Social Justice and Basic Needs Package Legislative Proposals 1.SOCIAL JUSTICE through LAND TENURE SECURITY 2.HEALTH SECTOR REFORM AGENDA

1.1 Agricultural Lands as Collateral Act (DAR)  Provides farmers with broader access to credit for agricultural production  Certificates of Land Ownership Award (CLOA) will be accepted by financial institutions as loan collateral  Loans must be used for development of land awarded and improvement of agricultural production and marketing  HB 5511 and SB 2553 filed in 12 th Congress  DAR proposes improvements in proposed act to improve farmers’ credit-worthiness and help secure retention of land ownership and continuing use for agriculture. 1.SOCIAL JUSTICE through LAND TENURE SECURITY

1.2 National Land Use Policy  Provides a sustainable growth map for public and private sectors in land development projects and investments  Establishes crucial priorities for land use, including areas to be protected and developed for food security and for ecological purposes  Prevents undue conversion of agricultural land to non- agricultural uses  The national land use policy will provide a fundamental guide to the allocation of land that will reinforce land tenure security  Discourages land speculation and generates revenues  National Base Mapping and Geohazard Mapping for land use planning 1.SOCIAL JUSTICE through LAND TENURE SECURITY

1.3 Land Administration and Management Authority Act  Provides institutional infrastructure to manage asset reform programs and provide security of tenure to the poor sectors  Creation of a Land Administration and Management Authority, primary agency for land administration and public land management  Unified land database, delineation and mapping services, rationalized and fair land valuation, transparency in land acquisition transactions  Integrate and subsume functions of DENR-LMB, RLMS and NAMRIA and DOJ-LRA and Register of Deeds 1.SOCIAL JUSTICE through LAND TENURE SECURITY

2.1 Health Sector Reform Implementation Act  Provides incentives for programs that implement reforms in the areas of health financing, public health systems, local health systems, public health regulation  Multi-year budgets for combating and preventing infectious diseases such as malaria and tuberculosis  Health sector investments to upgrade capacity of local health systems for preventive and curative care  Cost-sharing agreements with LGUs and private sector for decentralized primary health care delivery 2.HEALTH SECTOR REFORM AGENDA

2.2 Template Bill on Hospital Corporatization  Convert viable national government hospitals into government- owned and controlled corporations  Funds to be freed will be used for preventive public health programs  Safety measures to protect the indigent population, linked to the PhilHealth indigents program 2.HEALTH SECTOR REFORM AGENDA

2.3 Bill Amending DOH-Bureau of Food and Drugs Regulatory Mandates  Amend the BFAD Law (RA 3720)  Strengthen sanctioning powers; quasi-judicial functions to impose sanctions for violations  Monitoring and evaluation of existing and emerging health products and services  Place proceeds from registration and license fees in a special trust fund for DOH-BFAD use. 2.HEALTH SECTOR REFORM AGENDA

 Disallow in the Philippines the extension of patent terms about to expire in their country of origin.  Impose compulsory licensing once brand names become off patent.  Ask the BFAD to review its policy on granting exclusive distributorship rights. Allow parallel importation of drugs.  Increase and more effectively enforce penalties for violation of the Generics Law.  Tighten the implementation of quality control procedures in the production of generic drugs.  Further liberalize retail trade in the pharmaceutical sector SPECIFIC MEASURES TO LOWER THE COST OF MEDICINE

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