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Amending the HIV and AIDS law
Proposed amendments to RA 8504, or the Philippine AIDS Prevention & Control Act
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WHY AMEND?
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A model legislation
RA 8504 was enacted in 1998, or 13 years ago.
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“Wealth of motherhood statements (in the law) but... gaps between
purpose and actual accomplishment.”Avila, 2005
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‘Conflicts with other laws’
New laws set the legal frame. For ex., the Dangerous Drugs
Act was approved in 2002.
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Who implements?
Which agency should implement MARP-specific HIV education?
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How do we localize?
“there are no clear guidelines on the composition of a local AIDS council...”
- Licudine, Community of Practice
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“the coverage of confidentiality is limited mainly to medical
confidentiality.”Guzman, Community of Practice
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Gaps in governance
PNAC is under DOH, but if DOH doesn’t step up, who leads the response? What’s the relationship between
PNAC and DOH?
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The Civil Society Proposal
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Premises
Law needs to be revised
Builds on previous proposals
Ideas from the ground
Reframed and ‘aligned’
A work in progressMore flexible
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Principles
• Health as a right
• HIV and AIDS as a public health concern
• Community mobilization & multisectoral
• Public and private partnership
• Human rights
• Gender sensitive, MARPs-inclusive
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PREVENTION
Education, VCT, Positive Prevention, Harm Reduction,
Universal Pre-caution
Core ElementsTCS
Treatment, Care, and Support policies, Insurance, Economic
empowerment
ENABLERS
Stigma-free services, Confidentiality, Non-
discrimination, Consent, Protection
GOVERNANCE
National Plan, PNAC, NASPCP
PENALTIES
Imprisonment, Fine, other sanctions
FUNDING
Initial funding, GAA, Investment
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Education as Prevention
• Scientific, gender-sensitive rights & evidence-based
• HIV and AIDS information as a right
• HIV and AIDS education for MARPs
• Generic HIV and AIDS education in educational institutions, with referral for MARPS
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Education as Prevention
• Generic HIV and AIDS education in the workplace, with referral for MARPs
• HIV and AIDS education for OF
• HIV and AIDS education thru LAC or similar local bodies
• Information for tourists, transients
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VCT as prevention
• Voluntary and anonymous VCT
• DOH to accredit facilities & develop & enforce guidelines
• Opt-out language is included
• Concepts that counseling should cover
• Counseling guidelines and definition of HIV and AIDS counselors
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Other provisions on prevention
• Positive Prevention: PLHIV community-led, rights-based, affirmative
• Harm Reduction (rights-based and evidence-based policy c/o DOH and DILG)
• Universal precaution policies (RA8504)
• PMTCT program to be integrated in maternal & child health services
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Treatment
• Treatment policy: State shall ensure treatment of HIV and OI is free
• Establishment of treatment program
• Treatment guidelines c/o DOH
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Care and Support
• PhilHealth: in-patient and out-patient package, confidentiality is ensured
• Private HMOs cannot deny coverage due to HIV status
• Economic empowerment, not just “livelihood” program c/o DSWD & TESDA
• Care programs c/o DSWD, such as peer-led counseling, welfare assistance, case management
• Care program for repatriated OFs
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Enabling Environment
• Policy for stigma-free HIV and AIDS services c/o PNAC
• Prohibition on compulsory testing
• Non-discrimination
• Protection for peer eds, outreach workers & service providers
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Confidentiality
• Certain HIV and AIDS information as confidential information
• Applies to all, not just health workers
• Written consent is necessary to release confidential information
• Info can’t be released to the general public
• Identifies who gets access to test results
• Obligation to disclose to spouse, sexual partners
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Exemptions to written consent requirement
• When using info for surveillance
• Treatment and care situation
• Legal proceedings
DOH and DOJ to craft policies.
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Disclosure to sexual partners
• Disclosure is a moral question and must not be criminalized
• Integrated in the positive prevention program
• Partner notification guidelines to be developed by PNAC
• PLHIV may seek help from medical professionals, peer eds, etc
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Surveillance
• DOH to determine and monitor progress of epidemic
• Collation and analysis of medical reports
• Report to OP, Congress and PNAC members
• HIV deaths monitoring
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National Plan
• Five-year plan
• Includes targets and strategies, components, operationalization, cost, and funding sources
• PNAC to ensure implementation of the Plan
• LGUs to localize plan, in coordination with and with support from PNAC
• Establishment of LAC or designation of local bodies to implement local plan
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PNAC
• An autonomous body under DOH
• Ensures implementation of the Plan
• Coordinates implementing agencies
• Develop & enforce policies and guidelines
• Monitor the epidemic
• Develop, implement, & monitor Plan
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PNAC
• Strengthen multisectoral, public-private partnership
• Self-organize
• Resource mobilization and international cooperation
• Policy recommendation
• Chaired by DOH, with core members and ex-officio members
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PNAC Secretariat
• Independent secretariat, headed by an Exec Director
• Day-to-day functions of the Council
• Provide technical support
• Clearinghouse and repository of info
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Other Provisions
• Prohibition on the spread of wrong information
• NASPCP as part of the health sector response
• Prohibition on the use of condoms & other safer sex paraphernalia as evidence or basis for raids, arrests, etc. Harmonization policy c/o DILG
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Penalties
• Penalty for violation of VCT, discrimination in private insurance, discriminatory acts, compulsory testing, confidentiality clauses: 6 mos - 5 yrs imprisonment, 50,000-500,000 fine
• Civil liability for violation of non-discrimination provisions
• Harassment of service providers - 6 mos - 5 years imprisonment, 100,00-500,00 fine
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Penalties
• Wrong information - 2 mos - 2 years imprisonment and administrative sanctions
• Use of condoms as basis for raids, evidence for prostitution - 1-5 years of imprisonment, 100,000-500,000 fine
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Appropriation
• Creates a funding item in the GAA for the National Plan
• 400 million for initial implementation
• Inclusion in the budget of implementing agencies in the succeeding GAAs
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