Republic of the Philippines

Province of Albay
Municipality of Guinobatan
OFFICE OF THE SANGGUNIANG BAYAN
EXCERPTS FROM THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE
SANGGUNIANG BAYAN OF GUINOBATAN HELD ON MARCH 19, 2007 AT 9:00
OCLOCK IN THE MORNING.
Present:

GENEROSO ALEJO P. VILLAREAL

NOEL T. CALANZA
RUBEN P. OLAVARIO
ROLANDO P. PALABRICA
CHRISTOPHER O. PALEVINO
STEPHEN O. OCFEMIA
SOFIA O. ORPIADA
RONALDO S. REALUYO
JULIO S. TINGZON IV
NELSON R. YAP

Vice Mayor/Presiding Officer

Municipal Councilor
Municipal Councilor
Municipal Councilor
Municipal Councilor
Municipal Councilor
Municipal Councilor (ABC Pres)
Municipal Councilor
Municipal Councilor
Municipal Councilor

Absent:

GLOREN N. NAPARATO

Councilor (SKF Pres.)

ORDINANCE NO. 02-2007

AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING AN IMAGINARY EMERGENCY OR EXPRESS LANE
FOR DISBURSEMENT VOUCHER INVOLVING FINANCIAL ASSISSTANCE
INTENDED FOR INDIVIDUALS UNDER EMERGENCY CASES OR LIFE
THREATENING CONDITIONS.
Proponent:
Sponsor:

Councilor CHRISTOPHER O. PALEVINO

Committee on Health & Social Services

BE IT ORDAINED by the Sangguniang Bayan of Guinobatan, Albay in session assembled, that:

Section 1.

Title. This ordinance shall be known as the Emergency Voucher Ordinance.

Section 2.

Creation. There is hereby created an imaginary emergency express lane for disbursement
vouchers involving financial assistance intended to individuals under emergency cases or
life threatening circumstances in the Offices of the MSWDO, Accounting, budget,
Treasurer and Mayor in the Municipality of Guinobatan, Albay.

Section 3.

Purpose. The purpose of this ordinance is to give priority attention to vouchers whose
nature is to save life especially of the poor who sought refuge or help in the government.
after all, life preservation is the very first right of people that must be secured and
protected.

Section 4.

Coverage. Only disbursement vouchers for financial assistance falling under the
following circumstances shall be considered under emergency cases:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

Section 5.

Persons bitten by dogs/cats or other rabid animals;

Persons bitten by snakes or other poisonous or venomous animals;
Persons infected with Dengue or Malaria;
Comatose persons/patients;
Persons suffering from life threatening conditions as certified by a physician.

Duty of Municipal Social Welfare and Development Officer (MSWDO). (a) The
MSWDO shall immediately put on emergency status the request for financial assistance
upon receiving two important documents from the claiming party:
1. Certificate of Indigency by the Punong Barangay;
2. Certification of the physician/physicians prescription.

In the absence of the documents afore-mentioned, the status will only be that of an
ordinary request.
(b) Once a request is considered emergency, the MSWDO or his/her authorized
representative shall immediately cause the preparation or its voucher and place on top of
it a RED EMERGENCY CARD.
(c) The Office of the MSWDO shall likewise be responsible for the production and safe
keeping of emergency voucher cards.
Section 6.

Privileges. The privileges of the claiming party under Emergency Status shall be:

1) An automatic PhP960.00 total referral amount from the AICS Appropriation of SB member if the
claiming party does not anymore intend to look for individual members;
2) An MSWD personnel shall immediately assist the victim or his/her family member in securing the
assistance and signatures of the offices concerned until the money is released;
3) The completion of the transaction shall be immediate and if possible within two (2) working days
the same is finished;
4) The officer concerned shall give preference to the emergency voucher upon receipt of the same,
even if there is a transaction pending or ongoing when the same is presented for his/her
consideration.
5) (a) In every office, from MSWD down to Budget Office all the way to the Treasurer Office, a
maximum of 30 minutes each to make his/her action on the voucher is hereby prescribed,
assuming that all the concerned officers are present.
(b) If the officer is validly out the running of 30-minute period is suspended and shall only
continue upon resumption to his/her office, wherein the said voucher shall be his/her most priority
to dispose of.
(c) For purposes of this ordinance, the officers concerned who are out on official business shall
authorize or designate a person from his/her office to sign for and in his/her behalf the aforementioned emergency voucher to avoid delay.
6) The MSWD personnel assisting the family member or a relative of a victim shall be the one
responsible for the recording of time in every office on the so called emergency voucher card.
Section 7.

Administrative Sanctions.
a. The officer concerned who shall not act within the prescribed time without justifiable
reason shall be guilty of neglect of duty and shall be fined Php 500.00. Such fine
shall be automatically donated to the victim.
b. The MSWD Office and its personnel shall likewise not abuse the use of the card if it
is not actually under emergency case otherwise he/she shall be guilty of dishonesty
and abuse of discretion. A fine of PhP 300.00 for such violations is hereby imposed.

Section 8.

Emergency Voucher Card. A color red emergency voucher card shall be attached on top
of the disbursement voucher to signify its emergency status which shall contain the
following information.
EMERGENCY VOUCHER CARD

Name of Patient:

Address:

Case Nature

Age

Name of attending physician

Date Attended

OFFICE

DATE

MSWDO
MAYOR
BUDGET
ACCOUNTING
TREASURER
MAYOR
ACCOUNTING
TREASURER
Name of Recipient/signature

TIME-IN

Date and Time of

Release

Sex

TIMEOUT

Amount of assistance

REMARKS

SIGNATURE

Name/Signature of Assissting
MSWD Personnel

Section 9. Effectivity. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its approval.
Enacted:

March 19, 2007

CHRISTOPHER O. PALEVINO
Proponent

RONALDO S. REALUYO
Sponsor

GENEROSO ALEJO P. VILLAREAL

Vice-Mayor & Presiding Officer

ATTESTED:

ALICIA N. ARIOLA
SB Secretary
APPROVED: March 28, 2007

JUAN MITRE GARCIA

Municipal Mayor