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EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS g

Second Regular Session
House Bill No. _7150

INTRODUCED BY
REP. ALFRED VARGAS

AN ACT
GRANTING IMMEDIATE COMPENSATION BENEFITS FOR MENTAL
HEALTH SERVICE USERS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 5
OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11036, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS
THE MENTAL HEALTH ACT

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The passage of Republic Act No. 11036, also known as the Mental
Health Act, has paved the way for the Philippines to establish a mental
health framework in terms of understanding the mental health struggles of
Filipinos and delivering better mental health care to those in need.

However, access to mental health services for the greater population
remain limited due to economic constraints. Thus, the government must
increase its efforts to enable service users to equitably access appropriate
care when needed.

This bill seeks to propose an amendment that ensures service users in
need of mental healthcare to receive adequate and immediate compensation
benefits and/or any special financial assistance under existing laws should
the service user sustain temporary or permanent mental disability while in
the performance of duty or by reason of his or her office or position.

In view of the foregoing, the immediate passage of this bill is earnestly
sought.

ALFRED V. ‘Ss

fee RE, SERS


Republic of the Philippines
House of Representatives
Curzon City, Meteo Awilx

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

House Bill No, _7150

INTRODUCED BY
REP. ALFRED VARGAS

AN ACT
GRANTING IMMEDIATE COMPENSATION BENEFITS FOR MENTAL
HEALTH SERVICE USERS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 5
OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11036, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS
THE MENTAL HEALTH ACT

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

SECTION 1. Section 5 of Republic Act No. 11036 otherwise known as
the “Mental Health Act”, is hereby amended as follows:

“Section 5. Rights of Service Users. - Service users shall enjoy, on an
equal and nondiscriminatory basis, all rights guaranteed by the
Constitution as well as those recognized under the United Nations
Universal Declaration on Human Rights and the Convention on the
Rights of Persons with Disabilities. And all other relevant international
and regional human rights conventions and declarations, including
the right to:
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“U, IMMEDIATELY RECEIVE COMPENSATION BENEFITS AND/OR
ANY SPECIAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE THAT THE SERVICE USER
IS ENTITLED TO UNDER EXISTING LAWS SHOULD THE SERVICE
USER SUSTAIN TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT MENTAL
DISABILITY WHILE IN THE PERFORMANCE OF DUTY OR BY
REASON OF HIS OR HER OFFICE OR POSITION.”


SECTION 2. Separability Clause. - Any portion or provision of this Act
that is declared unconstitutional shall not have the effect of nullifying other
portions or provisions hereof as long as such remaining portions can still
subsist and be given effect in their entirety.

SECTION 3. Repealing Clause. ~ All laws, ordinances, rules, regulations,
other issuances or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with this Act, are

hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SECTION 4. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,