‘SIXTEENTH CONGRESS )
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) ih
FIRST REGULAR SESSION ) 0.0.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

Introduced by Representative Rufus B. Rodriguez and
Representative Maximo B. Rodriguez, Jr.

House Bill No, 1090

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill was originally introduced as House Bill No. 2647 by the undersigned
Rufus 8, Rodriguez during the Fourteenth Congress where it was approved by the
House of Representatives and transmitted to the Senate. It was again re-filed during
the 15" Congress as House Bill No. 590 where it was again approved by the
Committee on Health, approved on 2" reading, approved on 3" reading and was
transmitted to the Senate where it was not acted upon.

Prostate cancer is now one of the leading causes of death among Filipino
males, Statistics show that about 25 percent (25%) of men afflicted with prostate
cancer die ultimately, Patients who survive the cancer still require treatment to ease
symptoms such as pain, bleeding and urinary obstruction.

The American Cancer Society and the American Urological Association
recommend that men forty (40) years or older undergo periodic testing for the early
detection of prostate cancer. Early detection will prevent future disease progression.

Also, treatment in the early stages of cancer is less costly than when done in
its advanced stages.

This bill seeks to establish a program to educate the public and increase
awareness on prostate cancer.

In view hereof, the early passage of this proposed measure is highly
recommended.

MAXIMO’B. se JR.


SIXTEENTH CONGRESS )
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
FIRST REGULAR SESSION )

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

Introduced by Representative Rufus B. Rodriguez and
Representative Maximo B. Rodriguez, Jr.

House Bill No, 1090

AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A PROGRAM FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION ON PROSTATE
CANCER AND OTHER LEADING TYPES OF CANCER

Be it 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 “Prostate Cancer Public
Awareness Act”,

‘SEC. 2. Definition. - For purposes of this Act, the term:
(a) Director means the Director of the Non-Communicable Disease Control Service
of the Department of Health,

SEC. 3. Establishment of Program for Public Education on Prostate Cancer and
Other Leading Types of Cancer. - The Director shall carry out a program on prostate
cancer and other leading types of cancer. Through the program, he shall conduct or
support activities to achieve the following purposes

(a) To educate males who are forty (40) years of age or older on the need to
periodically undergo physical examinations for prostate cancer and other leading
types of cancer, including education on the frequency and type of such examinations
that are appropriate for various age groups of such men;

(b) To educate males on the availability and appropriateness of procedures
for detecting the cancer in its early stages, including the procedure known as
prostate ultrasound; and

(©) To educate males on the value of good nutrition and maintaining a healthy
lifestyle.

SEC. 4, Separability Clause. - If any provision or part hereof is held invalid of
unconstitutional, the remainder of the law of the provision not otherwise affected
shall remain valid and subsisting,

SEC. 5. Repealing Clause. - Any law, presidential decree or issuance, executive
order, letter of instruction, administrative order, rule or regulation contrary to or
inconsistent with the provisions of this Act is hereby repealed, amended or modified
accordingly.

SEC. 6. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

‘Approved,