The House of Representatives on Monday approved on third and final reading a bill that requires state universities and colleges (SUCs) to have mental health offices in their campuses for the benefit of the community, especially the students.
The House of Representatives on Monday approved on third and final reading a bill that requires state universities and colleges to have mental health offices in their campuses for the benefit of the community, especially the students.
“This will ensure access to appropriate interventions, therapy, and treatment as needed as well as design programs and provide services that shall assist students in SUCs in resolving emotional, behavioral and psychosocial issues and address their being barriers to learning,” the committee report on the measure read.
In addition, the bill provides that CHED, in coordination with other abovementioned government agencies, should match the salary grades of mental health professionals with related plantilla items under the provisions of Republic Act No. 6758 or the Compensation and Position Classification Act of 1989 as amended.
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