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Introduced by Senator S. R. OsmeAa 111 
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This bill seeks to renationalize the devolved personnel, positions, services, 
facilities and funding sources/appropriations of the Department of Agriculture, the 
Department of Health and the Department of Social Welfare and Development, 
After one whole decade of implementation, Republic Act 7160 otherwise known 
as the Local Government Code has given rise to problems which remain unresolved 
and irremediable. 
The estimated 20,000 personnel of the Department of Agriculture who were 
transferred to Local Government Units suffered cuts in salarieslallowances, and were 
assigned to tasks unrelated to their profession, and lament the lack of opportunities for 
career advancement. Without the support of LGUs who themselves are faced with 
financial constraints, agricultural workers have been left demoralized, unable to 
function, and frustrated with the deterioration of farm extension and other services, 
with its deleterious effects on agricultural productivity and food security. 
Meanwhile in the health sector, the Philippine Public Association representing 
some 50,000 devolved health workers nationwide, lamented even before devolution 
that the decentralization of health care management led to : 1) Demoralization among 
workers, which along with the fragmentation of services weakened the delivery of 
health services, especially epidemic prevention and control; 
2) Health care 
management is too technical for most local government managers; and 3) most 
LGUs do not have the resources to run a hospital and other health facilities. 
Similar problems hamper the work of some 5,000 personnel who have been 
devolved from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). 
Subsequent laws have since been passed mandated additional responsibilities 
to national government agencies. 
RA 8435 mandates a 7-year, PI20 billion 
modernization program for agriculture and fisheries to be administered by the 
Department of Agriculture, which no longer exercises direct administrative authority 
over the field implementors. RA. 7610 has given the Department of Social Welfare 
and Development additional tasks for the protection of abused and disadvantaged 
children. The Department of Health is likewise handicapped in the provision of health 
care and hospital services. 


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In view of the foregoing, early passage of this bill is earnestly requested. 
Senator 


THIRTEENTH CONG 
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Introduced by Senator S. R. OsmeAa 111 
AN ACT 
FACILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENTS QF AGRICULTURE, HEALTH AND SOCIAL 
WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT, APPROPRIATING FUND 
THEREFOR, AND 
FOROTHERPURPOSES 
RE-NATIONALIZING DEVOLVED PERSONNEL, POSITION, SERVICES AND 
Be it enacted by the Senate and.the House of Representatives of the Republic of the 
Philippines in Congress assembled: 
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SECTION 1. Tifle. - This Act shall be known as the 
“Re- 
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Nationalization of Devolved Personnel, Positions, Services and Facilities 
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Act of 2004.” 
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SEC. 2. Re-Nafionalizafion. - All personnel, positions, services and 
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facilities of the Department of Agriculture (DA), the Department of Health (DOH), 
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and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), including their 
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assets, lands, buildings, equipment, records, drugs, medicines, materials, 
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supplies, and liabilities that were devolved to the local government units (LGUs) 
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under Republic Act No. 7160, otherwise known as the Local Government Code 
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of 1991 , are hereby returned to their respective national Departments. 
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SEC.3. Appropriafions. - In the year following the enactment of this Act 
into law, the cost of the‘devolved DA, DOH and DSWD personnel, position, 
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services and facilities as of December 31, 1992 shall be deducted by the 
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Department of Budget and Management from the internal revenue allotment of 
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the LGUs concerned and shall be used as funding source for the provisions of 


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this Act. Any deficiency shall be charged against the Organizational Adjustment 
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fund and appropriations savingsheserves. Thereafter, such sums as may be 
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needed for its continued implementation shall be included in the annual General 
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Appropriations Act. 
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The internal revenue allotment of LGUs in the succeeding years shall be 
net of the cost of devolved DA, DOH and DSWD personnel, position, services 
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and facilities as of December 31, 1992. 
SEC. 4. Implementing Rules and Regulafions. - The DA, DOH and 
DSWD shall each formulate the necessary rules and regulations to implement 
this Act in their respective departments within three (3) months of its enactment 
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into law. 
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SEC. 5. Repealing Clause. - All laws, presidential decrees, executive 
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orders, rules and issuances or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of 
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this Act are hereby repealed, amended, or modified accordingly. 
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SEC. 6. 
Separabilify Clause. If for any reason , any section or 
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provisi,on of this Act is held unconstitutional or invalid, the other sections or 
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provisions thereof not be affected thereby. 
SEC. 7. Effecfivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
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publication in two (2) national newspapers of general circulation 
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Approved,