Penal Provisions Under The Universal Health Care Act
Penal Provisions Under The Universal Health Care Act
Penal Provisions Under The Universal Health Care Act
Act
▪ Offenses of Members
▪ A member who commits any violation of this Act, fails to pay all
missed contributions with an interest, compounded monthly. or
knowingly and deliberately cooperates or agrees, whether explicitly or
implicitly, to the commission of a violation by a contracted health care
provider or employer as defined in this section, including the filing of a
fraudulent claim for benefits or entitlement under this Act, after due
notice and hearing, shall be punished by a fine of Fifty thousand pesos
(P50,000.00) for each count or suspension from availment of the benefits
of the Program for not less than three (3) months but not more than six (6)
months, or both, at the discretion of PhilHealth
Penal Provisions under the Universal Health Care
Act
▪ Offenses of Employers
▪ Failure or Refusal to Register Employees
▪ Any employer, officer, or responsible employee who deliberately or through
inexcusable negligence fails or refuses to register employees regardless of
their employment status shall be punished, after due notice and hearing, with
a fine of Fifty thousand pesos (P5O,OOO.OO) for every violation per affected
employee, or imprisonment of not less than six (6) months but not more than
one (1) year, or both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.
Penal Provisions under the Universal Health Care
Act
▪ Offenses of Employers
▪ Failure or Refusal to Deduct Contributions
▪ Any employer, officer, or responsible employee who deliberately or through
inexcusable negligence fails or refuses to accurately and timely deduct
contributions from the employee's compensation shall be punished, after
due notice and hearing, with a fine of Fifty thousand pesos (Php 50,000.00) for
every violation per affected employee, or imprisonment of not less than six (6)
months but not more than one (1) year, or both such fine and imprisonment, at
the discretion of the court.
Penal Provisions under the Universal Health Care
Act
▪ Offenses of Employers
▪ Failure or Refusal to Accurately and Timely Remit Contributions
▪ Any employer, officer, or responsible employee who deliberately or through
inexcusable negligence fails or refuses to accurately and timely remit
contributions from the employee's compensation shall be punished, after
due notice and hearing, with a fine of Fifty thousand pesos (Php 50,000.00) for
every violation per affected employee, or imprisonment of not less than six (6)
months but not more than one (1) year, or both such fine and imprisonment, at
the discretion of the court.
Penal Provisions under the Universal Health Care
Act
▪ Offenses of Employers
▪ Failure to Refusal to Submit Report
▪ Any employer, officer, or responsible employee who deliberately or through
inexcusable negligence fails or refuses to submit the report of the
contributions to PhilHealth shall be punished, after due notice and hearing,
with a fine of Fifty thousand pesos (Php 50,000.00) for every violation per
affected employee, or imprisonment of not less than six (6) months but not
more than one (1) year, or both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of
the court.
Penal Provisions under the Universal Health Care
Act
▪ Offenses of Employers
▪ Unlawful Deduction
▪ Any employer or its officers or employees who deducts, directly or indirectly,
from the compensation of the covered employees or otherwise recover
from them the employer's own contribution on behalf of such employees
shall be punished, after due notice and hearing, with a fine of Five thousand
pesos (P5,OOO.OO) multiplied by the total number of affected employees or
imprisonment of not less than six (6) months but not more than one (1) year, or
both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.
Penal Provisions under the Universal Health Care
Act
▪ Offenses of Directors, Officers, or Employees of
PhilHealth
▪ Any director, officer, or employee of
PhilHealth, Without prior authority or contrary
to the provisions of the Act or these Rules,
wrongfully receives or keeps funds or property
payable or deliverable to PhilHealth, and who
appropriates and applies such fund or
property for personal use; or shall willingly or
negligently consents either expressly or
implicitly to the misappropriation of funds or
property without objecting to the same and
promptly reporting the matter to proper
authority shall be liable for misappropriation
of funds under these Rules and shall be
punished, after due notice and hearing, with a
fine equivalent to triple the amount
misappropriated per count and suspension for
three (3) months without pay;
Penal Provisions under the Universal Health Care
Act
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