Entitled:
AN ACT INSTITUTING UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE FOR ALL FILIPINOS, PRESCRIBING REFORMS IN THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
[ THIRD REGULAR SESSION, 17TH CONGRESS ]
[ 2018 ]
7/30/2018	Prepared and submitted jointly by the Committee(s) on HEALTH AND DEMOGRAPHY, WAYS AND MEANS and FINANCE with Senator(s) RALPH G. RECTO, JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO, MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY, LEILA M. DE LIMA, CYNTHIA A. VILLAR, JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA, RISA HONTIVEROS, JOEL VILLANUEVA and SHERWIN T. GATCHALIAN as author(s) per Committee Report No. 401, recommending its approval in substitution of SBNos. 1458, 1673 and 1714, taking into consideration SBN-60 and HBN-5784;
7/30/2018	Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business;
7/30/2018	Sponsor: Senator JOSEPH VICTOR EJERCITO;
7/31/2018	Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order;
7/31/2018	Sponsorship speech of Senator JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO;
7/31/2018	Co-sponsorship speech of Senator(s) JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA, JOEL VILLANUEVA, RISA HONTIVEROS, and MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY;
7/31/2018	Manifestation of Senator LOREN B. LEGARDA that her prepared speech in support of SBN-1896 be inserted into the record of the next session day;
8/28/2018	Interpellation of Senate President VICENTE C. SOTTO III;
9/3/2018	Interpellation of Senator RALPH G. RECTO;
9/5/2018	Interpellation of Senate President VICENTE C. SOTTO III and Senator PANFILO M. LACSON;
9/5/2018	Period of interpellation closed;
9/25/2018	Letter from Senator EMMANUEL "MANNY" D. PACQUIAO on even date, requesting that he be made coauthor of SBN-1896, received by the LBIS;
10/3/2018	Manifestation of Senator Ejercito that he would propose an amendment in the nature of a substitute to SBN-1896. He informed the Body that his proposed amendment by substitution would reflect the concerns brought up by Senator Recto and Senate President Sotto III, as well as the proposed amendments submitted by Senators Recto, Hontiveros, Poe and Lacson;
10/8/2018	Printed copies were distributed to the Senators;
AMENDED TITLE: AN ACT INSTITUTING UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE FOR ALL FILIPINOS, PRESCRIBING REFORMS IN THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE CERTAIN LAWS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
10/9/2018	Upon motion of Senator Recto, the Body approved the amendment by substitution to SBN-1896, submitted by Senator Ejercito;
10/9/2018	Period of individual amendments;
10/9/2018	Period of individual amendments closed;
10/9/2018	Approved on Second Reading with Amendments;
10/9/2018	Motion of Senator Zubiri that Senate President Sotto III, and Senator Drilon and himself be made co-authors;
10/9/2018	(Clarificatory question of Senator Recto to the Majority Leader on the rules of the Senate with regard to the first bills filed relative to the measure. The Chair ruled that the first Senator who filed a bill is always considered the principal author)
10/10/2018	Certified by the President of the Philippines for its IMMEDIATE enactment on October 10,2018;
10/10/2018	Approved on Third Reading;
10/10/2018	In favor: (14) PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" AQUINO IV, MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY, FRANKLIN M. DRILON, JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO, SHERWIN T. GATCHALIAN, GREGORIO B. HONASAN II, RISA HONTIVEROS, PANFILO M. LACSON, EMMANUEL "MANNY" D. PACQUIAO, FRANCIS N. PANGILINAN, AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL, VICENTE C. SOTTO III, JOEL VILLANUEVA and JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI;
10/10/2018	Against: (None) ;
10/10/2018	Abstention: (None) ;
10/10/2018	Manifestation of Senator(s)JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO, RISA HONTIVEROS, FRANKLIN M. DRILON and JOEL VILLANUEVA;
10/10/2018	Senate requested the House of Representatives for a conference on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1896 and HBN-5784, designating Senators Ejercito, Recto, Gatchalian, Villanueva and Hontiveros as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee;
10/15/2018	Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence dated October 11, 2018;
11/12/2018	House of Representatives designated Representatives Tan (D.L.), Salo, Escudero, Suansing, Deloso-Montalla, Garcia III and Arcillas as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on the disagreeing provisions of HBN-5784 and SBN-1896 on October 10, 2018;
12/6/2018	Conference Committee Report on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1896 and HBN-5784, submitted to the Senate, recommending that SBN-1896 and HBN-5784 be approved in accordance with the attached copy of the bill as reconciled;
FINAL TITLE: AN ACT INSTITUTING UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE FOR ALL FILIPINOS, PRESCRIBING REFORMS IN THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.
12/10/2018	Sponsorship speech on the conference committee report of Senator JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO;
12/10/2018	Conference Committee Report Approved by the Senate;
12/13/2018	Conference Committee Report Approved by the House of Representatives on December 10, 2018;
[ 2019 ]
1/16/2019	Letter from Senate Secretary Atty. Myra Marie D. Villarica, dated January 15, 2019, transmitting nine (9) enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-1896 and HBN-5784, for the signature of Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Acting Secretary General of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dante Roberto P. Maling;
1/21/2019	Letter for Senate Secretary Myra Marie D. Villarica, dated January 21, 2019, returning eight (8) enrolled copies of SBN-1896 and HBN-5784, which were signed by Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and the Acting Secretary General of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dante Roberto P. Maling;
1/23/2019	Enrolled copies of SBN-1896 and HBN-5784, sent to the Office of the President of the Philippines through PLLO for the signature and approval of His Excellency, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte;
2/26/2019	Approved and signed into law, in consolidation with HBN-5784, by the President of the Philippines, His Excellency, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on February 20, 2019 and became
2/26/2019	REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11223.
(Pursuant to paragraph g, Sec. 7, Rule V of the Rules of the Senate, R.A.No. 11223 (SBN-1896) with the pertinent documents transmitted to the Legislative Records and Archives Service for safekeeping and preservation on May 28, 2019)
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