Bill Type
Congress Name
Full Title of Bill
AN ACT INSTITUTING THE MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Text as filed (link)
Date filed
June 30, 2022
Date Read
July 26, 2022
Bill Status
Substituted by HB06518
Mother Bill Status
Approved by the House on 2022-12-12, transmitted to the Senate on 2022-12-14 and received by the Senate on 2022-12-14
Committee Details
Primary Committee
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB00002 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT INSTITUTING THE MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR | |
| ABSTRACT : Aims to produce and call on the needed manpower to expand the country's human health resources in times of disasters and public health emergencies through the mobilization of a medical reserve force fully trained to supplement the existing health care system; Propose to include in the Medical Reserve Corps, licensed physicians (retired/non-practitioners in a hospital setting); medical students who have completed their first four years of their course, graduates of medicine, and registered nurses with a limited and special authorization to render medical services pursuant to the Medical Act; and Licensed allied health professionals. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : ROMUALDEZ, FERDINAND MARTIN G., ROMUALDEZ, YEDDA MARIE K., ACIDRE, JUDE A. | |
| DATE FILED : 2022-06-30 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Palma (000 2022-08-08) | 2. Romualdo (000 2022-09-06) |
| 3. Suarez (D.) (000 2022-09-07) | 4. Ongchuan (000 2022-09-26) |
| 5. Loyola (000 2022-09-26) | 6. Zamora (M.C.) (000 2022-09-26) |
| 7. Tan-Tambut (000 2022-09-26) | 8. Rivera (000 2022-09-26) |
| 9. Acharon (000 2022-09-26) | 10. Adiong (000 2022-09-26) |
| 11. Recto (000 2022-09-26) | 12. Cari (000 2022-09-26) |
| 13. Tanjuatco (000 2022-09-26) | 14. Mariño (000 2022-09-26) |
| 15. Revilla (R.J.) (000 2022-09-26) | 16. Mastura (000 2022-09-26) |
| 17. Singson (R.) (000 2022-10-11) | 18. Albano (A.) (000 2022-11-09) |
| 19. Cagas (000 2022-11-09) | 20. Olivarez (000 2022-11-09) |
| 21. Barba (000 2022-11-28) | 22. Tarriela (000 2022-12-12) |
| 23. Matibag (000 2022-12-12) | 24. Ouano-Dizon (000 2022-12-12) |
| 25. Bernos (000 2023-01-11) | 26. Robes (000 2023-01-19) |
| 27. Dy (F.) (000 2023-03-15) | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE | |
| COMMITEE HEARINGS/ACTIONS: | |
| 1. Scheduled for Meeting/Hearing on 2022-09-30 | |
| MOTHER BILL: HB06518 | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH ON 2022-07-26 |
Abstract
ABSTRACT : Aims to produce and call on the needed manpower to expand the country's human health resources in times of disasters and public health emergencies through the mobilization of a medical reserve force fully trained to supplement the existing health care system; Propose to include in the Medical Reserve Corps, licensed physicians (retired/non-practitioners in a hospital setting); medical students who have completed their first four years of their course, graduates of medicine, and registered nurses with a limited and special authorization to render medical services pursuant to the Medical Act; and Licensed allied health professionals. "]
Significance