Bayanihan to Recover as One Act

Case Overview and Summary

Summary of Republic Act No. 11494 (Bayanihan to Recover as One Act):

Declaration of Policy (Section 3):
- Promote social order, prosperity, and independence
- Reduce COVID-19 impact on socioeconomic well-being
- Consolidate records for socioeconomic relief
- Sustain COVID-19 testing, tracing, isolation, and treatment
- Enhance healthcare system capacity
- Mitigate economic costs and losses
- Restore public trust and confidence
- Accelerate economic recovery and resilience
- Promote collective interests
- Optimize use of science and technology
- Enhance financial stability

COVID-19 Response and Recovery Interventions (Section 4):
- Adopt measures to prevent COVID-19 transmission (Section 4a)
- Expedite registration and testing for COVID-19 (Section 4b)
- Adopt protocol for COVID-19 testing (Section 4c)
- Provide emergency subsidy of P5,000 to P8,000 to affected households (Section 4f1)
- Provide P5,000 to P8,000 unemployment assistance to displaced workers (Section 4f2)
- Provide emergency subsidy to low-income households not covered previously (Section 4f3)
- Provide livelihood assistance, training, and employment for OFWs (Section 4g)
- Provide COVID-19 special risk allowance for health workers (Section 4h)
- Implement mandatory COVID-19 testing for health workers (Section 4i)
- Assume medical expenses of health workers exposed to COVID-19 (Section 4j)
- Provide compensation for health workers who contract COVID-19 (Section 4k)
- Provide life insurance, accommodation, transportation, and meals for health workers (Section 4l)
- Provide financial relief to agrarian reform beneficiaries (Section 4m)
- Provide subsidies and allowances to students in private and public schools (Section 4n)
- Provide one-time cash assistance to displaced teaching and non-teaching personnel (Section 4o)
- Ensure LGUs follow national government rules and directives (Section 4p)
- Allow LGUs to realign funds for COVID-19 response (Section 4q)
- Enforce measures against hoarding, profiteering, and price manipulation (Section 4r)
- Ensure donation and distribution of health products are not delayed (Section 4s)
- Provide PPE to hospitals, barangays, and indigent persons (Section 4t)
- Procure goods, services, and equipment for COVID-19 response (Section 4u)
- Partner with Philippine Red Cross for distribution (Section 4v)
- Engage temporary human resources for health (Section 4w)
- Ensure credit availability to productive sectors (Section 4x)
- Provide loan interest rate subsidies for schools (Section 4y)
- Direct SBCorp to expand loan programs for MSMEs, cooperatives, and OFWs (Section 4z)
- Direct LBP and DBP to introduce low-interest loan programs (Section 4aa)
- Direct PhilGuarantee to issue expanded guarantee program (Section 4bb)
- Liberalize incentives for critical equipment and supplies (Section 4cc)
- Ensure essential goods availability and supply chain (Section 4dd)
- Require businesses to prioritize contracts for essential materials and services (Section 4ee)
- Provide extension support and assistance to agri-fishery enterprises (Section 4ff)
- Provide assistance to transportation industry (Section 4gg)
- Provide assistance to tourism enterprises (Section 4hh)
- Accelerate deployment of ICT infrastructure (Section 4ii)
- Promote online commerce and digitalization of MSMEs (Section 4jj)
- Regulate transportation operation and provide infrastructure (Section 4kk)
- Regulate traffic and remove encroachments (Section 4ll)
- Authorize alternative working arrangements (Section 4mm)
- Regulate distribution and use of power, fuel, energy, and water (Section 4nn)
- Implement proper waste management (Section 4oo)
- Discontinue and realign appropriated programs and projects (Section 4pp)
- Utilize unused special purpose funds (Section 4qq)
- Reprogram, reallocate, and realign savings (Section 4rr)
- Allocate cash, funds, and investments held by GOCCs and agencies (Section 4ss)
- Move statutory deadlines and timelines (Section 4tt)
- Provide 60-day grace period for loan payments (Section 4uu)
- Provide 30-day grace period for utility payments (Section 4vv)
- Provide 30-day grace period for residential and commercial rents (Section 4ww)
- Implement expanded and enhanced 4Ps program (Section 4xx)
- Lift 30% cap on Quick Response Fund (Section 4yy)
- Implement "Plant, Plant, Plant" program for agriculture (Section 4zz)
- Implement program to fast-track housing loan approvals (Section 4aaa)
- Allow BSP to make additional direct provisional advances (Section 4bbb)
- Encourage banks to reallocate funds to housing loans (Section 4ccc)
- Encourage BSP and SEC to adopt measures for lending (Section 4ddd)
- Issue directive for government agencies to act on applications within 7 days (Section 4eee)
- Produce masterlist of displaced transport workers (Section 4fff)
- Provide free, healthy meals to undernourished children (Section 4ggg)
- Provide regulatory relief to creative sector (Section 4hhh)
- Provide loan assistance for distance learning tools (Section 4iii)
- Allow use of Special Education Fund for alternative learning (Section 4jjj)
- Extend term of standby loans for LGUs (Section 4kkk)
- Utilize unexpended cash balances of LGUs (Section 4lll)
- Expedite implementation of infrastructure programs (Section 4mmm)
- Waive permits and licenses for private projects (Section 4nnn)
- Allow direct purchase of agricultural products (Section 4ooo)
- Realign funds for priority COVID-19 programs (Section 4ppp)
- Issue procedures for private isolation facilities (Section 4qqq)
- Create national online application system for contact tracing (Section 4rrr)
- Discontinue unutilized debt service appropriations (Section 4sss)
- Utilize Municipal Development Fund for LGU loans and borrowings (Section 4ttt)
- Prioritize lending to hospitals and health institutions (Section 4uuu)
- Direct PhilHealth to release funds to hospitals (Section 4vvv)
- Provide regulatory relief for business entities (Section 4www)
- Enforce bed capacity allocation for COVID-19 patients (Section 4xxx)
- Construct temporary medical facilities and expand hospital capacity (Section 4yyy)
- Exempt donated computers and equipment from taxes (Section 4zzz)
- Realign DepEd funds for teacher-assistants and learning materials (Section 4aaaa)
- Allow net operating loss carryover for 2020 and 2021 (Section 4bbbb)
- Utilize funds for COVID-19 response and recovery (Section 10)

Exemption from Tax of Retirement Benefits (Section 5)

Repeal of Tax on Sale of Shares Listed through IPO (Section 6)

Establishment of COVID-19 National Referral System (Section 7)

Penalties for Discrimination against COVID-19 Patients and Frontliners (Section 8)

Authority to Direct Operation of Private Establishments (Section 9)

Appropriations and Standby Fund (Section 10)

Sources of Funding (Section 11)

Procurement of COVID-19 Drugs and Vaccine (Section 12)

Report to Congress on COVID-19 Surveillance and Control Plan (Section 13)

Reportorial Requirement and Creation of Oversight Committee (Section 14)

Construction or Interpretation (Section 15)

Separability Clause (Section 16)

Repealing Clause (Section 17)

Effectivity (Section 18)