Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City, Metro Manila 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
Second Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. 10016 
Introduced by Representative Ruwel Peter S. Gonzaga 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
This bill provides for the creation of one mandatory position of Barangay Nutrition 
Worker in every barangay to address the vital services of health personnel in the 
community. It seeks to professionalize the current barangay nutrition scholars by 
requiring additional qualifications that would better prepare such individuals in 
responding to several health and nutrition concerns in the barangays. 
Issued in 1978, Presidential Decree No. 1569 was aimed at strengthening the 
Barangay Nutrition Program by providing for a Barangay Nutrition Scholar in every 
barangay recognizing that such selected individual from within the barangay who will be 
intensively trained would be in a better position to deliver nutrition and related services 
particularly to target critical families.  
Almost forty-seven years have lapsed and still the duties and responsibilities placed 
upon the shoulder of these barangay nutrition scholars did not change. As a matter of 
fact the challenges in the delivery of services and the dedication needed to comply with 
the demands of the job are only getting more difficult as time passed. With the present-
day realities in health care management especially existing in our barangays, the expertise 
of barangay health workers would really enhance the services and the means in which 
such services will be provided to those who needed it most. 
The immediate passage of this bill is earnestly sought. 
RUWEL PETER S. GONZAGA
March 4, 2024
1:00 pm


Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City, Metro Manila 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
Second Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. 10016
Introduced by Representative Ruwel Peter S. Gonzaga 
AN ACT CREATING THE POSITION OF BARANGAY NUTRITION WORKER IN 
EVERY BARANGAY, PROVIDING INCENTIVES THERETO, AND APPROPRIATING 
FUNDS THEREFOR 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Short Title. – This Act shall be known and referred to as the “Barangay 
Nutrition Worker Act”. 
SEC. 2. Barangay Nutrition Program. – To further strengthen the Barangay 
Nutrition Program, there shall be created under the administration and supervision of 
the National Nutrition Council (NNC), in coordination with the city or municipality and 
the barangay, one (1) mandatory position of Barangay Nutrition Worker in every 
barangay with a monthly allowance of not less than Five Thousand Pesos (PhP5,000.00). 
SEC. 3. Barangay Nutrition Worker. – The Barangay Nutrition Worker shall be 
appointed by the Mayor, with the concurrence of the majority of all Sangguniang Bayan 
or Sangguniang Panlungsod Members, and the Sangguniang Barangay concerned. The 
Barangay Nutrition Worker shall be responsible for delivering nutrition services and 
other related activities such as community health, backyard food production, 
environmental sanitation, culture, supplemental feeding, and responsible parenthood to 
the barangay. 
SEC. 4. Services. – The Barangay Nutrition Worker, while undergoing training under 
the Barangay Nutrition Program, shall serve the barangay on a voluntary basis for at 
least six (6) months. Thereafter, the NNC shall assess his or her performance and make 
the necessary recommendation for his or her appointment. 


 
 
SEC. 5. Qualifications. – The Barangay Nutrition Worker shall possess the following 
qualifications: 
 
(a) A bona fide resident of the barangay for at least one (1) year, with ability to speak 
the major dialect; 
(b) With leadership potential and the initiative and willingness to serve the barangay 
for at least one (1) year; 
(c) Willingness to learn and to teach what he or she has learned to the barangay 
residents; 
(d) At least a high school graduate; 
(e) Physical and mental fitness; and 
(f) At least eighteen (18) years old, but not more than sixty (60) years old. 
 
SEC. 6. Recruitment. – The Barangay Nutrition Worker shall be recruited from within 
the barangay and shall be tested on the basis of mental ability and work aptitude. 
 
SEC. 7. Training. – Before actual barangay service, the Barangay Nutrition Worker 
shall undergo appropriate and sufficient training on selected topics, such as nutrition, 
health, food production, and environmental sanitation, based on defined task 
expectations to be conducted by a provincial training team in coordination with the 
municipal and barangay nutrition committee. This training shall be supplemented by a 
practicum to be conducted in the barangay where the worker is assigned, and such 
activity shall be in coordination with the local training team. 
 
SEC. 8. Benefits. – The Barangay Nutrition Worker shall be entitled to a training 
stipend, meal, and travel allowance of at least Three Hundred Pesos (PhP300.00) per day. 
During the period of volunteer service prior to his or her appointment, the Barangay 
Nutrition Worker shall be entitled to allowance of Five Thousand Pesos (PhP5,000.00) 
every month. 
 
The Barangay Nutrition Worker shall be granted a civil service eligibility equivalent to 
second grade after the completion of at least two (2) years of continuous and 
satisfactory service in the barangay. 
 
SEC. 9. Incentives. – To further enhance the nutrition program, the NNC, in 
coordination with the Commission on Higher Education, shall formulate a scholarship 
program where incumbent and deserving barangay nutrition workers shall be given the 
opportunity to avail of a scholarship grant in any state college or university and pursue 
a course relevant to his or her present position. 
 
SEC. 10. Nutrition Committees. – The organization of local nutrition committees 
and the implementation of their respective nutrition program shall be the responsibility 


 
 
of the provincial/city nutrition committee headed by the Governor/Mayor as Chairman 
and a municipal nutrition committee headed by the Mayor as Chairman. 
 
SEC. 11. Local Training Team. – The local training team of the  municipality or city 
shall be composed of two (2) members chosen from among the members of the 
municipal or city nutrition committee. This team shall follow up the activities of the 
trained Barangay Nutrition Worker. 
 
SEC. 12. Role of the Mayor. – The Municipal or City Mayor shall initiate activities to 
implement the nutrition program within the municipality or city and organize the local 
training teams, and may recommend the appropriation by the municipality or city of a 
local counterpart in the form of additional allowance for the Barangay Nutrition Worker. 
 
SEC. 13. Barangay Nutrition Workers Staff Secretariat. – There shall be a staff 
secretariat in every province or city which shall monitor the program, identify its 
problems, and recommend possible solutions thereto. 
 
SEC. 14. Role of the National Nutrition Council. – The NNC shall formulate rules 
and regulations, plans and programs within the limits set forth in this Act, and allocate 
the funds to the various provinces and/or agencies for disbursement in accordance with 
the financial plan of the Barangay Nutrition Program. 
 
SEC. 15. Donations. – For purposes of this Program, the National Nutrition Council 
and the local government units (LGUs) are authorize to receive grants, donations, gifts, 
or bequests from various government agencies and government corporations which 
shall be tax exempt. 
 
SEC. 16. Appropriations. - The amount necessary for the initial implementation of 
this Act is hereby appropriated from any available funds in the National Treasury or from 
the Special Activities Fund, and authorized to be released. Thereafter, such sums as may 
be necessary for the continued implementation of this Act shall be included in the 
annual General Appropriations Act. 
 
LGUs are likewise authorized to appropriate such amount necessary for the effective 
implementation of this Act: Provided, That the city or municipality shall appropriate as 
part of its annual budget for personal services the necessary amount of Five Thousand 
Pesos (PhP5,000.00) per month per Barangay Nutrition Worker: Provided, further, That 
third- to fifth-class municipalities shall appropriate Two Thousand Pesos (PhP2,000.00) 
per month per Barangay Nutrition Worker. The difference in the Five Thousand Pesos 
(PhP5,000.00) monthly allowance per Barangay Nutrition Worker shall be included in the 
General Appropriations Act for the year following the enactment of this Act. 
 


 
 
SEC. 17. Separability Clause. – If any provision or part of this Act is held 
unconstitutional or invalid, the other provisions or parts thereof not affected thereby 
shall continue to be in full force and effect. 
 
SEC. 18. Repealing Clause. – The provisions of Presidential Decree No. 1569 and all 
other laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations, and other issuances or parts thereof 
inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, amended, or modified 
accordingly. 
 
SEC. 19. Effectivity. – This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication 
in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.  
 
Approved,