Bill Type
House Bill
Congress Name
17th Congress of the Republic
Long Title
FULL TITLE : AN ACT GRANTING MANDATORY PHILHEALTH COVERAGE TO ALL PERSONS WITH DISABILITY (PWDs), AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7277, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 'MAGNA CARTA FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITY', PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Text as filed (link)
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Congress Author
TUPAS, RAUL "BOBOY" C.
Date filed
August 9, 2016
Scope
NATIONAL

Legislative History

House Bill/Resolution NO. HB02738
FULL TITLE : AN ACT GRANTING MANDATORY PHILHEALTH COVERAGE TO ALL PERSONS WITH DISABILITY (PWDs), AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7277, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 'MAGNA CARTA FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITY', PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : TUPAS, RAUL "BOBOY" C.
DATE FILED : 2016-08-09
SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL
NATURE : Welfare
CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) :
1. Mangaoang (025 2016-09-21) 2. Gorriceta (025 2016-09-21)
3. Palma (025 2016-09-21) 4. Yu (025 2016-09-21)
5. Defensor (025 2016-09-21) 6. Madrona (025 2016-09-21)
7. Espino (025 2016-09-21) 8. Eusebio (025 2016-09-21)
9. Bataoil (029 2016-09-29) 10. Nava (055 2016-12-13)
11. Gasataya (055 2016-12-13) 12. Villafuerte (055 2016-12-13)
13. Ong (H.) (062 2017-01-25) 14. Bolilia (062 2017-01-25)
15. Revilla (064 2017-01-31) 16. Alejano (095 2017-05-29)
17. Dalipe (000 2017-10-03)
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE
COMMITEE HEARINGS/ACTIONS:
      1. Referred to Stakeholders on 2016-08-25
      2. Under deliberation by the Mother Committee on 2017-01-31
      3. Under study by the Technical Working Group(TWG) on 2017-01-31
      4. Under study by the Technical Working Group(TWG) on 2017-03-14
      5. Recommendations submitted by the TWG on 2017-05-16
      6. Approved by the Committee on 2017-05-16
      7. Transmitted to the Committee on Appropriations on 2017-05-22
      8. Scheduled for meeting/hearing on 2018-03-14
      9. Approved by the Committee on Appropriations on 2018-03-14
MOTHER BILL: HB08014
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES
REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL SERVICES ON 2017-01-25
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE REFERRALS :PRIMARILY REFERRED TO HEALTH on 2016-08-16;
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