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- HB 2465· Filed Jul 29, 2025An Act Institutionalizing Health Social Work in the Public Health System and Providing for the Welfare, Standardized Roles, and Professional Development of Health Social Workers and Support Personnel
The proposal would make health social workers a permanent part of the public health system, create standard jobs for them and their aides, and give them the same benefits and training as other health staff.
Pending with the Committee on HEALTH since 2025-08-04Rep. Girlie E. Veloso - SB 420· Filed Jul 10, 2025Super Health Centers in All Cities and Municipalities Act
The proposal would build at least one fully equipped primary‑care clinic in every city and municipality, staffed by local health workers, to provide 24‑hour basic medical services, medicines, and vaccines, funded annually from the national budget.
Pending in the committeeSen. Alan Peter "Compañero" S. Cayetano - HB 2943· Filed Aug 4, 2025An Act Integrating Preventive and Lifestyle Medicine into the Philippine Health Care System, Appropriating Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes
The bill would make every health facility in the Philippines add lifestyle‑medicine services—like nutrition counseling, exercise programs, and stress‑management—to help prevent and treat chronic diseases, and it would fund these efforts through the health department’s budget and PhilHealth.
Pending with the Committee on HEALTH since 2025-08-06Rep. Kathryn Joyce F. Md Gorriceta - HB 8799· Filed Mar 26, 2026An Act Providing for a Health Maintenance Organization for Public School Teachers and Appropriating Funds Therefor
The bill would set up a health‑insurance program for all public school teachers and allocate money for it.
Pending with the Committee on BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE since 2026-05-04Rep. Eric Go Yap - HB 9788· Filed Jun 3, 2026An Act Expanding the Offering of Medical and Allied Health Courses in State Universities and Colleges to Strengthen the National Health Workforce
The bill would let public universities add more health‑related degree programs—such as nursing, medical technology, dentistry, pharmacy and other allied‑health courses—to train more health workers, especially for underserved areas.
Pending First ReadingRep. Jeffrey Soriano +2 - HB 6915· Filed Dec 17, 2025An Act Establishing the Philippine Electronic Health or Ehealth System and Services in Support of Universal Health Care, and Appropriating Funds Therefor
The bill creates a new agency, the Bureau of Health Facilities and Services, to set rules, inspect, license, and monitor all health facilities in the Philippines, and gives it powers to fine or shut down facilities that do not follow the rules.
Pending with the Committee on HEALTH since 2025-12-22Rep. Christopherson "Coco" M. Yap - HB 205· Filed Jun 30, 2025An Act Providing for a Free, Comprehensive, and Progressive National Public Health Care System
The bill proposes a nationwide, tax‑funded health system that would give every Filipino free access to all basic, preventive, curative, and palliative health services, medicines, and health‑worker support.
Pending with the Committee on HEALTH since 2025-07-29Rep. Antonio L. Tinio +1 - SB 575· Filed Jul 14, 2025Healthy Buhay at Hanapbuhay Para Sa Guro Act
The bill would give all elementary and secondary teachers—both public and private—a set of health benefits, including free hospital wards, expanded PhilHealth coverage, subsidies for private‑hospital care, a 10% discount on medicines, and up to five days of mental‑health leave each year, with the costs to be paid from the national budget.
Pending in the committeeSen. Risa Hontiveros - HB 324· Filed Jun 30, 2025An Act Strengthening the Mental Health Services of State Universities and Colleges and Appropriating Funds Therefor
The proposal would create a Mental Health Office in every state university and college, staff it with trained professionals, and allocate budget funds to support these services.
Measure approved by the Committee on 2025-12-09Rep. Iris Marie Demesa Montes - SB 156· Filed Jul 7, 2025Health Courses Expansion Act of 2025
The bill would make all public universities and colleges in the Philippines add nursing, medical technology, dentistry, pharmacy and other health‑related degree programs, especially in areas that lack doctors and nurses.
Pending in the committeeSen. Erwin T. Tulfo - HB 4626· Filed Sep 17, 2025An Act Expanding the National Health Insurance Program to Cover Comprehensive Mental Health Services, and for Other Purposes
The proposal would require the national health insurance program (PhilHealth) to add a full set of mental‑health services—prevention, outpatient and inpatient care, medicines, tele‑medicine, rehabilitation, and special care for children—so that Filipinos can get treatment without large out‑of‑pocket costs.
Pending with the Committee on HEALTH since 2025-09-23Rep. Gil "Kabarangayjr" Acosta +1 - HB 3826· Filed Aug 18, 2025An Act Further Promoting the General Welfare, and Enhancing the Statutory Benefits and Incentives of Public Health Workers, Amending for the Purpose Certain Provisions of Republic Act No. 7305, Otherwise Known as the Magna Carta of Public Health Workers
The bill proposes to broaden who is considered a public health worker, raise several allowances (night‑shift, hazard, subsistence, laundry), make those allowances tax‑free, and add step‑increment incentives for service length and postgraduate degrees. It also requires the Department of Health to issue rules within 30 days of publication, and the act would become effective 15 days after it is published.
Pending with the Committee on HEALTH since 2025-08-26Rep. Salvador A. Pleyto - HB 7130· Filed Jan 19, 2026An Act Regulating the Establishment and Operations of Health Maintenance Organizations (Hmos), for Other Purposes
The proposed Health Maintenance Organization Act would let private insurers sell prepaid health plans, require them to be licensed and overseen by the Insurance Commission, give tax breaks to employers who pay for these plans, and set rules for patient rights, provider payments, dispute resolution, and penalties for non‑compliance.
Pending with the Committee on HEALTH since 2026-01-27Rep. Rufus B. Rodriguez +1 - HB 200· Filed Jun 30, 2025An Act Mandating the Department of Health (DOH) to Ensure the Availability of Medicines and Procurement of Medical Equipment in All Public Hospitals Through the Utilization of the Medical Assistance to Indigent and Financially Incapacitated Patients (Maifip) Fund, and for Other Purposes
The bill proposes that the Department of Health guarantee essential medicines and basic diagnostic equipment in every public hospital, using at least 25 % of the MAIFIP fund for these purchases.
Pending with the Committee on HEALTH since 2025-07-29Rep. Edvic G. Yap - HB 7067· Filed Jan 12, 2026An Act Providing Monthly Support to Senior Citizens of Prescribed Maintenance Medicines, Food Supplements, and Vitamins, Appropriating Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes
The bill would give every senior citizen who registers with the local senior‑citizens office a monthly package worth Php 1,000 of prescribed medicines, vitamins and health supplements, paid for by the Department of Health.
Pending with the Committee on SENIOR CITIZENS since 2026-01-26Rep. Salvador A. Pleyto - HB 5506· Filed Oct 13, 2025An Act Ensuring the Access of All Filipinos to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health and Improving Health Financing Security of All Filipinos Through Health Maintenance Organizations, Regulating Their Operations by Establishing a Center for Managed Care Services, Appropriating Funds Therefor and for Other Purposes
The proposed Health Maintenance Organizations Act would create a new government agency to regulate private health‑insurance groups (HMOs), set a high capital requirement for them, give tax breaks to employers and members, and give the agency power to license, monitor, and punish HMOs to try to make health care more affordable and reliable for all Filipinos.
Pending with the Committee on HEALTH since 2025-11-11Rep. Francisco "Lalo" T. Matugas - HB 4236· Filed Sep 1, 2025An Act Ensuring the Continuous Availability of Essential Medicines, Vaccines, and Supplies for Notifiable Infectious Diseases of Public Health Importance in All Rural Health Units (Rhus), Providing Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes
The bill would require every Rural Health Unit to keep a steady supply of key medicines and vaccines for serious infectious diseases, with funding from the national health budget and local governments.
Pending with the Committee on HEALTH since 2025-09-03Rep. Adrian E. Salceda - HB 9587· Filed Jun 1, 2026An Act Providing for Hospital and Healthcare Benefits for Public School Teachers, Non-Teaching Personnel and Their Dependents, and Appropriating Funds Therefor
The bill would give public school teachers and staff free access to special health centers and hospital wards, automatic PhilHealth coverage with a 20 % benefit increase, discounts on medicines, subsidies for private‑hospital care, and up to five days of mental‑health leave each year, funded through the national budget.
Pending with the Committee on HEALTH since 2026-06-03Rep. Reynante U. Arrogancia - HB 7014· Filed Dec 22, 2025An Act Providing Health Maintenance Organization (Hmo) Coverage for All Public School Teachers, and Appropriating Funds Therefor
The proposal would give every public‑school teacher a new HMO health plan that adds to their existing PhilHealth coverage, covering outpatient, inpatient, emergency, yearly check‑ups and mental‑health services, and would be paid for from the education budget each year.
Pending with the Committee on BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE since 2026-01-26Rep. Salvador A. Pleyto - HB 7648· Filed Feb 9, 2026An Act Providing for Hospital and Healthcare Benefits for Public and Private School Teachers and Their Dependents and Appropriating Funds Thereof
The bill, titled the “Healthy Buhay at Hanapbuhay para sa Guro Act,” proposes free teachers’ health centers and special hospital wards, expanded PhilHealth coverage with government‑paid premiums, a 10 % discount on medicines, and five days of mental‑health leave for all public and private elementary and secondary school teachers and their dependents.
Pending with the Committee on HEALTH since 2026-02-10Rep. Percival "Perci" Cendaña +3 - SB 421· Filed Jul 10, 2025Health Centers in All Barangays Act
The bill would require every barangay in the Philippines to set up a health center within three years, with local governments providing funding and staffing the centers with at least a doctor, nurse and dentist.
Pending in the committeeSen. Alan Peter "Compañero" S. Cayetano - HB 9794· Filed Jun 3, 2026An Act Strengthening the Philippine Healthcare System to Achieve Efficiency and Equity, and to Improve Public Health Emergency Preparedness, Amending for the Purpose Republic Act No. 11223, Otherwise Known as the �universal Health Care Act�
The bill updates the Universal Health Care Act to add new health‑service definitions, expand outpatient and emergency benefits, set a 3.5 % premium rate, create a health‑technology assessment council and a universal‑health‑care coordinating council, and introduce a special health fund and stronger penalties for misuse of health money.
Pending First ReadingRep. Jeffrey Soriano +2 - HB 4902· Filed Sep 25, 2025An Act Mandating the Department of Health (DOH) to Ensure the Availability of Medicines and Procurement of Medical Equipment in All Public Hospitals Through the Utilization of the Medical Assistance to Indigent and Financially Incapacitated Patients (Maifip) Fund, and for Other Purposes
The bill requires the Department of Health to use at least 25 % of the MAIFIP fund to guarantee that every public hospital has enough essential medicines and basic diagnostic equipment, with transparent reporting and a 60‑day rule‑making deadline.
Pending with the Committee on HEALTH since 2025-09-29Rep. Eric L. Olivarez - HB 6512· Filed Dec 1, 2025An Act Providing Health Maintenance Organization (Hmo) Coverage for All Public School Teachers, and Appropriating Funds Therefor
The bill would give every public‑school teacher who has worked at least six months in a public school an HMO plan that covers medical and dental care, with costs paid from the education and finance departments’ budgets.
Pending with the Committee on BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE since 2025-12-03Rep. Jb Bernos +1 - HB 3525· Filed Aug 12, 2025An Act Providing for the Creation of Super Health Centers in Every City and Municipality, Appropriating Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes
The bill would require every city and municipality to set up at least one 24‑hour health center that offers basic, low‑risk medical care, with equipment, medicines, and staff provided according to national guidelines.
Pending with the Committee on HEALTH since 2025-08-18Rep. Ricardo Jr. S. Cruz - HB 3888· Filed Aug 20, 2025An Act Providing for the Creation of Super Health Centers in Every City and Municipality, Appropriating Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes
The bill proposes to create at least one Super Health Center in every city and municipality, fund them through annual national appropriations, and set standards for facilities, staffing, and services.
Pending with the Committee on HEALTH since 2025-08-27Rep. Jorge Daniel S. Bocobo - SB 1023· Filed Aug 6, 2025Exapnded Magna Carta of Public Health Workers Act
The proposed law would broaden who counts as a public health worker, raise entry‑level salaries for doctors and nurses, and add several new allowances (risk, rice, clothing, hazard, subsistence) plus a loss‑of‑earnings benefit, with the cost paid from sin‑tax revenues.
Pending in the committeeSen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada - HB 11102· Filed Sep 2, 2026An Act Providing Health Maintenance Organization (Hmo) Coverage for All Public School Teachers, and Appropriating Funds Therefor
The bill would give every public school teacher in the Philippines a new HMO health plan that adds outpatient, inpatient, emergency, yearly check‑ups and mental‑health services on top of existing PhilHealth benefits, and funds it from the education budget.
Pending with the Committee on BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE since 2026-09-07Rep. Ramil Laurel Hernandez - HB 4524· Filed Sep 10, 2025An Act Instituting Universal Oral Health Care for All Filipinos and Appropriating Funds Therefor
The proposed Universal Oral Health Care Act would create a new Oral Health Bureau under the Department of Health, require every rural health unit to have an oral health team, expand PhilHealth coverage for dental services, and fund the program through existing health budgets.
Pending with the Committee on HEALTH since 2025-09-15Rep. Iris Marie Demesa Montes - HB 5765· Filed Nov 5, 2025An Act to Further Promote the General Welfare and Enhance the Statutory Benefits and Incentives of Public Health Workers, Amending for the Purpose Certain Provisions of Republic Act No. 7305, Otherwise Known as the Magna Carta of Public Health Workers
The bill would expand the definition of health workers, forbid discrimination, add night‑shift, hazard, subsistence and laundry allowances, give step‑up salary increments for post‑graduate degrees, make those allowances tax‑free, and require the Department of Health to issue rules within 30 days after publication.
Pending with the Committee on HEALTH since 2025-11-12Rep. Alyssa Michaela “mica” M. Gonzales - HB 542· Filed Jun 30, 2025An Act Establishing the Philippine Health Security Council and Appropriating Funds Therefor
The proposal creates a high‑level council to plan and coordinate the Philippines’ response to disease outbreaks, bioterrorism, and other health threats, and sets up a national action plan, funding, and oversight mechanisms.
Pending with the Committee on HEALTH since 2025-07-29Rep. Jaime R. Fresnedi - HB 662· Filed Jun 30, 2025An Act Establishing the Philippine Health Security Council and Appropriating Funds Therefor
The bill would set up a new inter‑agency Philippine Health Security Council under the Department of Health to create a national health‑security action plan, coordinate pandemic‑ready measures, and oversee regional and local health‑security councils across the country.
Pending with the Committee on HEALTH since 2025-07-29Rep. Keith Micah "Atty. Mike" D.l. Tan - SB 2194· Filed May 26, 2026Healthcare Information of Patients in a Centralized Accessible Records Exchange (Health-Care) Act
The Health‑CARE Act proposes a single, secure national electronic health record system that all public and private health providers can use, giving patients rights to view, correct, limit, and delete their data while imposing strict security and privacy rules.
Pending in the committeeSen. Camille A. Villar - HB 6200· Filed Nov 19, 2025An Act Enhancing the Statutory Benefits and Incentives of Public Health Workers, Amending for the Purpose Certain Provisions of Republic Act No. 7305, Otherwise Known as the �magna Carta of Public Health Workers�
The proposal would raise several allowances for public‑health staff, expand who counts as a health worker, add anti‑discrimination protections, and make the new allowances tax‑free.
Pending with the Committee on HEALTH since 2025-11-25Rep. Bai Dimple I. Mastura - HB 6446· Filed Nov 27, 2025An Act Providing for the Establishment of Barangay Drugstores, Otherwise Known as �botika Sa Barangay� and for Other Purposes
The proposal would require the Department of Health to set up a public drugstore in every barangay, offering only medicines on a national core list and staffed by a trained aide, with priority given to the poorest areas.
Pending with the Committee on HEALTH since 2025-12-02Rep. Rufus B. Rodriguez +1 - HB 9337· Filed May 19, 2026An Act Strengthening the Grassroots Primary Health Care System Through Hiring of Sufficient Barangay Health Workers in Cities and Municipalities, Elevating Their Status to Local Government Employees, Providing Appropriations Therefor, and for Other Purposes
The proposal would turn barangay health workers from volunteers into paid local‑government employees, require every city and municipality to hire enough of them based on a ratio set by the health department, and fund their salaries from the local government’s tax allotment.
Pending with the Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT since 2026-05-25Rep. Ramil Laurel Hernandez - SB 1204· Filed Aug 18, 2025Lingap Gamot Resistensya Pack Para Sa Nakatatandang Pinoy Act
The bill proposes that the government give free maintenance medicines, vitamins, and supplements to every senior citizen who is registered, listed in their barangay health center, has a primary health provider, and holds a recent prescription.
Pending in the committeeSen. Risa Hontiveros - HB 3418· Filed Aug 11, 2025An Ac? Strengthening the Philippine Healthcare System to Achieve Efficiency and Equity, and to Improve Public Health Emergency Preparedness, Amending for Th? Purpose Republic Act No. 11223, Otherwise Known as the "Universal Health Care A??"
The bill would change how PhilHealth premiums are set—using actuarial studies and requiring Congress’s approval—share migrant workers’ premiums between the government and employers, cap PhilHealth’s administrative costs at 7.5 %, and create new bodies (UHC‑CC, HTA committee) to oversee health‑care delivery and technology assessment.
Pending with the Committee on HEALTH since 2025-08-13Rep. Emmarie "Lolypop" Ouano-Dizon - HB 9128· Filed May 6, 2026An Act Amending Republic Act 7305, Otherwise Known as the Magna Carta of Public Health Workers, and for Other Purposes
The bill expands who counts as a public health worker, guarantees them permanent jobs, sets minimum staffing ratios, raises entry salaries, adds many allowances (hazard, subsistence, housing, etc.), protects their right to organize and strike, and creates penalties for anyone who interferes with these rights.
Pending with the Committee on HEALTH since 2026-05-12Rep. Antonio L. Tinio +2 - HB 10952· Filed Aug 25, 2026An Act Providing Health Maintenance Organization (Hmo) Coverage for All Public School Teachers, and Appropriating Funds Therefor
The bill would give every public‑school teacher who has worked at least six months a health plan that covers medical and dental care, paid for by the education and finance departments.
Pending with the Committee on HEALTH since 2026-09-01Rep. Marcelino "Marcy" R. Teodoro - HB 4868· Filed Sep 24, 2025An Act Creating a Dental Service in Every City or Municipal Health Unit as Part of the Primary Health Care Approach in the Delivery of Healthcare Services, and Appropriating Funds Therefor
The Dental Health Services Act proposes to set up a dental service in every city or municipal health unit, overseen by the Department of Health, with funding taken from the health department’s budget and future general appropriations.
Pending with the Committee on HEALTH since 2025-09-26Rep. Nelson S. Legacion - SB 22· Filed Jul 2, 2025Allied Health Scholarship and Service Act
The bill creates a scholarship that pays for all costs of studying an allied‑health course, and requires recipients to work in a public health facility for as many years as they received funding, with at least two years of service.
Pending in the committeeSen. Pia S. Cayetano - HB 4110· Filed Aug 27, 2025An Act Providing for the Stockpiling of Strategic and Critical Drugs and Medicines, Vaccines, Devices, and Materials for Public Health Emergencies, Creating for the Purpose the Health Procurement and Stockpiling Bureau Under the Department of Health, and Appropriating Funds Therefor
The bill proposes a new bureau under the Department of Health to buy, store, and manage essential medicines, vaccines, devices, and supplies for emergencies, and sets up a fund to finance these activities.
Pending with the Committee on HEALTH since 2025-09-01Rep. Keith Micah "Atty. Mike" D.l. Tan - HB 8437· Filed Mar 11, 2026An Act Establishing a Unified Electronic Medical Records for All Patients of Public Hospitals and Clinics, Establishing for This Purpose the Electronic Medical Record Center Under the Department of Health and Appropriating Funds Therefor
The bill proposes a nationwide digital health record system for every patient in public hospitals and clinics, creates an Electronic Medical Record Center under the Department of Health, and sets aside money to build and run it.
Pending with the Committee on HEALTH since 2026-03-17Rep. Nelson S. Legacion - HB 7780· Filed Feb 12, 2026An Act Providing Healthcare Benefits to Public School Teachers, and Appropriating Funds Therefor
The proposal would automatically enroll every public school teacher, after six months of service, in a government‑chosen HMO that provides medical and dental care, paid for by the state and not deducted from salaries.
Pending with the Committee on HEALTH since 2026-02-18Rep. Joel R. Chua - HB 1907· Filed Jul 15, 2025An Act Mandating the Establishment and Maintenance of a Centralized Patient Record System in Municipalities and Cities, to Be Kept by Rural Health Units or Health Centers and Similar Primary Health Facilities, Ensuring Continuity of Care and Adherence to Data Privacy Standards, and for Other Purposes
The bill would require every city and town to set up a secure, central health record system managed by local health centers, so doctors can see a patient’s full history, while protecting privacy.
Pending with the Committee on HEALTH since 2025-07-30Rep. Marcelino C. Libanan - HB 4697· Filed Sep 18, 2025An Act Strengthening the Mental Health Services of State Universities and Colleges and Appropriating Funds Therefor
The proposal would require every state university and college to set up a Mental Health Office, hire and train qualified mental‑health staff within five years, and fund these activities through the regular national budget.
Measure approved by the Committee on 2025-12-09Rep. Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez +3 - HB 9504· Filed May 28, 2026An Act Strengthening Local Health Systems Through National Standards, Performance Benchmarking, Capacity-Building, and Sustained Support for Devolved Health Services, Establishing a Health Systems Strengthening Fund, and for Other Purposes
The bill creates a national framework that sets standards, benchmarks and a new fund to help local governments improve hospitals, health units and barangay stations, especially in poor or remote areas.
Pending with the Committee on HEALTH since 2026-06-02Rep. Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez +3 - HB 10205· Filed Jul 23, 2026An Act Requiring Public Health Facilities to Disclose Essential Medicines Availability, Low-Stock Status, Stockouts, Restocking Timelines, and Procurement Status, Creating a National Essential Medicines Availability Dashboard, and Providing Penalties for Non-Compliance
The proposed law would make public hospitals and health centers report, on a weekly (or daily for priority drugs) basis, whether essential medicines are in stock, low in stock, or out of stock, publish this information on an online dashboard, and impose penalties for false or missing reports.
- HB 7891· Filed Feb 18, 2026An Act Providing Philhealth Coverage to Barangay Frontline Health and Social Service Workers, and for Other Purposes
The bill would automatically enroll barangay service point officers, health workers, and nutrition scholars in PhilHealth so they can receive health insurance like other Filipinos.
Pending with the Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT since 2026-02-23Rep. Kathryn Joyce F. Md Gorriceta
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