Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 7160

Introduced by ACT-CIS Party-list Representative Rowena Nifia O. Taduran

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Section 32 of the Philippine Nursing Act of 2002 raised the monthly base pay
of government nurses. From Salary Grade (SG) 11, government nurses will now
receive a pay amounting to Salary Grade (SG) 15, increasing their income by as
much as P10,000.00 per month under the Salary Standardization Law (SSL).
Interestingly, R.A. No. 527, as amended, which regulates the practice of medical
technology, does not contain a provision on the compensation of medical
technologists. They have been left out in the cold for so long now.

Medical technologists are by no means inferior to nurses; they work just as
hard, yet they receive a lot less. Just like nurses, medical technologists are exposed
to the same risk every time they report for work. Hence, they must be compensated
in the same level as nurses.

Especially at this time, the country is in immediate need of medical
technologists in the numerous hospitals attending to sick patients. How then can
we encourage our medical technologists to help in the fight against COVID-19?

This bill aims to give justice to our medical technologists in the public and
private sectors; it aims to make them stay in the country.

In view of the foregoing, the immediat

issage of this bill is earnestly sought.


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS.
Second Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No. _ 71.60

Introduced by ACT-CIS Party-list Representative Rowena Nifia O. Taduran

AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5527

Be in 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 "2020 Amendment to R.A.
No. 5527, as amended”.

Section 2. Declaration of Policy. — Article I, Section 18 of the Constitution provides,
viz.,

“The State affirms labor as a primary social economic force. It shall protect the rights
of workers and promote their welfare.

Section 3. — Section 30 of R.A. No. 5527 is hereby amended to read as. follows:

Section 30. Salary. ~ To promote the welfare of and to encourage more
medical technologists to work in public and private hospitals, the
minimum base pay of a registered medical technologist shall not be
lower than an amount equivalent to Salary Grade 15 under Republic Act
No. 6758 or the "Compensation and Classification Act of 1989".

Section 4. The erstwhile Sections 30, 31 and 32 of R.A. No. 5527 are hereby
numbered as Sections 31, 32, and 33.

Section 5. Separability Clause. — If any part or provision of the Act shall be held
unconstitutional or invalid, other provisions hereof which are not affected hereby shall
continue to be in full force and effect.


Section 6. Repealing Clause. — All laws, decrees, rules and regulations inconsistent
with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

Section 7. Effectivity. — This shall take effect after fifteen (15) days from its
Publication in two (2) national newspapers of general circulation.