Philippine Senate Committee on Health and Demography explained

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Committee on Health and Demography
Legislature:	18th Congress
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Coa Alt:	Seal of the Senate of the Philippines
Body:	Congress of the Philippines
Leader1 Type:	Chairman
Leader1:	Bong Go
Party1:	(PDP–Laban)
Election1:	2019
Leader2 Type:	Minority Leader
Leader2:	Risa Hontiveros
Party2:	(Akbayan)
Election2:	2019
Members:	11 members
Political Groups1:	Majority (9) Minority (2)

The Philippine Senate Committee on Health and Demography is a standing committee of the Senate of the Philippines.

Jurisdiction

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, 19th Congress

Based on the Rules of the Senate, the Senate Committee on Health and Demography has 11 members.

The President Pro Tempore, the Majority Floor Leader, and the Minority Floor Leader are ex officio members.

Here are the members of the committee in the 18th Congress as of September 24, 2020:^[2]

Position	Member	Party
Chairperson	Bong Go
Vice Chairpersons	Pia Cayetano
	Nancy Binay
Members for the Majority	Ronald dela Rosa
	Francis Tolentino
	Imee Marcos
	Richard Gordon
	Panfilo Lacson
	Koko Pimentel
Members for the Minority	Risa Hontiveros
	Francis Pangilinan

Committee secretary: Beatriz Tiongco-Cruda

See also

• List of Philippine Senate committees

References

1. Web site: July 2020. Rules of the Senate. September 27, 2020. Senate of the Philippines.
2. Web site: September 24, 2020. Senate Permanent Committees - 18th Congress. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200925073524/http://legacy.senate.gov.ph/committee/ctte_mem18th.pdf. September 25, 2020. September 27, 2020. Senate of the Philippines.