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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1013
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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1013 -
FURTHER AMENDING Section 13 OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIXTY ONE HUNDRED
ELEVEN OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "PHILIPPINE MEDICAL CARE ACT OF 1969"
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WHEREAS,
the government has adopted a national population program as an integral
and vital part of social reform and development;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, Republic Act 6365 as amended by Presidential Decree 79 and
further amended by Presidential Decree 803 provided for the
availability of all acceptable methods of contraception, except
abortion, to all Filipino citizens desirous of spacing, limiting or
preventing pregnancies;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, sterilization is now an acceptable procedure of fertility
control in the population program;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the population program has demonstrated an increasing demand
for sterilization service;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, it would be economically rational and consistent with the
population policy to reimburse sterilization expenses of GSIS and SSS
members.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
order and decree, that:cralaw:red
Section 1. Section 13 of Republic Act Numbered Sixty
One Hundred Eleven otherwise known as the "Philippine Medical Care Act
of 1969" is hereby amended to read as follows:cralaw:red
"Under such rules, regulations and/or conditions as the SSS and GSIS
may prescribe, subject to the approval of the Commission, an employee
who is confined in a hospital on account of sickness or bodily injury
requiring hospitalization, or is operated on for sterilization, shall
be entitled to confinement not exceeding forty-five days annually to:cralaw:red
(a) Room and board expense benefit for each day of
confinement in a hospital not exceeding twelve pesos (P12.00) a day; and
(b) Special charge expense benefit for charges
necessary for the care of the employee, such as laboratory examination
fees, drug, x-ray and the like, not to exceed one hundred fifty pesos.
(As amended by Presidential Decree No. 273).
For drugs and medicines that may be essential under this sub-section,
the employee shall have the option to secure the same from either the
hospital pharmacy wherein he is confined or from any retail drugstore
of his own choice, subject only to the rules and regulations or as
provided for in Section 18 hereof." chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 2. Any provision of existing law, rule,
regulation or order that is contrary to, or inconsistent herewith is
hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
Section 3. The benefits provided by this Decree shall
be effective as of January 1, 1977.
Section 4. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 22nd day of September in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and seventy-six.
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