Bill Type
Long Title
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE MANDATORY PHILHEALTH COVERAGE FOR ALL SENIOR CITIZENS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7432, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9994, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE EXPANDED SENIOR CITIZENS ACT OF 2010
Short Title
EXPANDED SENIOR CITIZENS ACT
Co-sponsor
Date filed
October 7, 2013
Scope
Legislative Status Date
Session Sequence No.
9
Session Type
Document Certification

Committee Details

Primary Committee
Committee Report No.
58

Floor Activity

Floor Activity
Date Parliamentary status Senator(s)
8/20/2014 Sponsorship Speech Guingona III, Teofisto "Tg"
8/20/2014 Co-Sponsorship Speech Recto, Ralph G.
9/16/2014 Inquiry
9/16/2014 Interpellation Sotto III, Vicente C.
9/17/2014 Remarks Recto, Ralph G.Cayetano, Alan Peter Companero S.
9/17/2014 Interpellation Cayetano, Pia S.
9/17/2014 Period of Individual Amendments Closed
9/17/2014 Period of Committee Amendments
9/17/2014 Period of Committee Amendments Closed
9/17/2014 Remarks
9/17/2014 Period of Interpellation Closed

Legislative History

Entitled:
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE MANDATORY PHILHEALTH COVERAGE FOR ALL SENIOR CITIZENS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7432, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9994, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE EXPANDED SENIOR CITIZENS ACT OF 2010
[ FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 16TH CONGRESS ]
[ 2013 ]
7/10/2013 Introduced by Senator RALPH G. RECTO;
8/7/2013 Read on First Reading and Referred to the Committee on HEALTH AND DEMOGRAPHY;
[ SECOND REGULAR SESSION ]
[ 2014 ]
7/28/2014 Returned and submitted by the Committee on HEALTH AND DEMOGRAPHY per Committee Report No. 58, recommending its approval without amendment;
8/4/2014 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business;
8/4/2014 Sponsors: Senator(s) TEOFISTO "TG" GUINGONA III, RALPH G. RECTO;
8/5/2014 Senator FRANKLIN M. DRILON was made a coauthor, as manifested by Senator Aquino IV;
8/13/2014 Letter of Senator LOREN LEGARDA dated August 4, 2014, requesting that she be made coauthor of this Bill, received by the LBIS;
8/20/2014 Letter of Senator MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY dated August 6, 2014, requesting that she be made a coauthor of this Bill, received by the LBIS;
8/20/2014 Letter of Senator CYNTHIA A. VILLAR dated August 18, 2014, requesting that she be made a coauthor of this Bill, received by the LBIS;
8/20/2014 Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order;
8/20/2014 Sponsorship speech of Senator TEOFISTO "TG" GUINGONA III;
8/20/2014 Co-sponsorship speech of Senator RALPH G. RECTO;
9/9/2014 Letter of Senator TEOFISTO GUINGONA III dated September 2, 2014 requesting that he be made coauthor of this Bill, received by the LBIS;
9/16/2014 Interpellation of Senator VICENTE C. SOTTO III;
9/16/2014 Inquiry of the Chair;
9/17/2014 Interpellation of Senator PIA S. CAYETANO;
9/17/2014 Remarks of the Chair;
9/17/2014 Remarks of Senator(s) RALPH G. RECTO and ALAN PETER COMPANERO S. CAYETANO;
9/17/2014 Period of interpellation closed;
9/17/2014 Period of committee amendments;
9/17/2014 Period of committee amendments closed;
9/17/2014 Period of individual amendments closed;
9/17/2014 Approved on Second Reading with Amendments;
9/18/2014 Printed Copies were distributed to the Senators;
9/22/2014 Approved on Third Reading;
9/22/2014 In favor: (20) JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA, PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" AQUINO IV, MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY, ALAN PETER COMPANERO S. CAYETANO, PIA S. CAYETANO, FRANKLIN M. DRILON, JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO, FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO, TEOFISTO "TG" GUINGONA III, GREGORIO B. HONASAN II, MANUEL "LITO" M. LAPID, LOREN B. LEGARDA, FERDINAND "BONGBONG" R. MARCOS, SERGIO R. OSMENA III, AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL, GRACE L. POE, RALPH G. RECTO, VICENTE C. SOTTO III, ANTONIO "SONNY" F. TRILLANES and CYNTHIA A. VILLAR;
9/22/2014 Against: N o n e;
9/22/2014 Abstention: N o n e;
9/22/2014 All Senators present were made coauthors; Senators FRANKLIN M. DRILON, LOREN B. LEGARDA, MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY, CYNTHIA A. VILLAR, TEOFISTO "TG" GUINGONA III, JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA, PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" AQUINO IV, ALAN PETER COMPANERO S. CAYETANO, PIA S. CAYETANO, JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO, FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO, GREGORIO B. HONASAN II, MANUEL "LITO" M. LAPID, FERDINAND "BONGBONG" R. MARCOS, SERGIO R. OSMENA III, AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL, GRACE L. POE, VICENTE C. SOTTO III and ANTONIO "SONNY" F. TRILLANES;
9/23/2014 Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence;
9/24/2014 House of Representatives adopted SBN-712 as an amendment to HBN-4593 on September 23, 2014;
10/2/2014 Enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-712 and HBN-4593, sent to the House of Representatives for the signature of the Speaker and the Secretary General;
10/13/2014 Enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-712 and HBN-4593, received by the Senate, which were signed by the Speaker and the Secretary General of the House of Representatives;
10/14/2014 Enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-712 and HBN-4593, sent to the Office of the President of the Philippines, through PLLO, for the signature and approval of His Excellency, President Benigno S. Aquino III;
11/18/2014 Approved and signed into law by the President of the Philippines, His Excellency President Benigno S. Aquino III on November 5, 2014 and became;
11/18/2014 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10645
(Pursuant to paragraph g, Sec. 7, Rule V of the Rules of the Senate, R.A.No. 10645 (SBN-712 and HBN-4593) with pertinent documents transmitted to the Legislative Records and Archives Service for safekeeping and preservation on November 25, 2014)
(Prepared by the Indexing, Monitoring and LIS Section, Legislative Bills and Index Service)

President's Action

Approved by the President
Date Received by the President
Date Signed by the President