REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS.
Second Regular Session

House Bil No, __ 8808

Introduced by MAGDALO Party-List Representative
HON. MANUEL DG. CABOCHAN IIT

EXPLANATORY NOTE

In the 2018 World Risk Report, we rank third among the most disaster-prone countries
in the world with an index value of 25.14%.1 Both natural and man-made disasters
have debilitating consequences in our nation as they often include injuries, damages,
and casualties. It is imperative, therefore, to teach our citizens the necessary survival
skills and basic first aid to protect not only themselves, but also the rest of the
community.

This measure seeks to mandate the integration. of basic first aid and surviving skills
training in the curricula of all learning institutions in the country. It aims to equip our
citizens, especially the youth, the adequate knowledge, and skills to be ready in times
of emergencies and calamities.

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

+ World Economic Forum. The Global Risks Report 2018, 13" Eton. Information retrieved from
tp. weforum org/docs/WEF_GRRIB Report pat


MANUEL DG,/CABOCHAN III
Representative
Magdalo Para Sa Pilipino Party-List


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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

House Bill No. ees

Introduced by MAGDALO Party-List Representative
HON. MANUEL DG. CABOCHAN III

AN ACT
MANDATING THE INTEGRATION OF BASIC FIRST AID AND SURVIVAL
SKILLS TRAINING IN THE CURRICULA OF ALL LEARNING INSTITUTIONS
AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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 “Basic First Aid and
Survival Skills Education Act.of 2020",

Sec, 2. Integration of Basic First Aid Training and Survival Skills Training— All
institutions of learning, including but not limited to, schools, colleges, universities,
vocational learning institutions, shall integrate into their respective curricula and make
available to all its students relevant and updated subjects, units, electives or courses
regarding basic first aid training and survival skills training.

Sec, 3. Implementing Rules and Regulations, The Commission on Higher
Education (CHED) and the Department of Education (DepEd), in coordination with the
Department of Health (DOH), Department of the Interior and Local Government

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(DILG), and the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC),
shall promulgate the corresponding implementing rules and regulations of this Act
within sixty (60) days from the date of its effectivity.

Sec. 4. Appropriations.- The funds necessary to implement the provisions of
this Act shall be sourced from the respective budgets of the CHED and the DepEd in
the annual General Appropriations Act.

Sec. 5. Repealing Clause.— All other laws, acts, presidential decrees, executive
orders, presidential proclamations, issuances, rules and regulations, or parts thereof
which are contrary to or inconsistent with any of the provisions of this Act are hereby
repealed, amended or modified accordingly.

Sec. 6. Effectivity Clause. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,