PD 442 Article 237

Surgical Expense Benefit.

Article 237

ART. 237. Surgical Expense Benefit. — Under such rules, regulations and/or conditions as the SSS or GSIS may prescribe, subject to the approval of the Commission, an employee who shall have undergone surgical procedure in a hospital, shall be entitled to a surgical expense benefit as may be determined by the SSS or GSIS, as the case may be, taking into account the nature and complexity of the procedure. The amount of benefit shall not exceed fifty pesos (P50) for a minor operation, two hundred pesos (P200) for a medium operation and five hundred pesos (P500) for a major operation.

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