Republic of the Philippines 
 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
  Quezon City 
  NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
  First Regular Session 
  HOUSE BILL NO._____ 
  Introduced by: REPRESENTATIVES SHERNEE A. TAN-TAMBUT AND SAMIER A. TAN 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
A few decades ago, the Philippines started to experience “brain-drain” due to the migration of the 
Filipino health workers to look for greener pasture abroad. The mass exodus of doctors and nurses led 
to the training of Barangay Health Workers (BHW) to fill the vacuum left by doctors and nurses. 
          The BHWs perform crucial functions in the delivery of frontline health services to the people, 
particularly in far-flung barangays. BHW in every barangay plays a crucial rule as a leader, for he or 
she organizes his community towards health; as a teacher, for he or she shares his knowledge as well 
as ideas he or she learned about health with great emphasis to disease prevention; and as a service 
provider, for his or her responsibility is to attend to the immediate primary needs of the community. 
In recognition of the vital role played by BHWs, Congress in 1995, granted incentives and benefits, 
like Hazard Allowance, Subsistence Allowance and other non- monetary benefits, to them by virtue of 
Republic Act No. 7883. However, this law does not provide a fixed honorarium to these BHW that 
they only rely on whatever amount representing their hazard and subsistence allowances given by the 
local government unit where they are stationed. 
It is therefore the paramount objective of this ill to grant a fixed honorarium in the amount of not less 
than two thousand pesos (2,000.00) per month to BHW in addition to their hazard and subsistence 
allowances and other non-monetary benefits. 
 In view of the foregoing reasons, the approval of this bill is earnestly sought. 
  SHERNEE A. TAN-TAMBUT
SAMIER A. TAN 
     Representative
     Representative 
 Kusug Tausug Partylist     
   First District, Sulu 
March 28, 2023
3:12 pm
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Republic of the Philippines 
 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
  Quezon City 
 NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
  First Regular Session 
  HOUSE BILL NO._____ 
 Introduced by: REPRESENTATIVES SHERNEE A. TAN-TAMBUT AND SAMIER A. TAN 
      AN ACT 
GRANTING BARANGAY HEALTH WORKERS (BHWs) A MONTHLY HONORARIUM, IN 
ADDITION TO INCENTIVES AND BENEFITS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE 
SECTION 6 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7883 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE BARANGAY 
HEALTH WORKERS BENEFITS AND INCENTIVES ACT OF 1995 
        Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines  in Congress 
assembled: 
SECTION 1. Section 6 of Republic Act No. 7883 otherwise known as the “Barangay Health 
Workers Benefits and Incentives Act of 1995” is hereby amended to read as follows: 
         Sec. 6 Incentives and Benefits. – In recognition of their services, all accredited health workers 
who are actively and regularly performing their duties shall, IN ADDITION TO A MONTHLY 
HONORARIUM OF NOT LESS THAN TWO THOUSAND PESOS (P2,000.00), be entitled to the 
following incentives and benefits: 
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SEC. 2. The amount necessary to implement this Act shall be charged against the annual 
appropriations of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). 
SEC. 3. All laws, decrees, executive orders, rules and regulations which are inconsistent with this Act 
are hereby amended, repealed or modified accordingly. 
SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a 
national newspaper of general circulation. 
 Approved, 
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