FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
) 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
) 
First Regular Session 
) 
SENATE 
S. No. 2828 
'11 
MAY 17 P 4 :11 
Introduced by Senator Manuel "Lito" M. Lapid 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Article XIV, Section 5(5) of the 1987 Constitution provides that "The State 
shall assign the highest budgetary priority to education and ensure that 
teaching will attract and retain its rightful share of the best available talents 
through adequate remuneration and other means of job satisfaction and 
fulfillment. " 
It is an accepted principle that the quality of our", educational system is 
dependent on the quality of our teachers. 
Government school teachers occupy a pivotal role in educating and 
molding the minds and hearts of our youth. They playa significant role in nation 
building and in the country's human resource development. Our public school 
teachers mold the minds of our youth to become responsible and productive 
members of society. Their sacrifice and unparalleled devotion in fulfilling their 
noble vocation should be amply rewarded and remembered even after their 
retirement from the service. 
This proposed measure seeks to provide hospitalization benefits to our 
public school teachers who have rendered a minimum of fifteen years (15) of 
teaching service in any of the schools, colleges and universities run by the 
government. This measure is one way of encouraging talented individuals 
interested in the teaching profession to serve and teach in government run 
schools, states colleges and universities. 
In ,,;ew of the forngolng, Immediate passage of this bill "Osought 
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M. LAPIA~I 
Senator 
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FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
) 
) 
) 
First Regular Session 
'11 
MAY 17 P 4 :12 
SENATE 
S. No. 2828 
Introduced by Senator Manuel "Lito" M. Lapid 
AN ACT 
GRANTING FREE HOSPITALIZATION BENEFITS IN GOVERNMENT 
HOSPITALS TO ALL RETIRED PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS WHO HAVE 
RENDERED A MINIMUM OF FIFTEEN (15) YEARS OF CONTINUOUS 
SERVICE IN ANY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, STATE 
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN THE COUNTRY, PROVIDING FUNDS 
THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
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 "Government 
Teachers Hospitalization Benefit Act of 2011." 
SEC. 2. 
Declaration of Policy. -
It is hereby declared the policy of the 
State to improve the quality of education in the country and recognizes it as one of the 
potent economic vehicles in keeping the country attune to globalization. 
Towards this end, the State shall endeavor to ensure that public school teachers 
who have rendered long years of teaching service in our government run schools, 
states colleges and universities be provided free hospitalization in any government-run 
hospitals all over the country. 
SEC. 3. 
Government Teachers Hospitalization Benefit. - All retired 
government school teachers in any public schools, state colleges and universities who 
have rendered a minimum of fifteen (15) years of continuous service in any public 
schools, state colleges and universities are hereby provided free hospitalization benefits 
by the State in any government hospitals, government-run medical centers and health 
service delivery centers. 
SEC. 4. 
Requirements for Availment - For purposes of availing of the 
benefits as envisioned in this Act, the concerned Teacher should secure a certification 
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from the Department of Education (DepEd) and/or Commission on Higher Education 
(CHED) that he/she has rendered fifteen (15) years of continuous teaching service in 
any of the public schools, states colleges and universities run by the government. 
SEC. 5. 
Information, Education and Communication (IEC). -
The 
Department of Health (DOH), in coordination with the Department of Education 
(DepEd), Commission on Higher Education (CHED), Department of Interior and Local 
Government (DILG) and the Philippine Information Agency (PIA), shall conduct a 
nationwide information, education and communication (IEC) campaign in order to inform 
the general public on how to avail of the services and benefits as provided for in this 
Act. 
SEC. 6. 
Appropriation. -
The amount necessary to implement the 
provisions of this act shall be included and incorporated in the annual general 
appropriations of the Department of Health (DOH), Department of Interior and Local 
Government (DILG) 
and the 
various agencies of the government involved in the 
implementation of the provisions of this Act. 
SEC. 7. 
Implementing Rules and Regulations (lRR). - Within ninety (90) 
days from the date of effectivity of this Act, the Department of Health (DOH), in 
consultation with the Department of Education (DepEd), Commission on Higher 
Education (CHED), Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and 
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), shall promulgate the 
necessary rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this Act. 
SEC. 8. 
Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, executive orders, rules and 
regulations or parts thereof not consistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby 
repealed or modified accordingly. 
SEC. 9. 
Separability Clause. - If any part, section or provision of this Act is 
held invalid or unconstitutional, no other part, section or proviSion shall be affected by 
the invalidity or unconstitutionality thereof. 
SEC. 10. 
Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect after fifteen (15) days from 
its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation. 
Approved, 
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