Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Batasan Hills, Quezon City

TWENTIETH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 120

Introduced by 4Ps Partylist Representatives
JC M. ABALOS and MARCELINO C. LIBANAN

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Republic Act No. 11310 otherwise known as the Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino
Program was institutionalized on April 17, 2029 as the government's flagship
poverty alleviation and social protection program. It is designed to improve the
social and economic well-being of approximately 4.4 million qualified beneficiaries
of the Pantawid Program through conditional cash grants. These conditional cash
grants are given for a maximum of seven (7) years which aim to support
improvements in the health, nutrition, and education of the beneficiaries.

To ensure that the amount of the cash grants are sufficient, under Section 7
and 10 of RA 11310, it mandates the Philippine Institute for Development Studies
(PIDS) that it shall recommend the National Advisory Council of the Program,
which composes of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD),
Department of Health (DOH), Department of Education (DepEd), and the National
Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), whether the cash grants needs to be
adjusted to meet present needs.

However, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), its latest
Inflation Report indicates that while the country generally experiences a slowdown
in the inflation rate, notable increases were observed in key sectors - specifically for
housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels, and health. Inflation rates for
housing, water, electricity, gas, and other fuels stood at 2.9% in April 2025, this is a


significant increase from 1.7% in March the same year. Health inflation rate reached
2.4%, up from 2.2% in March the same year. Further, PSA revealed in their latest
Poverty Statistics Report that 16.4% of Filipino families, totaling 4.51 million,
continue to live in poverty.

These current situations only underscore that the current amount of the 4Ps
cash grants may no longer be sufficient to provide the needed support to the
Pantawid Program beneficiaries. Unfortunately, the amount has remained
unchanged since its enactment. Thus, this bill aims to increase the amount of
conditional cash grants of the Pantawid Program to better address the evolving
economic realities and the sustained needs of beneficiaries.

In light of the above, the passage of this measure is eamestly sought.

MARCI . LIBANAN

Representative, 4Ps Partylist (/~ resentative, 4Ps Partylist


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Batasan Hills, Quezon City

TWENTIETH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

120

HOUSE BILL NO.

Introduced by 4Ps Partylist Representatives
JC M. ABALOS and MARCELINO C. LIBANAN

AN ACT INCREASING THE CONDITIONAL CASH GRANTS OF 4Ps
BENEFICIARIES AND MANDATING THE ANNUAL REVIEW THEREOE,
AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11310, OTHERWISE

KNOWN AS THE “PANTAWID PAMILYANG PILIPINO PROGRAM (4Ps)”

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress
assembled:

SECTION 1. Section 7 of the same Act is amended to read as follows:

“SEC. 7. Conditional Cash Transfer to Beneficiaries. — The Advisory
Council shall determine the amount of conditional cash transfer to
beneficiaries with the following schemes:

(a) Conditional cash transfer grant per child enrolled in day care and
elementary programs shall not be lower than [Three hundred pesos (P
300.00)] FIVE HUNDRED PESOS (P500.00) per month per child for a
maximum of ten (10) months per year;

(b) Conditional cash transfer grant per child enrolled in junior high
school shall not be lower than [Five hundred pesos (P500.00)] SEVEN
HUNDRED PESOS (P700.00) per month per child for a maximum of
ten (10) months per year;


(©) Conditional cash transfer grant per child enrolled in senior high
school shall not be lower than [Seven hundred pesos (P700.00)] NINE
HUNDRED PESOS (P900.00) per month per child for a maximum of
ten (10) months per year;

(d) Health [and nutrition] grant shall not be lower than [Seven
hundred fifty pesos (P750.00)} ONE THOUSAND AND EIGHT
HUNDRED PESOS (P1,800.00) per month for a maximum of twelve
(12) months per year;

(e) FOOD AND NUTRITION GRANT SHALL NOT BE LOWER
THAN SIX HUNDRED PESOS (?600.00) PER MONTH FOR A
MAXIMUM OF TWELVE (12) MONTHS PER YEAR.

SEC. 2. Paragraph 2 of Section 10 of the same Act is amended to read as
follows:

“The amounts indicated in Section 7 of this Act shall be made available
to the qualified household-beneficiaries during the first three (3) years of the
implementation of this Act: Provided, That every [six (6) years] YEAR after the
effectivity of this Act, the PIDS shall recommend to the NAC whether the
cash grants shall be adjusted to the present value using the consumer price
index, as published by the PSA: xxx”

SEC. 3. Separability Clause. — If for any reason, any provision of this Act is
held unconstitutional or invalid, the remaining provisions not affected thereby shall
continue to be in full force and effect.

SEC. 4. Repealing Clause. — All laws, decrees. executive orders,
proclamations, rules, regulations, and other issuances or parts thereof which are
inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, amended, or
modified accordingly.

SEC. 5. Effectivity. — The Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its

publication in the Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of general circulation in
the Philippines.

Approved,