Bill Type
Long Title
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A MORE RESPONSIVE NURSING PROFESSION, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7164, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS `THE PHILIPPINE NURSING ACT OF 1991' AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Congress Author
Date filed
July 17, 2001
Scope

Legislative History

House Bill/Resolution NO. House Bill No. 1084, 12th Congress of the Republic
REPUBLIC ACT NO. RA09173
FULL TITLE : AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A MORE RESPONSIVE NURSING PROFESSION, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7164, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS `THE PHILIPPINE NURSING ACT OF 1991' AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
SHORT TITLE : The Philippine Nursing Act of 2002
ABSTRACT : Among the salient provisions of this bill are: (1) Strengthening of the Board of Nursing; (2) Improvement of the Licensure Examination; (3) Making nursing education and practice more relevant; (4) Increasing the participation of the accredited professional nursing association in the different concerns of the profession; and (5) Integrating the nursing profession in the country.
PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : PADILLA, CARLOS M.
DATE FILED : 2001-07-17
SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL
CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) :
1. Lagman-luistro (060 ) 2. Puentebella (066 )
3. Chipeco (066 ) 4. Abayon (068 )
5. Espina (076 ) 6. Monfort (083 )
7. Espino (015 )
COUNTERPART HOUSE BILL/CONCURRENT RESOLUTION: SB02292
URGENT SENATE BILL? Yes
DATE CERTIFIED AS URGENT HOUSE BILL: 2002-08-21
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 00306
SUBMITTED ON 2002-03-12
SUBMITTED BY: CIVIL SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, APPROPRIATIONS
RECOMMENDATIONS: approval with amendment
SUBSTITUTED BILLS: House Bill No. 676, 12th Congress of the Republic
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES
REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON CIVIL SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION ON 2001-07-25
SECONDARILY REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE(S) ON APPROPRIATIONS
DATE INCLUDED IN OB: 2002-03-13
DATE CALENDARED : 2002-04-17
SECOND READING INFORMATION
PERIOD OF SPONSORSHIP : 2002-04-17
PERIOD OF COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS : 2002-04-17
DATE APPROVED ON SECOND READING : 2002-04-17
REMARKS : The Body approved to consider the Explanatory Note of the Bill as the sponsorship remarks.
THIRD READING INFORMATION
DATE COPY DISTRIBUTED TO MEMBERS: 2002-04-30
DATE APPROVED BY THE HOUSE ON THIRD READING :2002-05-07
HOUSE VOTES:    YEAS:167     NAYS:0    ABSTAIN:.0
DATE TRANSMITTED TO THE SENATE:  2002-05-09
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE SENATE/HOUSE
DATE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE:  2002-05-13
DATE PASSED BY THE SENATE:  2002-08-28
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE INFORMATION
DATE REQUESTED TO FORM A CONFERENCE COMMITTEE : 2002-09-30
CONFERENCE COMMITTEEE REQUESTED BY : HOUSE
DATE AGREED TO FORM A CONFERENCE COMMITTEE : 2002-09-30
CONCOM MEMBERS(HOUSE) : Jala, Abayon, Nachura, Chatto, Padilla, Dilangalen
CONCOM MEMBERS(SENATE) : , , , ,
DATE HOUSE RATIFIED CONCOM REPORT : 2002-10-15
DATE SENATE APPROVED CONCOM REPORT : 2002-10-08
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE PRESIDENT
DATE TRANSMITTED TO THE PRESIDENT : 2002-10-16
DATE ACTED UPON BY THE PRESIDENT : 2002-10-21
PRESIDENTIAL ACTION:(A)PPROVED/(V)ETOED/(L)APSED : A
REPUBLIC ACT NO.: RA09173
ORIGIN : HOUSE
REPUBLIC ACT TITLE: AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A MORE RESPONSIVE NURSING PROFESSION, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7164, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "THE PHILIPPINE NURSING ACT OF 1991" AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Abstract

Among the salient provisions of this bill are: (1) Strengthening of the Board of Nursing; (2) Improvement of the Licensure Examination; (3) Making nursing education and practice more relevant; (4) Increasing the participation of the accredited professional nursing association in the different concerns of the profession; and (5) Integrating the nursing profession in the country.

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