The government therefore, is mandated to enhance and intensify its programs
concerning health and health care in the pursuit of this policy.

Near fatal injuries resulting from accidents and in some cases from violence require
immediate emergency response. With that, a victim's identity and other information is
imperative which can only be obtained from his or her identification card, ‘Normally,
identification cards particularly those issued by the government usually contain the name,
address, person to be notified and other relevant information of the cardholder. Most often, the
blood type is not included.

In cases, where the cardholder was victimized by an accident or violence that resulted
in a heavy loss of blood, survival will depend, aside from other medical treatment, on blood
transfusion. As such, immediate identification of the person’s blood type is very important to
the person’s survival,

‘The proposed measure therefore, a refiling of House Bill 4999 of DIWA Party-list filed
during the 17" Congress, seeks to prevent any delay in blood transfusion by requiring
government offices to include in their identification cards information on the holder’s blood
type.

MICHAEL,  AGLIPAY
Representative, DIWA Party-list

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

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EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No._ 688

Introduced by DIWA Party-list Representative Hon. Michael Edgar Y. Aglipay

AN ACT
REQUIRING GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO INDICATE
THE BLOOD TYPE OF INDIVIDUALS IN THE IDENTIFICATION CARDS,
CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES

Be enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress
assembled:

SECTION 1. Short Title, — This Act shall be known as the “Blood Type Identification
Act.”

SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. — It is the policy of the State to protect and promote
the right to health of the people and instill health consciousness among them. ‘Towards this
end, the State shall implement measures that would ensure the safety lives during disasters and
medical emergency situations.

SEC. 3. Blood Type Identification. ~ All government agencies shall indicate the blood
type of the individual applying for an identification card, certificate or license. For the purpose
of this Act, an individual's blood type must be duly certified by a pathologist.

SEC. 4. Coverage. — The following government-issued documents shall bear the blood
type of an individual, to wit:

(a) Identification card as issued by the Social Security System (SSS), the Government
Service Insurance System (GSIS), passport by the Department of Foreign Affairs
(DFA) and professional identification card by the Professional identification card
by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC);

(b) Births certificate as issued by the Local Registrar's Office or the Philippine
Statistics Authority;

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(©) Driver's license as issued by the Land Transportation Office (LTO) and firearms
license by the Philippine National Police (PNP); and

(@) Such other certificates, licenses or identification documents that have yet to be
issued by agencies to be created after the effectivity of this Act.

SEC. 5. Appropriations. — The amount necessary for the implementation of this Act
shall be charged to the appropriations or corporate funds of the implementing agencies and
corporations.

SEC. 6. Implementing Rules and Regulations. ~ The Department of Health (DOH)
shall be charged to the appropriations or corporate funds of the implementing agencies
and corporations.

SEC. 7. Separability Clause. — In the event that any provision, section, or provision of
this Act is declared unconstitutional, the validity of the provisions shall not be affected by such
declaration.

SEC. 8. Repealing Clause. — All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations and other
issuances or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby
repealed or modified accordingly.

SEC. 9. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in
the Official Gazette or in a newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,

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