Philippine Senate Committee on Health and Demography

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, 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 its attached agencies.
• The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID)

Members, 20th Congress

Based on the Rules of the Senate, the Senate Committee on Health and Demography has 13 members.

Ex officio members:

• Senate President pro tempore Panfilo Lacson
• Majority Floor Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri
• Minority Floor Leader Alan Peter Cayetano

Committee secretary: Horace R. Cruda

Historical membership rosters

19th Congress

Committee secretary: Horace R. Cruda

18th Congress

Committee secretary: Beatriz Tiongco-Cruda

See also

• List of Philippine Senate committees

References