Philippine Senate Committee on Health and Demography
Committee on Health and Demography | |
|---|---|
| 20th Congress | |
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| History | |
New session started | July 28, 2025 |
| Leadership | |
Chairman | |
Minority Leader | |
The Philippine Senate Committee on Health and Demography is a standing committee of the Senate of the Philippines.
Jurisdiction
[edit]According to the Rules of the Senate,[1] the committee handles all matters relating to:
- Public health in general
- Medical, hospital and quarantine services
- Population issues, concerns, policies and programs affecting individuals and their families, and their effects on national, social and economic conditions
- The Philippine Statistics Authority
- The Department of Health and it’s attached agencies.
- The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID)
Members, 20th Congress
[edit]Based on the Rules of the Senate, the Senate Committee on Health and Demography has 11 members.
| Position | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairperson | Bong Go | PDP | |
| Vice Chairpersons |
Vacant | ||
| Members for the Majority | |||
| Members for the Minority | |||
Ex officio members:
- Senate President pro tempore Jinggoy Estrada
- Majority Floor Leader Joel Villanueva
- Minority Floor Leader Tito Sotto
Committee secretary: Vacant
Historical membership rosters
[edit]18th Congress
[edit]| Position | Member[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairperson | Bong Go | PDP–Laban | |
| Vice Chairpersons |
Pia Cayetano | Nacionalista | |
| Nancy Binay | UNA | ||
| Members for the Majority |
Ronald dela Rosa | PDP–Laban | |
| Francis Tolentino | PDP–Laban | ||
| Imee Marcos | Nacionalista | ||
| Richard Gordon | Independent | ||
| Panfilo Lacson | Independent | ||
| Koko Pimentel | PDP–Laban | ||
| Members for the Minority |
Risa Hontiveros | Akbayan | |
| Francis Pangilinan | Liberal | ||
Committee secretary: Beatriz Tiongco-Cruda
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Rules of the Senate" (PDF). Senate of the Philippines. July 2020. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Senate Permanent Committees - 18th Congress" (PDF). Senate of the Philippines. September 24, 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 25, 2020. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
