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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

18™ CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 534

Introduced by Representative CARLITO S. MARQUEZ

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to empower the elderly by ensuring them the
fulfillment of the special needs and requirements that are unique to
the elderly.

Section 11, Article XIII of the 1987 Philippine Constitution
states that, “The State shall adopt an integrated and comprehensive
approach to health development which shall endeavor to make
essential goods, health and other social services available to all the
people at affordable cost. There shall be priority for the needs of the
underprivileged sick, elderly, disabled women and children. xxx”

The State and the Filipino family accords due reverence,
gratitude and worth to our elderlies. Elderlies are in due recognition
that they were once productive members of the society, and that
their efforts and contributions in community building shall be paid
for by what they deserve. Although extended Filipino families have
cared for their elderly in their homes, there are certain realities
such as neglect that exist due to socio-economic demands the
painstaking care for an aging relative requires.

In coordination with Department of Social Welfare and
Development and the Department of Health, such proposal of
establishing an elderly care and nursing complex will provide the


poverty-stricken elderly members an opportunity to live the life
without worries and anxiety.

Hence, the immediate passage of this bill is earnestly

sought.
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ENGR. CARLITO “Lito” S. MARQUEZ


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

18™ CONGRESS
First Regular Session

6534
HOUSE BILL NO.

Introduced by Representative CARLITO S. MARQUEZ

AN ACT
ESTABLISHING AN ELDERLY CARE AND NURSING COMPLEX IN
EVERY CITY AND PROVINCE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THEREFOR

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

Section 1. Short Title - This Act shall be known as the “Elderly
Care and Nursing Complex Act of 2020.”

Sec 2. Declaration of Policy. - It is the declared policy of the State
to provide quality and affordable care and nursing facilities for poor
elderly Filipinos. The State shall also endeavor to give priority to the
needs of the elderly and actively participate in uplifting their well-
being.

Sec 3. Elderly Care and Nursing Complex. - There shall be
established an elderly care and nursing complex in every city and
province in the country for all elderly persons whose family members
are financially incapable to provide or meet the special needs and

requirements of the elderly.

Sec 4. Definition of Terms. For the purposes of this Act:


a. Elderly refers to a person who is sixty-five (65) years old
and above.

b. Elderly care and nursing complex refers to the place and
facility that is designated to provide skilled and professional care to

the elderly twenty-four hours a day and seven days a week.

Sec 5. Location of Complex. - The Department of Social Welfare
and Development shall, in coordination with the Department of
Health and the Department of Interior and Local Government,
determine the location in the city or province of the proposed elderly

care and nursing complex.

Sec 6. Government Assistance. - The Department of Social
Welfare and Development and the Department of Health, shall
provide the necessary assistance and support to fulfill the needs of
the elderly residing in the elderly care and nursing complex.

Sec 7. Role of Family Members. Family members shall be
provided with adequate information on the policies and regulations of
the elderly care and nursing complex and shall be guided on how to
care for their elderly based on shared experiences and best practices.
They shall also be informed about their responsibilities during the
admission of their elderly in the facilities.

Sec 8. Personnel Requirements and Incentives. - All personnel
involved in elderly care and nursing complex shall have adequate and
appropriate education and training to be determined by the
Department of Social Welfare and Development, in consultation with
the Department of Health.

Sec 9. Appropriations - The amount necessary for the
implementation of this Act shall be included in the General

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Appropriations Act of the year following its enactment into law and

thereafter.

Section 10. Separability Clause - If any provision of this Act is
held invalid, all other provisions not affected thereby shall remain
valid.

Section 11. Repealing Clause - All laws, Presidential Decrees,
Executive orders, rules and regulations or any other issuances or
parts thereof inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or
amended accordingly.

Section 12. Effectivity - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15)
days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of

general circulation.

Approved.