AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7875, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE ACT OF 1995″, AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Fifteenth Congress

Third Regular Session

Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-third day of July, two thousand twelve.

REPUBLIC ACT No. 10606

AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7875, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE ACT OF 1995″, AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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

Section 1. Section 1 of Republic Act No. 7875, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 2. Section 2 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 3. Section 4 of the same Act is hereby further amended to read as follows:

Section 4. Section 6 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 5. Section 7 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 6. Section 8 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 7. Section 10 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 8. Section 11 of the same Act is hereby further amended to read as follows:

Section 9. Section 12 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 10. Section 16 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 11. Section 17 of the same Act, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 12. Section 18 of the same Act is hereby further amended to read as follows:

Section 13. Section 19 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 14. Section 20 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 15. Section 24 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 16. Section 26 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 17. Section 27 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 18. Section 28 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 19. Section 29 of the same Act is hereby further amended to read as follows:

Section 20. A new Section 29-A shall be added to read as follows:

Section 21. A new Section 29-B shall be added to read as follows:

Section 22. Section 32 of the same Act is hereby further amended to read as follows:

Section 23. Section 34 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 24. A new Section 34-A shall be added to read as follows:

Section 25. Section 35 of the same Act is hereby deleted and replaced with a new section to read as follows:

Section 26. Section 36 of the same Act is hereby deleted and replaced with a new section to read as follows:

Section 27. Section 41 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 28. Section 42 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 29. Section 44 of the same Act is hereby further amended to read as follows:

Section 30. A new Section 56 is hereby added to read as follows and the numbering of the succeeding sections are adjusted accordingly:

Section 31. Section 54 of the same Act is hereby further amended to read as follows:

Section 32. Section 49 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 33. Separability Clause. – If any part or provision of this Act shall be held unconstitutional or invalid, other provisions which are not affected thereby shall continue to be in full force and effect.

Section 34. Repealing Clause. – All laws, issuances or parts thereof inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

Section 35. Effectivity. – This Act shah sake effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,

This Act winch is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 2849 and House Bill No. 6048 was finally passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on February 4, 2013.

Approved: JUN 19 2013

(Sgd.) BENIGNO S. AQUINO III
President of the Philippines