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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No. 5327

Introduced by HON. EDWARD VERA PEREZ MACEDA and HON. JOHN
MARVIN “YUL SERVO” NIETO

EXPLANATORY NOTE

In the Fifteenth Congress, the late Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago
(Sen. Santiago) introduced two bills the purpose of which is to provide adequate
first aid care to victims of heart attacks, and to train children to administer
automated external defibrillators (AED) to increase survival rate to victims of
heart attack. These bills are: 1) Senate Bill No. 1752 entitled “An Act Requiring
the Placement of Defibrillators in Public Use Airports” or “Defibrillators in Airports
Act’; and 2) Senate Bill No. 1893 entitled “An Act Directing the Secretary of
Education to Establish a Program to Provide Grants for Cardiopulmonary
Resuscitation and Automated External Defibrillator Training in Public Elementary
and Secondary Schools” or “Training Children to Save Lives Act’.

As defined in the late Sen. Santiago's bills, “[a] defibrillator is a device
used in the treatment of life-threatening disturbance of the rhythm of the heart
beat which may occur as the result of a heart attack or a variety of serious
injuries or illnesses. Its effect is to rest the electrical activity of the heart in the
hope that the natural pacemaker cells can then regain control of the rhythm.” The
2012 data from the National Statistics Office (NSO) states that five (5) out of ten
(10) deaths in the Philippines are due to cardiovascular causes.’ The ratio of
death can be reduced and increased to a ninety (90%) percent chance of survival
through the use of both cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and AED.

While Sen. Santiago's bills requires the use of AED by public use airports
and establishment of a training program for the use thereof in public elementary
and secondary schools, this bill seeks to broaden the coverage of said bills to
include not only public use airports but public establishments where a
considerable number of the population may be gathered such as malls, hotels,
and public offices establishments. This bill will Werk re of heart
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IN “YU SERVO” NIETO
District of Manila

EDWARD PEREZMACEDA JOHN
Representative, 4” District of Manila Represehtative,

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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No.__ 5327

Introduced by HON. EDWARD VERA PEREZ MACEDA and HON. JOHN
MARVIN “YUL SERVO” NIETO.

AN ACT
REQUIRING THE PLACEMENT OF DEFIBRILLATORS IN PUBLIC PLACES

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

SECTION 1. Short Title. — This Act shall be referred to as the “Defibrillators in
Public Places Act.”

SECTION 2. Definition of Terms. — As used in this Act, the following terms shall
mean:

(a) “Automated External Defibrillator (AED) device” refers to an electrical
device used to counteract fibrillation of the heart muscle and restore
normal heartbeat by applying a brief electric shock;

(b) “Public Access Defibrillator (PAD) device” refers to (a) which are
placed in government buildings, private places, and other private
places as defined in this section;

(c) “Government buildings” includes a building or portion of a building
leased or rented by the Republic of the Philippines and local
government units, and includes buildings on military installations of the
Philippines;

(d) “Private places” or privately-owned establishments such as resorts,
hotels, casinos, malls, condominiums, and sport venues; and

(e) “Other private places” with expected increased volume of people such
as schools, public or wet markets, and churches or places of worship.

SECTION 3. Guidelines on Placement. — The following requirements shall be
followed in all public places:

(a) Each government building shall supply and maintain an AED device as
defined in this Act, on-site in each establishment open to the public.


The AED device shall be maintained in an accessible location within
the building and shall be made available;

Immediately upon the effectivity of this Act, the Secretary of Health shall submit
to the Department of Budget and Management the plantilla of positions for
Physicians, dentists, nurses, midwives, x-ray technicians, medical technologists,
nutritionists and aides which have not been filled up for the last three (3) years of
more, including the estimated hardship allowances for each vacant position
which the Secretary may grant taking into consideration the guidelines provided
in Section 2 hereof.

(b) The PAD should come with visible signage and maintained in an
accessible location within the government building, private places, or
other private places;

(c) The Secretary of Health shall establish guidelines with respect to
placing automated external defibrillator devices in government
buildings. Such guidelines shall take into account the extent to which
such devices may be used by lay persons, the typical number of
employees and visitors in the buildings, the extent of the need for
security measures regarding the buildings, buildings or portions of
buildings in which there are special circumstances such as high
electrical voltage or extreme heat or cold, and such other factors as the
Secretary determines to be appropriate.

(d) The Secretary shall publish the implementing rule and regulation (IRR)
‘on the appropriate implementation of the placement of AED devices
under subsection (b), including procedures for the following:

k Implementing appropriate training courses in the use of such
devices, including the role of cardiopulmonary resuscitation;

ii. Proper maintenance and testing of the devices; and

ili. Ensuring coordination with appropriate licensed professionals in
the oversight of training of the devices.

SECTION 4. Appropriation. - The amount necessary to implement the
provisions of this Act is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the National
Treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, That the corresponding amount
needed to implement this Act in subsequent years shall be included in the annual
General Appropriations Act for the Department of Health.

SECTION 5. Effectivity. — This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved,