Senator Sonny Angara has filed a bill that seeks to amend the Mental Health Act and allow those who have mental illness immediate access to benefits provided for them under existing laws. | CMarquezINQ
Angara, who had been found positive for coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 which causes COVID-19, on Monday filed Senate Bill No. 1471 that aims to amend Section 5 of Republic Act 11036 or Mental Health Act to include a section on the “Rights of Service Users.”
He said the added section allows the service user the right to “immediately receive compensation benefits and/or any special financial assistance that he or she is entitled to should the service user sustain temporary or permanent mental disability while in the performance of duty or by reason of his or her office or position.”
“As the case of Corporal Ragos has shown us, some of the existing policies and guidelines need updates to better serve our men in uniform,” the senator said.
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