Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
19TH CONGRESS 
Third Regular Session 
House Bill No. 10712 
_______________________________________________________ 
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE 
MICHAEL L. ROMERO 
_______________________________________________________ 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The 1987 Constitution mandates the state to promote and expand the 
Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) through appropriate technology 
and research, with adequate financial, equipment and other support services. 
 The Republic of the Philippines cannot rely on outside support/sources. 
We must find a permanent and lasting solution to our recurring poverty crisis. 
The state must ensure a stable and sufficient system by involving as 
many stakeholders as possible in all sectors. 
We must review the mandate and flow of operations of all our 
government agencies involved in the production and distribution of all our key 
poverty alleviation programs to improve synergy in pursuant to the mandate 
of the Constitution. 
RA11310, institutionalizes the "Pantawid Pamilyang" Pilipino 
Program (4Ps). Congress shall give highest priority to the following sectors: 
protection and enhance the right of all the people to human dignity, reduce 
social, economic, and political inequalities, and remove cultural inequities by 
equitably diffusing wealth and political power for the common good; promotion 
of social justice, including the commitment to create economic opportunities 
based on freedom of initiative and self-reliance.  
The state shall establish programs aimed at investing on human capital 
and improve delivery of basic services to the poor, particularly education, 
health and nutrition, which is an intervention anticipated to break the inter-
generational cycle of poverty, through basic services to the poor and early 
childhood care and development; Promote gender equality and empowerment 
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of women and children's rights; Achieve universal primary education; Reduce 
child mortality and malnutrition; Improve maternal health; and Ensure 
healthy lives and promote well-being for all. 
This Program is the national poverty reduction strategy and a human 
capital investment program that provides conditional cash transfer to poor 
households for a maximum period of seven years, to improve the health, 
nutrition and education aspect of their lives. The National Advisory Council 
(NAC) may recommend a longer period under exceptional circumstances. 
selection of Qualified Household-Beneficiaries. 
On a nationwide basis, the Department of Social Welfare and 
Development (DSWD) shall select qualified household-beneficiaries of the 4Ps 
using a standardized targeting system. The Eligible Beneficiaries are Farmers, 
fisherfolks, homeless families, indigenous peoples, those in the informal settler 
sector and those in geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas including 
those in areas without electricity shall be automatically included in the 
standardized targeting. 
This House Bill envisions a highly acceptable and perpetual solution 
to the perennial problem on poverty status. It has been proven that the 
overseas sources are very erratic and therefore very unreliable.  
   
Thus, the early passage of this bill is earnestly requested. 
 
 
 
MICHAEL L. ROMERO Ph.D.    
 


 
Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
19TH CONGRESS 
Third Regular Session 
 
House Bill No. 10712 
__________________________________________________________ 
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE 
MICHAEL L. ROMERO 
__________________________________________________________ 
AN ACT 
AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11310, PANTAWID 
PAMILYANG PILIPINO PROGRAM, PROVIDING ADDITIONAL 
FUNDING AND BENEFITS FOR ALL BENEFICIARIES OF THE 
PROGRAM, TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH, NUTRITION AND 
EDUCATION ASPECT OF ALL, PROVIDING FOR STIFFER 
PENALTIES AND SANCTIONS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
congress assembled: 
SECTION 1.  
SHORT TITLE. - This Act shall be known as the " 
4PS Additional Funding and Benefits Act of 2024 ". 
SECTION 2.  
DECLARATION OF POLICY - it shall hereby be a 
declared policy of the state to: 
The State shall promote a just and dynamic social order thereby uplifting 
its citizens and marginalized sectors from poverty through policies that 
provide adequate social services, promote full employment, a rising 
standard of living, and an improved quality of life for all. 
 


 
The state recognizes the need to foster social justice as provided for in 
Article XIII of the 1987 Constitution. 
 
SECTION 3.  
ESTABLISHMENT 
OF 
A 
SELF-GOVERNING 
NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL. — There shall be established a self-
governing advisory council to be headed by the DSWD. 
The National Advisory Council shall formulate its own implementing 
rules and regulations to govern its proceedings. The Council shall choose its 
official home base and organize a staffing protocol to aid and carry out its 
functions. 
Existing structures, facilities and equipment’s that would meet the 
standard requirements could be upgraded to effectively serve and be 
designated as such in compliance with rules and regulations set by the 
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). 
The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) is the national 
poverty reduction strategy and a human capital inve1astment program that 
provides conditional cash transfer to poor households for a maximum period 
of seven (7) years, to improve the health, nutrition and education aspect of 
their lives. The National Advisory Council (NAC) may recommend a longer 
period under exceptional circumstances. 
SECTION 4. 
QUALIFIED 
BENEFICIARIES 
- 
are 
Farmers, 
fisherfolks, homeless families, indigenous peoples, those in the informal settler 
sector and those in geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas including 
those in areas without electricity shall be automatically included in the 
standardized targeting. 
(a) Congress shall give highest priority to the enactment of 
measures that protect and enhance the right of all the people to 
human dignity, reduce social, economic, and political inequalities, 
and remove cultural inequities by equitably diffusing wealth and 
political power for the common good; 
(b) The promotion of social justice shall include the 
commitment to create economic opportunities based on freedom 
of initiative and self-reliance; 


 
Towards this end, the state shall establish programs that 
invest and harness our country’s human capital and improvement 
of delivery of basic services to the poor, particularly education, 
health and nutrition, which is an intervention anticipated to break 
the intergenerational cycle of poverty. 
(c) Break the intergenerational cycle of poverty through 
investment in human capital and improved delivery of basic 
services to the poor, particularly education, health, nutrition, and 
early childhood care and development; 
(d) Promote gender equality and empowerment of women 
and children’s rights; 
(e) Achieve universal primary education; 
(f) Reduce child mortality and malnutrition; 
(g) Improve maternal health; and 
(h) Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all. 
 
SECTION 5.  
SECTION 24 of RA11310 is hereby amended to read 
as follows: 
Section 24. Penalties.— Any person, whether or not 
acting in conspiracy with public officials, who, by act or 
omission, inserts or allows the insertion of data or false 
information, or who diverts from what ought to be contained 
in the registry, with the view of altering the fact, or aiding in 
the grant of the money to persons other than the qualified 
household-beneficiaries, 
shall 
be 
penalized 
with 
imprisonment of not less than three (3) years but not more 
than six (6) years, or a fine of not less than One hundred 
thousand pesos (₱100,000.00) but not more than Five 
hundred 
thousand 
pesos 
(₱500,000.00) 
or 
both 
imprisonment and fine, at the discretion of the court. A public 
official who commits any of the acts provided herein shall be 
penalized with perpetual disqualification to hold public 
office. Administrative sanctions shall be imposed without 
prejudice to prosecution in the proper courts. 
 
SECTION 6.  
REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL - for purposes of 
this act, to execute the foregoing policy, there shall hereby be created the 
Regional advisory Council. This council shall have the overall authority and 


 
responsibility and accountability for crafting and formulating a comprehensive 
program for the implementation of poverty alleviation.  
The regional advisory councils and NAC shall have, as members, 
representatives from the DSWD, Department of Health (DOH), Department of 
Education (DepEd), Department of Agriculture (DA), Department of Labor and 
Employment (DOLE), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Department of 
Agrarian Reform (DAR), and Technical Education and Skills Development 
Authority (TESDA). The regional advisory councils and NAC shall also have, 
as 
additional 
members, 
two 
(2) 
representatives 
from 
accredited 
nongovernmental organizations working or monitoring social welfare service 
programs. 
The Council shall formulate its own implementing rules and regulations 
to govern its proceedings. The Council shall choose its official home base and 
organize a staffing protocol to aid and carry out its functions. 
 
SECTION 7.  
SELECTION 
OF 
QUALIFIED 
HOUSEHOLD-
BENEFICIARIES. - on a nationwide basis, the DSWD shall select qualified 
household-beneficiaries of the 4Ps using a standardized targeting system. It 
shall conduct a regular revalidation of beneficiary targeting every three (3) 
years. 
SECTION 8.  
CRITERIA 
FOR 
BENEFICIARIES. - 
Farmers, 
fisherfolks, homeless families, indigenous peoples, those in the informal settler 
sector and those in geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas including 
those in areas without electricity shall be automatically included in the 
standardized targeting system to be conducted by the DSWD:  
Provided, That to be eligible for the cash grants, households or families 
must meet the following criteria: 
(a) Classified as poor and near-poor based on the 
Standardized Targeting System and the poverty threshold issued 
by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) at the time of selection; 


 
(b) Have members who are aged zero (0) to eighteen (18) 
years old or have members who are pregnant at the time of 
registration; and 
(c) Willing to comply with the conditions specified by this 
Act. 
Section 9.   
COVERAGE 
IN 
THE 
NATIONAL 
HEALTH 
INSURANCE PROGRAM (NHIP) -All beneficiaries of 4Ps as identified by the 
standardized targeting system to be qualified household-beneficiaries of the 
4Ps shall automatically be covered in the NHIP. The necessary funding for their 
coverage shall be sourced from revenue generated pursuant to Republic Act No. 
10351, otherwise known as the "Sin Tax Reform Act of 2012". 
SECTION 10.  
MODE OF CASH TRANSFER. - The DSWD shall 
provide beneficiaries with direct and secured access to cash grants through 
any number of Authorized Government Depository Banks (AGDBs). For localities 
not adequately served by an AGDB, the DSWD may, by itself or through an 
AGDB, contract the services of rural banks, thrift banks, cooperative banks, 
and institutions engaged in money remittances duly accredited by the Bangko 
Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). 
 
SECTION 11.  
RECURRING ASSESSMENT. - Every three (3) years 
after the effectivity of this Act, the Philippine Institute for Development Studies 
(PIDS) shall conduct an impact assessment to evaluate the effectiveness of the 
4Ps, the veracity of the list of household-beneficiaries and the program 
implementation. 
The amounts indicated in Section 7 of RA11310 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 three (3) years after the effectivity of this Act, the 
PIDS shall recommend to the NAC whether the cash grants shall be adjusted 
to its present value using the consumer price index, as published by the PSA 


 
Provided, further, That the NAC shall ensure that the grant amounts are 
sufficient to make a positive impact on the health, nutrition, and education of 
the beneficiaries and are timely received and spent by the beneficiaries. 
SECTION 12.  
SETTINGS 
FOR 
ENTITLEMENT. -All 
qualified 
household-beneficiaries shall comply with all of the following conditions as a 
requirement for continued program eligibility: 
(a) Pregnant women must avail of pre-natal services, 
give birth in a health facility attended by a skilled health 
professional, and receive post-partum care and post-natal 
care for her newborn; 
(b) Children zero (0) to five (5) years old must receive 
regular preventive health and nutrition services including 
check-ups and vaccinations; 
(c) Children one (1) to fourteen (14) years old must 
avail of deworming pills at least twice a year; 
(d) Children three (3) to four (4) years old must attend 
day care or pre-school classes at least eighty-five percent 
(85%) of them time; 
(e) Children five (5) to eighteen (18) years old must 
attend elementary or secondary classes at least eighty-five 
percent (85%) of their time; and 
(f) At least one (1) responsible person must attend 
family development sessions conducted by the DSWD, at 
least once a month. 
Any or all of the conditions for entitlement may be suspended by 
the DSWD Secretary during times of calamities, war and armed 
conflicts. 
SECTION 13. 
MANDATES OF THE COUNCIL – to institutionalize 
all foregoing policies, the Republic of the Philippines shall focus all its 
development plans and programs towards the achievement of the National 
goals. 
The DSWD shall provide the necessary technical and financial 
assistance to ensure the effective operation of the facilities. 


 
SECTION 14.  
NONCOMPLIANCE 
WITH 
TERMS 
AND 
CONDITIONS. - The responsible person of a reported qualified household-
beneficiary who fails to comply with conditions set forth in Section 11 of 
RA11310 shall at first be notified in writing and the payment of cash grants 
will immediately be terminated. After three (3) months of noncompliance, the 
household-beneficiary shall be subject to case management process of DSWD. 
Should the qualified household-beneficiary so notified persist in not 
complying with the conditions within a period of six (6) months since the day 
of receipt of the written notification, the household-beneficiary shall be 
removed from the program. 
Section 15.  
LIVELIHOOD 
INVOLVEMENTS - 
Qualified 
household-beneficiaries shall be given priority in the availment of the 
modalities and interventions under DSWD’s Sustainable Livelihood Program 
(SLP) or other appropriate or similar programs offered by other government 
agencies or accredited private institutions. 
The household-beneficiary shall also be given priority in the availment 
of the employment facilitation services provided by the SLP or other 
employment programs of appropriate government agencies implementing the 
same 
SECTION 16. 
SUPERVISING AND ASSESSMENT CONCERNS. — 
the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), shall provide 
the necessary technical and financial assistance to ensure the effective 
operations and build-up. 
SECTION 17.  
IMPLEMENTING AGENCY. — the Department of 
Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).  
The DSWD shall serve as the central planning, coordinating, 
implementing and monitoring body of the Program, it shall: 
(a) Select and use an appropriate, effective and cost-efficient 
method to identify and select qualified household-beneficiaries; 


 
(b) Identify and select the target household-beneficiaries on 
the basis of a uniform, objective and transparent selection process 
as indicated in Section 5 of this Act; 
(c) Coordinate with different national and local government 
agencies, including organizations from the private sector to ensure 
full implementation of statutory commitments herein; 
(d) Set up participatory monitoring and evaluation systems 
and methodologies on compliance of conditions, implementation 
of operations, and output and impact assessments. It shall also 
coordinate with the NAC and with the Independent Monitoring 
Committee at the national and local levels, to verify compliance on 
a monthly basis, using the monitoring and evaluation systems 
designed for the purpose; 
(e) Recommend to the NAC measures and policies for the 
responsive delivery of the commitments under this Act; 
(f) Identify the coverage of the 4Ps based on the 
Standardized Targeting System; 
(g) Provide the seminar-workshops and training programs 
to educate qualified household-beneficiaries about the conditions 
and other actions pertinent to this Act; 
(h) Organize a session on entrepreneurship and disaster 
preparedness and risk reduction or arrange a community 
development activity in the qualified household-beneficiaries’ 
respective barangay or municipality or city whichever is available 
annually; 
(i) Submit an annual report to Congress on all aspects of its 
operations, financial status and other relevant data; 
(j) Formulate implementing rules and guidelines for the 
enforcement of this Act; and 
(k) Perform such other functions as may be necessary or 
incidental to the proper implementation of the provisions of this 
Act. 
 
SECTION 18.  
IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS. — 
Within ninety (90) days from the effectivity of this Act, the Department of 
Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), and other concerned government 
and private agencies, promulgate the necessary rules and regulations to carry 
out the provisions of this Act. 


 
SECTION 19. 
TRANSITORY PROVISION – Existing industries, 
businesses and offices affected by the implementation of this Act shall be given 
three (3) months transitory period from the effectivity of the IRR or such other 
period as may be determined, to comply with the requirements of this Act. 
SECTION 20. 
APPROPRIATION. — The amount necessary for the 
initial implementation to fund this act shall be charged under the Department 
of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).  
The amount of ten 10 billion pesos (Php 10, 000,000,000.00) 
necessary for the initial implementation to fund this act shall be charged under 
the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).  
The amount determined by the Department of Social Welfare and 
Development (DSWD) for the implementation of this Act shall be charged 
under the existing funding of the Department of Social Welfare and 
Development (DSWD) (DSWD).  
Thereafter such amounts necessary for the successive and continuous 
implementation of this Act, including the operations maintenance of reserves 
shall be automatically appropriated in the General Appropriations Act (GAA). 
Thereafter, such amounts necessary for the initial implementation of this act 
shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act (GAA).  
The agencies concerned shall provide for the continued maintenance, 
operation, and management of all the facilities and equipment’s. 
SECTION 21. 
CONTINUING APPROPRIATION. - The Department 
of Budget and Management (DBM) is hereby mandated to include annually 
in the next five (5) years, in the President's Program of expenditures for 
submission to Congress, and release, an amount not less than five (5) billion 
pesos (Php 5, OOO, OOO, OOO.OO) for the implementation of this Act. 
SECTION 22. 
PERIODIC REPORTS - The Secretary of the (DSWD) 
shall submit periodic reports on its findings and make recommendations on 


 
actions to be taken by Congress and Senate and the appropriate department, 
and in order to carry out the objectives and mandates of this Act. 
The DSWD shall annually publish a full report of the 4Ps covering the 
implementation of the previous fiscal year.  
The said report shall include financial disclosures, number of 
households included in the 4Ps, and recommendations to the Advisory 
Council, the President and to both chambers of Congress on how to further 
enhance it. This report shall be submitted to Congress before the submission 
of the President’s Budget Message. 
SECTION 23.  
MANDATORY MONITORING. - The DSWD shall 
monitor the implementation of the program and report its status at least once 
every three (3) years in order to ensure the attainment of the goals 
enumerated in Section 2 of this Act to the House of Representatives and the 
Senate of the Philippines. 
SECTION 24. AUTOMATIC REVIEW - Every three (3) years after the 
effectivity of this Act, an independent review panel composed of experts to be 
appointed by the President of the Republic shall review the policies and 
programs in the agriculture sector and shall make recommendations, based 
on its findings, to the President and to both Houses of Congress. 
SECTION 25.  
INDEPENDENT 
MONITORING 
AGENCY. - 
An 
Independent Monitoring Agency shall be created at the regional, and 
national levels, composed of representatives from the private sector and civil 
society organizations (CSOs) to complement the monitoring activities of the 
DSWD and provide feedback for appropriate action.  
It shall submit a report on the results of its monitoring activities 
relative to the implementation of the program to the respective regional 
advisory councils and the NAC. 
Section 26.  
PROGRAM CLARITY— The DSWD shall regularly 
and timely post and update on its website a report of financial disclosures 


 
and information about beneficiaries based on geographical area, social, 
economic and cultural circumstances. 
SECTION 27.  
SEPARABILITY CLAUSE. — If any provision of this 
Act shall be held unconstitutional or invalid, the remaining provisions which 
are not affected thereby shall continue to be in full force and effect. 
SECTION 28.  
REPEATING CLAUSE. — All laws, decrees, executive 
orders, rules and regulations, and other issuances, or parts thereof, contrary 
to or inconsistent with this Act are hereby modified, amended or repealed 
accordingly. 
SECTION 29.  
EFFECTIVITY. — This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) 
days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general 
circulation. 
Approved,