An ordinance strengthening the PhilHealth program in the City of Bacolod, was passed by the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod yesterday on third and final reading.
The ordinance was authored by Councilor El Cid Familiaran and co-authored by Councilors Claudio Puentevella and Ana Marie Palermo. It said paragraph (a) of section 20 of Republic Act No. 10606, or “An Act Amending Republic Act No. 7875, or the National Insurance Act 0f 1995,as amended, and for other purposes” under the provision of sponsored program mandates the Department of Social Welfare and Development for the payment of a premium contribution for subsequent coverage to PhilHealth of the following marginalized sectors: orphans, abandoned and abused minors, out-of-school youths, street children, persons with disabilities, and battered women. Aside from these sectors, it said there are vagrants and other poor members of society, likesingle parents who are left out by PhilHealth coverage, and who may be considered for the PhilHealth sponsored program under this ordinance, it said. It also said it is the policy of the City of Bacolod to provide “O” billing balance payments in the Corazon Locsin Monetebano Regional Hospital for the marginalized sectors/and other poor members of society under the sponsored PhilHealth program. The ordinance providesfor the creation of an Indigency Health Desk in the Office of the City Mayor and a budget of P1 million to be deposited in a trust fund created under this ordinance, which will be solely sourced from the sponsored program*CGS BY CHRYSEE SAMILLANO Visayan Daily Star
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