Republic Act

No.11469
Bayanihan to
Heal As One Act
What is the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act (RA 11469)?
The Bayanihan to Heal as One Act or Republic Act No. 11469 was
signed into law by President Rodrigo Duterte on March 26, 2020, upon
the request of the President for Congress to give him emergency powers
in order to address the COVID-19 pandemic. The law authorized the
President to adopt temporary emergency measures in order to respond to
the crisis brought about by the pandemic.

What are the benefits of COVID-19 patients, patients under investigation (PUIs), and patients
under monitoring (PUMs) under the law?
The law provides the compulsory and immediate isolation and treatment of patients.
The cost of such therapy for COVID-19 patients shall be covered under the National
Health Insurance Program of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation
(PhilHealth).

What are the benefits that the public will receive under the law?
The law provides that 18 million families from low-income households shall receive
an emergency subsidy of a minimum of P5,000 to a maximum of P8,000 for the next two
(2) months based on the prevailing regional minimum wage rate, subject to the current
conditional cash transfer (CCT) program and rice subsidy that they are already
receiving.
An enhanced Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program will be implemented in response to
the need posed by the crisis.

Jaycee Anne D.L. Areglo | 10- Galileo

 Republic Act
No.11469
Bayanihan to
Heal As One Act
Republic Act No. 11469 or the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act was a law declaring the
existence of a national emergency arising from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) situation.
This law was approved by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on 24 March 2020 and took effect
immediately after its publication in the Official Gazette, and shall be in full force and
effect only for three (3) months, unless extended by Congress.
Pursuant to this law, the following offenses shall be punishable, to wit:
Local government officials disobeying national government policies or directives in imposing quarantines;
Owner and possessors of privately-owned hospitals, medical and health facilities, including passenger
vessels, and other establishments who unjustifiably refuse to operate pursuant to the directive of the
President;
Engaging in hoarding, profiteering, injurious speculations, manipulation of prices, product deceptions,
cartels, monopolies or other combinations in restraint of trade, or other pernicious practices affecting the
supply, distribution and movement of food, clothing, hygiene and sanitation products, medicine, and
medical supplies, fuel, fertilizers, chemicals, building materials, implements, machinery equipment, and
spare parts required in agriculture, industry and other essential services, and other articles of prime
necessity, whether imported or locally produced or manufactured;
Refusal to prioritize and accept contracts for materials and services necessary to promote the herein-
declared national policy;
Refusal to provide thirty-day grace periods on the payment of loans and residential rents falling due within
the period of the enhanced community quarantine (17 March 2020 – as of this writing, extended until 30
April 2020), without incurring interests, penalties, fees, and other charges (Loans shall include but not
limited to salary, personal, housing, and motor vehicle loans, as well as credit card payments.);
Individuals or groups creating, perpetrating or spreading false information regarding the COVID-19 crisis
on social media and other platforms, such information having no valid or beneficial effect on the
population and are clearly geared to promote chaos, panic, anarchy, fear or confusion; and those
participating in cyber incidents that make use or take advantage of the current crisis situation to prey on
the public through scams, phishing, fraudulent emails, or other similar acts;
Failure to comply with reasonable limitations on the operation of certain transportation sector or sectors,
whether land, sea or air, be it private or public; and
Impeding access to roads, streets, and bridges, putting up prohibited encroachments or obstacles; and
maintenance of illegal constructions in public places that have been ordered to be removed.
The foregoing offenses shall be punishable with imprisonment of two (2) months or a fine of not less than Ten
Thousand Pesos (P10, 000.00) but not more than One Million Pesos (P1, 000, 000.00), or both, such
imprisonment and fine, at the discretion of the court.
Jaycee Anne D.L. Areglo | 10- Galileo