Third Regular Session: Epublic of The Hilippines Ongress of The Hilippines S. No. 994 H. No. 14325

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES

Third Regular Session } S. No. 994
H. No. 14325
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7883
AN ACT GRANTING BENEFITS AND INCENTIVES TO

ACCREDITED BARANGAY HEALTH WORKERS AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
Philippines in Congress assembled:
SECTION 1. Short Title. – This Act shall be known as the
"Barangay Health Workers' Benefits and Incentives Act of 1995."
SEC. 2. Statement of Policy. – The State shall protect and

promote the right to health of the people and to provide conditions
for health empowerment, where each individual has access to
information and services that will bring about health and well-
being. The Primary Health Care Approach is recognized as the
major strategy towards health empowerment, emphasizing the
need to provide accessible and acceptable health services through
participatory strategies such as health education, training of
barangay health workers, community building and organizing.
Towards this end, this Act shall provide incentives to
communities and act as frontliners in the Primary Health Care
Approach.
The government and all its instrumentalities shall also

recognize the rights of barangay health workers to organize
themselves; to strengthen and systematize their services for their
community; and to make a venue for sharing their experiences
and for recommending policies and guidelines for the promotion,
maintenance and advancement of their activities and services.
SEC. 3. Definition. – The term "barangay health worker"

refers to a person who has undergone training programs under
any accredited government and non-government organization and
who voluntarily renders primary health care services in the
community after having been accredited to function as such by
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the local health board in accordance with the guidelines
promulgated by the Department of Health (DOH).
SEC. 4. Registration. – In order for barangay health

workers to be entitled to benefits and incentives provided under
this Act, they shall register with the local health board in the
city or municipality in which they render service. The local
health board, through the provincial health boards in the case of
municipalities, shall furnish a copy of such registry to the DOH,
which is hereby mandated to maintain a national register of
barangay health workers. The accredited barangay health
workers shall be given appropriate proof of said accreditation.
SEC. 5. Number of Barangay Health Workers. – The DOH

shall determine the ideal ratio of barangay health workers to the
number of households: Provided, That the total number of
barangay health workers nationwide shall not exceed one percent
(1%) of the total population.
SEC. 6. Incentives and Benefits. – In recognition of their

services, all accredited barangay health workers who are actively
and regularly performing their duties shall be entitled to the
following incentives and benefits:
(a) Hazard Allowance. - Volunteer barangay health

workers in rural and urban areas, exposed to situations,
conditions, or factors in the work environment or place where
foreseeable but unavoidable danger or risks exist which adversely
endanger his health or life and/or increase the risk of producing
adverse effect on his person in the exercise of his duties, to be
validated by the proper authorities, shall be entitled to hazard
allowance in an amount to be determined by the local health
board and the local peace and order council of the local government
unit concerned.
(b) Subsistence Allowance. - Barangay health workers who

render service within the premises of isolated barangay health
stations in order to make their services available at any and all
times, shall be entitled to subsistence allowance equivalent to the
meals they take in the course of their duty, which shall be
computed in accordance with prevailing circumstances as
determined by the local government unit concerned.
(c) Training Education and Career Enrichment Programs.

- The DOH, in accordance with the Department of Education,
Culture and Sports and other concerned government agencies
and non-government organizations, shall provide opportunities
for the following:
1) educational programs which shall recognize years of

primary health care service as credits to higher education in
institutions with stepladder curricula that will entitle barangay
health workers to upgrade their skills and knowledge for
community work or to pursue further training as midwives,
pharmacists, nurses or doctors;
2) continuing education, study and exposure tours,

training, grants, field immersion, scholarship, etc.;
3) scholarship benefits in the form of tuition fees in state

colleges, to be granted to one child of every barangay health worker
who will not be able to take advantage of the above programs;
and
4) special training programs such as those on traditional

medicine, disaster preparedness and other programs that address
emergent community health problems and issues.
d) Civil Service Eligibility. - A second grade eligibility shall

be granted to barangay health workers who have rendered five
(5) years continuous service as such: Provided, That should the
barangay health worker become a regular employee of the
government, the total number of years served as barangay health
worker shall be credited to his/her service in computing retirement
benefits.
e) Free Legal Services. - Legal representation and

consultation services for barangay health workers shall be
immediately provided by the Public Attorneys Office in cases of
coercion, interference, and in other civil and criminal cases filed
by or against barangay health workers arising out of or in
connection with the performance of their duties as such.
f) Preferential Access to Loans. - The DOH in coordination

with other concerned government agencies shall provide, within
one hundred eighty (180) days after the effectivity of this Act, a
mechanism for access to loan services by organized barangay health
workers. The agencies providing loan services will set aside one
percent (1%) of their loanable funds for organized barangay health
worker groups that have community-based income generating
projects in support of health programs or activities.
SEC. 7. Review by the Local Health Board. – Every

incentive or benefit for barangay health workers requiring the
expenditure of local funds shall be reviewed and approved by the
local health board to ensure that only the deserving barangay
health workers get the same.
SEC. 8. Rules and Regulations. – The Department of

Health, in cooperation with the Department of Education, Culture
and Sports, the Department of the Interior and Local Government,
the Department of Justice, the Civil Service Commission and
other concerned government agencies and non-government
organizations, shall formulate, within one hundred eighty (180)
days from its effectivity, the rules and regulations necessary to
implement this Act.
SEC. 9. Separability Clause. – If any provision of this Act

is declared invalid, the remainder or any provision hereof not
affected thereby shall remain in force and effect.
SEC. 10. Repealing Clause. – All laws, decrees, executive

orders and other presidential issuances which are inconsistent
with this Act are hereby repealed, amended or modified
accordingly.
SEC. 11. Effectivity. – This Act shall take effect fifteen (15)
days after its publication in at least two (2) national newspapers
of general circulation.
Approved, February 20, 1995.

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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7883

AN ACT GRANTING BENEFITS AND INCENTIVES TO

SEC. 2. Statement of Policy. – The State shall protect and

The government and all its instrumentalities shall also

SEC. 3. Definition. – The term "barangay health worker"

SEC. 4. Registration. – In order for barangay health

SEC. 5. Number of Barangay Health Workers. – The DOH

SEC. 6. Incentives and Benefits. – In recognition of their

(a) Hazard Allowance. - Volunteer barangay health

(b) Subsistence Allowance. - Barangay health workers who

(c) Training Education and Career Enrichment Programs.

1) educational programs which shall recognize years of

2) continuing education, study and exposure tours,

3) scholarship benefits in the form of tuition fees in state

4) special training programs such as those on traditional

d) Civil Service Eligibility. - A second grade eligibility shall

e) Free Legal Services. - Legal representation and

f) Preferential Access to Loans. - The DOH in coordination

SEC. 7. Review by the Local Health Board. – Every

SEC. 8. Rules and Regulations. – The Department of

SEC. 9. Separability Clause. – If any provision of this Act

SEC. 10. Repealing Clause. – All laws, decrees, executive

Approved, February 20, 1995.

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