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SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No, 31577 REGIST2ATION UNIT

BILLS AND 'NDI RVICE
Introduced by MAGDALO Party-List Representative
HON. GARY C. ALEJANO
Explanatory Note

‘The 1987 Philippine Constitution states that, “The State shall protect and promote the right to
health of the people and instill among health consciousness.

In line with the abovementioned provision in the Constitution, this proposed measure seeks to
require the inclusion of blood type information of owner/ holder of certificates, licenses, and
identification cards issued by the government. This information is necessary especially in
unlikely situations such as accidents and calamities, wherein a person would be needing urgent
medical attention, particularly blood transfusion. Information such as this is vital in order to
immediately address the needs of a victim in saving his/ her life.

Furthermore, blood type information of citizens, which would be available in the database of
concerned government agencies identified in this bill, would be helpful for a systematic
maintenance of stocks of blood in hospitals and in blood banks maintained by the Philippine Red
Cross.

In view of the foregoing, approval of this measure is earnestly sought.

HON GARY €. ALEJANO,


REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No. 3157

Introduced by MAGDALO Party-List Representative
HON. GARY C, ALEJANO

AN ACT

REQUIRING GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO INDICATE THE BLOOD TYPE OF
INDIVIDUALS IN THE IDENTIFICATION CARDS, CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES

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

assembled:
1 SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as "Blood Type
2 Idemification Act".
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4 Sec. 2. Declaration of Policy. — It is the policy of the State to protect and
5 promote the right to health of the people and instill health consciousness among them
6 — Toward this end, the State shall implements measures that would ensure the safety of
7 lives during disaster and medical emergency situations
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9 See. 3. Blood Type ldentification.- All government agencies shall indicate
10 the blood type of the individual applying for an identification card, certificate or
11 license. For the purpose of this Act, an individual’s blood type must be duly certified
12 by a pathologist
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4 See. 4 Coverage. The following government-issued documents shall bear the
15 blood type of an individual, to wit
16 (a) Identification card as issued by the Social Security System (SSS),
17 the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), passport by the Department of
18 Foreign Affairs (DFA) and professional identification card by the Professional
19 Regulation Commission (PRC);
20 (b) Birth certificate as issued by the Local Registrar's Office or the
21 National Statistics Office (NSO);
2 (c) Driver’s license as issued by the Land Transportation Office (LTO)
23 and firearms license by the Philippine National Police (PNP); and


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(d) Professional Identification Card (PIC), as issued by the PRC and
such other certificates, licenses and/ or identification documents that the agencies not

yet stated in Section 3 may issue in the same classification as enumerated above

See. 5. Appropriations. The amount necessary for the implementation of
this Act shall be charged to the appropriations or corporate fuznds of the implementing

agencies and corporations

Sec. 6, Implementing Rules and Regulations. — The Department of Health
(DOH), in coordination with all concerned government implementing agencies, shall
formulate the rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of the Act

within three (3) months from its effectivity.

Sec.7. Separability Clause.- In the event that any provision of this Act is
declared unconstitutional, the validity of the other provisions shall not be affected by

such declaration.

Sec. 8 Repealing Clause.,- All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations and
other issuances or parts thereof which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act

are hereby repealed or modified accordingly

Sec.9. Effectivity.- This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its

publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,