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AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO.11332, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "MANDATORY REPORTING OF NOTIFIABLE DISEASES AND HEALTH EVENTS OF PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN ACT"
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Date filed
October 2, 2020
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Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB07823 |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO.11332, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "MANDATORY REPORTING OF NOTIFIABLE DISEASES AND HEALTH EVENTS OF PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN ACT" |
| ABSTRACT : Seeks to augment the law to make this more effective in addressing future outbreaks by: (1)establishing sub-national laboratories in all DOH-run hospitals; (2)establishment of hotlines and other forms of access for reporting of diseases and public health events; (3)requiring the DOH to issue clear guidelines on the systematic reporting and recording of such diseases and events of public health concern; and(4)requiring all public and private institutions to provide the necessary information in disease surveillance and other epidemiologic investigations. |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : SALVADOR-TAMBUNTING, JOY MYRA |
| DATE FILED : 2020-10-02 |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : |
| 1. Alonte (000 2021-02-02) |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH ON 2020-10-06 |
Abstract
Seeks to augment the law to make this more effective in addressing future outbreaks by: (1)establishing sub-national laboratories in all DOH-run hospitals; (2)establishment of hotlines and other forms of access for reporting of diseases and public health events; (3)requiring the DOH to issue clear guidelines on the systematic reporting and recording of such diseases and events of public health concern; and(4)requiring all public and private institutions to provide the necessary information in disease surveillance and other epidemiologic investigations.
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