Congress of the Philippines Seventeenth Congress Third Regular Session }

CERTIFIED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE

PHILIPPINES FOR ITS IMMEDIATE ENACTMENT

ON OCTOBER 10. 2018

S E N A T E

S. No. 1896

(In substitution of Senate Bill Nos. 1458, 1673 and 1714 taking into consideration Senate Bill No. 60 and House Bill No. 5784)___________________________________________

PREPARED AND SUBMITTED JOINTLY BY THE COMMITTEESON H ealth and Demography , Ways and M eans , AND F inance w ith S enators Recto , Eje r c it o , Binay, De L ima, Villar, Angara, Ho ntiveros , Villanueva , Gatchalian , Pacquiao , Sotto III, DRILON and ZUBIRI as authors THEREOF

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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

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

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General P rovisions

S e c t io n l . short Title. - This Act shall be known

as the “Universal Health Care Act”.