Mga mahahahalang panukala, ipapasa bago tuluyang mag-sara ang Konreso sa Hunyo

Nakatakdang ipasa sa pangatlo at pinal na pagbasa dito sa Kamara de Representantes ang ilang mga mahahalagang panukalang batas na may kaugnayan sa edukasyon, kalusugan, paggawa at human resource development bago tuluyang magtapos ang ika-labing-anim na Kongreso ng Pilipinas sa darating na Hunyo ng kaslukuyang taon.

Sa mga nalalabing iilang mga araw na sesyon ng Kapulungan na mag-uumpisa sa ika-23 ng Mayo hanggang sa adjournment sine die nito sa June 11, mangyaring maging abala ang mga mambabatas sa pagpasa ng mga naturang panukala.

Tinukoy ng liderato ng Kamara ang dalawampung mga panukala na kanilang na-identify, karamihan nito ay mga national bills ang significance na mayroong nauna nang nabanggit na mga paksa.

Ang nakatakdang Joint Congressional Canvass ng mga boto na siyang magdi-determina sa opisyal na mga nanalo sa mga posisyong presidente at bise-presidente at ang kanilang magiging pinal na aksiyon hinggil sa mga naturang panukala, bagaman at kulang sa panahon, ay seguradong magdudulot ng kapaguran sa mga lider at miyembro ng dalawang kapulungan.

Naririto ang iilan sa mga panukalang nakatakdang kanilang ipasa:

1) HB 5616 – An Act regulating and modernizing the practice of Pharmacy in the Philippines, repealing for the purpose R.A. No. 5821, otherwise known as the Pharmacy Law.

2) HB 6414 – An Act Strengthening further the special Program for Employment of Students, amending for the purpose Sections 1, 2, 3 and 5, and repealing Section 4 of R.A. 9547, amending R.A.  7323, otherwise known as the “Special Program for Employment of Students” (SPES).

3) HB 6410 – An Act instituting the Magna Carta of Day Care Workers and providing funds therefor;

4) HB 6415 – An Act institutionalizing the nationwide implementation of the Jobstart Philippines Program;

5) HB 6416 – An Act providing assistance to new graduates by waiving government fees and charges collected in connection with the issuance of documents required in their application for employment;

6) HB 6418 – An Act prohibiting discrimination against any individual in employment on account of age, providing penalties therefor;

7) HB 6421 – An Act Strengthening, modernizing and aligning the practice of Agricultural Engineering in the country into the internationally recognized practice of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, and appropriating funds therefor, repealing for the purpose R.A. 8559, otherwise known as the “Philippine Agricultural engineering Act of 1998”;

8) HB 6422 – An Act integrating palliative and Hospice care into the Philippine Health Care System;

9) HB 6423 – An Act strengthening the continuing Professional Education Program and appropriating funds therefor;

10) HB 6424 – An Act instituting policies for the protection and welfare of Caregivers in the practice of their profession;

11) HB 6425 – An Act instituting the Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers;

12) HB 6428 – An Act declaring Filipino Sign Language as the National Sign Language of the Filipino Deaf and the official Language of government in all transactions involving the deaf, and mandating its use in all public schools, broadcast media, and workplaces;

13) HB 6431 – An Act rationalizing government intervention in labor disputes by adopting the essential services criteria in the exercise of the assumption of jurisdiction on certification power of the Secretary of Labor and Employment, and decriminalizing violating thereof, amending for this purpose Articles 278, 279 and 287 of Presidential Decree 442, as amended, otherwise known as the Labor Code of the Philippines; and

14) HB 6331 – An Act institutionalizing and strengthening Public-Private Partnerships, and appropriating funds therefor.