Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No.__ 1237

Introduced by Representative MICAELA S. VIOLAGO

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Under Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office's (PCSO) Charter (Batas
Pambansa Blg. 42 as amended by BP 622), PCSO is the principal government
agency for raising and providing for funds for health programs, medical assistance
and services and charities of national character. It holds and conducts charity
‘sweepstakes races, lotteries, and other similar activities and engages in health and
welfare-related investments, programs, projects and activities to provide for
permanent and continuing sources of funds for health programs, including the
expansion of existing ones, medical assistance and services, and/or charitable
grants.

The bill seeks to make it mandatory and not merely optional for state
universities and colleges (SUCs) throughout the country to be provided by the PCSO

“with ambulances ensuring compliance with all the current requirements in the
Ambulance Donation Program of the PCSO. There are more than 500 government-
run higher education institutions, of which 436 are state colleges and universities

‘An ambulance is an essential service in the university or college community.
When there is an imminent risk of death, serious injury or illness to the community,
the primary role of all ambulance service is emergency pre-hospital medical care
providing life support and immediate patient care until they reach hospital from the
place of accident in the university or college. Without an ambulance, it may take
medical personnel from the nearest hospital in the local government unit or rural
emergency medical service units a longer time to arrive at the scene of the
emergency, which can have a significant impact on patient outcomes in the SUCs,
including survival rates.

Accordingly, approval of this proposed measure, is strongly recommended.

ICAELA S. VIGIJAGO.


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

1239

House Bill No.

Introduced by Representative MICAELA S. VIOLAGO

“AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 6 (B) OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1169, OTHERWISE
KNOWN AS, ‘AN ACT PROVIDING FOR CHARITY SWEEPSTAKES, HORSE
RACES, AND LOTTERIES’ AS AMENDED”

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

SECTION 1. Section 6 (B) of Republic Act No. 1169, otherwise known as “An
Act Providing for Charity Sweepstakes, Horse Races, and Lotteries” as amended by
Batas Pambansa Blg. 42 and Presidential Decree No. 1157 is hereby further
amended to read, as follows:

“Section 6. Allocation of Net Receipts. — From the gross receipts
from the sale of sweepstakes tickets, whether for sweepstakes races,
lotteries, or similar activities, shall be deducted the printing cost of such
tickets, which in no case shall exceed two percent of such gross
receipts to arrive at the net receipts. The net receipts shall be allocated
as follows:

A) Fifty-five percent (55%) shall be set aside as a prize fund for the
payment of prizes, including those for the owners, jockeys of running
horses, and sellers of winning tickets.

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B) Thirty percent (30%) shall be set aside as contributions to the
charity fund from which the Board of Directors, in consultation with the
Ministry of Human Settlement on identified priority programs, needs,
and requirements in specific communities and with approval of the
Office of the President (Prime Minister), shall make payments or grants
for health programs, including the expansion of existing ones, medical
assistance and services, and/or charities of national character, such as
the Philippine National Red Cross, AND/OR MANDATORY


AMBULANCE DONATION TO THE STATE UNIVERSITIES AND
COLLEGES, under such policies and subject to such rules and
regulations as the Board may from time establish and promulgate.
The Board may apply part of the contributions to the charity fund to
approved investments of the Office pursuant to Section 1 (B) hereof,
but in no case shall such application to investments exceed ten percent
(10%) of the net receipts from the sale of sweepstakes tickets in any
given year.

Any property acquired by an institution or organization with funds given
to it under this Act shaill not be sold or otherwise disposed of without
the approval of the Office of the President (Prime Minister), and that in
the event of its dissolution all such property shaill be transferred to and
shall automatically become the property of the Philippine Government.

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Section 2. Separability Clause. Should any provision/s of this Act be found
unconstitutional by a court of law, such provision/s shall be severed from the
remainder of the Act, and such action shall not affect the enforceability of the
remaining provisions of this Act.

Section 3. Repealing Clause. Alll laws presidential decrees, executive orders
and rules and regulations inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby
repealed or modified accordingly.

Section 4. Effectivity Clause. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after

its complete publication either in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general
circulation in the Philippines.

Approved,