Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT MANDATING OCULAR PROPHYLAXIS ON NEWBORNS
Third Reading Copy link (HRep)
Date filed
June 3, 2008
Scope
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Legislative History (Senate Website)
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Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB04249 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT MANDATING OCULAR PROPHYLAXIS ON NEWBORNS | |
| SHORT TITLE : "infant Eye Preservation Act Of 2007" | |
| ABSTRACT : Requires eye prophylaxis for all newborns not later than one (1) hour after birth. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : PICHAY, PHILIP A. | |
| DATE FILED : 2008-06-03 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS : | |
| 1. Soon-Ruiz | 2. Pingoy |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Arago (057 ) | 2. Daza (P.) (077 ) |
| 3. Climaco (078 ) | 4. Villarosa (008 ) |
| AUTHORS(Final/Third Reading) : | |
| 1. Gonzales (N.) | 2. De Guzman |
| 3. Agbayani | 4. Velarde |
| 5. Romulo | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE | |
| COMMITEE HEARINGS/ACTIONS: | |
| 1. Scheduled for first meeting/hearing on 2008-12-09 | |
| 2. Approved by the Committee on Appropriations on 2008-12-09 | |
| COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 01927 | |
| SUBMITTED ON 2009-04-16 | |
| SUBMITTED BY: HEALTH, APPROPRIATIONS | |
| RECOMMENDATIONS: approval with amendments | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH ON 2008-06-10 | |
| DATE INCLUDED IN OB: 2009-04-20 | |
| DATE CALENDARED : 2009-05-11 | |
| SECOND READING INFORMATION | |
| PERIOD OF COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS : 2009-05-11 | |
| FINAL LIST OF AUTHORS : Gonzales (N.), De Guzman, Agbayani, Velarde, Romulo | |
| DATE APPROVED ON SECOND READING : 2009-05-11 | |
| REMARKS : On May 11, 2009, the Body approved to consider the Explanatory Note as the sponsorship remarks on the measure; terminated the period of sponsorship and debate; approved the amendments as contained in the Ctte. Rpt., if any; terminated the period of amendments; and approved the same on Second Reading. | |
| THIRD READING INFORMATION | |
| DATE COPY DISTRIBUTED TO MEMBERS: 2009-05-13 | |
| DATE APPROVED BY THE HOUSE ON THIRD READING :2009-05-20 | |
| HOUSE VOTES: YEAS:181 NAYS:0 ABSTAIN:.0 | |
| DATE TRANSMITTED TO THE SENATE: 2009-05-26 | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE SENATE/HOUSE | |
| DATE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE: 2009-05-26 | |
| REMARKS : |
Abstract
Requires eye prophylaxis for all newborns not later than one (1) hour after birth.
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