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COMMITTEE REPORT NO. _3_1_2 __ 
Submitted by the Committee on Health and Demography on JUN - S 2012 
Re: Senate Bill No. 
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Recommending its approval in substitution of Senate Bill Nos. 397 & 2073, taking into 
consideration House Bill No. 988 
Sponsor: Senator (P.) Cayetano 
MR. PRESIDENT: 
The Committee on Health and Demography to which were refened Senate Bill No. 397, 
introduced by Sen. Trillanes IV, entitled: 
AN ACT 
DECLARING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY OF EVERY YEAR AS "LIVER CANCER 
AND HEPATITIS-B AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH" AND FOR OTHER 
PURPOSES 
Senate Bill No. 2073, introduced by Sen. (P.) Cayetano, entitled: 
AN ACT 
DECLARING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY OF EVERY YEAR AS "LIVER CANCER 
AND HEPATITIS-B AWARENESS MONTH" 
and House Bill No. 988, introduced by Reps. Syjuco, Bondoc and Maranon, entitled: 
AN ACT 
DECLARING THE MONTH OF JANUARY OF EVERY YEAR AS LIVER CANCER 
AND HEP A TITIS-B AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH 
has considered the same and has the honor to repo.\t t211l back to the Senate with the 
recommendatIOn that the attached Senate BIll No. ,,2 q, prepared by the CommIttee 
entitled: 
AN ACT 
DECLARING THE MONTH OF JANUARY OF EVERY YEAR AS "LIVER CANCER 
AND VIRAL HEPATITIS AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH" AND FOR 
OTHER PURPOSES 
be approved in substitution of Senate Bill Nos. 397 and 2073, taking into consideration House 
Bill No. 988 with Senators Trillanes IV and (P.) Cayetano as authors thereof. 


Respectfully Submitted: 
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FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC) 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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SENATE 
S.B.No. 3224 
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(In substitution of Senate Bill Nos. 397 & 2073, taking into consideration House Bill No. 988) 
Prepared by the Committee on Health and Demography 
AN ACT 
DECLARING THE MONTH OF JANUARY OF EVERY YEAR AS "LIVER CANCER 
AND VIRAL HEPATITIS AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH" AND FOR 
OTHER PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in the 
Congress assembled: 
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SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the "Liver Cancer and Viral 
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Hepatitis Awareness and Prevention Month Act". 
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SEC. 2. Declaration 0.1" Policy. - It is the policy of the State to protect and promote the 
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right to health of the people and instill health consciousness among them, adopt an integrated and 
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comprehensive approach to health development, establish and maintain an effective food and 
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drug regulatory system, and undertake appropriate health manpower development and research 
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responsive to the country's health needs and problems. In furtherance of this constitutional 
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mandate, this Act aims to declare the month of January of every year as the awareness and 
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prevention month for liver cancer and viral hepatitis. 
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SEC. 3. Awareness Month. - The month of January of every year shall be designated as 
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the "Liver Cancer and Viral Hepatitis Awareness and Prevention Month". 
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SEC. 4. Public Education and Awareness Program. - To ensure the meaningful 
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observance of the month as herein declared, a comprehensive public education and awareness 
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program shall be undertaken on the communicable disease of viral hepatitis. The program shall 
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specifically discuss the causes, transmission, consequences, diagnoses, treatments and the 
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prevention of viral hepatitis, including the need for immediate infant immunization and the 
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indispensability of observing the correct schedule and dosage, as well as the impOliance of child 
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and adult vaccination, for a holistic approach in battling the virus. 
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SEC. 5. Interagency and Multi-Sectoral Effort. - The Department of Health (DOH), on 
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the part of the national government, and the cities and municipalities, on the part of the local 
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governments together with non-government and patients' organizations shall lead the 
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implementation of comprehcnsive public education and awareness program on liver cancer and 
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viral hepatitis through a collaborative interagency and multi-sectoral effOli at all levels. It shall 
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particularly ensure widespread and expeditions public infonnation about the benefits of 
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compulsory routine immunization for Hepatitis-B of all infants within twenty-four (24) hours 
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atter birth. 
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SEC. 6. Implementing Rules and Regulations - The DOH shall promulgate the 
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appropriate rules and regulations necessary for the effective implementation of this Act within 
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ninety (90) days from its approval. 


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SEC. 7. Separability Clause. - If any provision or part hereof is held invalid or 
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unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the provision not otherwise affected shall remain 
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valid and suhsisting. 
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SEC. 8. Repealing Clause. - Any law, presidential decree or issuance, executive order, 
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letter of instruction., administrative order, rule or regulation contrary to or inconsistent with the 
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provisions ofthis Act is herehy repealed, amended or modified accordingly. 
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SEC. 9. Effectivity. - This Act shall take cffect fifteen (15) days after its publication in at 
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least two national newspapers of general circulation. 
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Approved, 
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