The House panel, chaired by Quezon City 5th District Rep. Alfred Vargas created the TWG panel to sit down with concerned stakeholders to tackle the
“My question, Mr. Chair, what is the intent of this second paragraph? Would this mean that the DSWD will no longer medical assistance, considering that this particular provision specifies that the DOH shall provide. It must be noted, based on the experience of DSWD, there are hospitals which are not accredited by the DOH like private hospitals but could be catered by the DSWD for as long as the private hospitals accept guarantee letters,” DSWD Undersecretary for Operations Atty.
Neri said the DSWD would like to “propose the inclusion of guarantee letter as part of the document that will be accepted and other material and other assistance given to the individual in crisis, by providing them food and non-food, non-financial and professional assistance like psychological and legal consultation.”
During the hearing, Fernando Depano, supervising heath program officer of the Department of Health said the DOH “supports” the bill. However, the agency expressed concern that the inclusion of medical assistance in the financial and material assistance extended to the AICS beneficiaries “may cause duplication of assistance given to indigent patients.”
Assistant Director Jane Abella of the Budget and Management Bureau-B of the Department of Budget and Management said the DBM is “constrained” from supporting the measure, given the pending implementation of the Supreme Court’s Mandanas ruling starting the 2022 budget cycle.
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