FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE )
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
Second Regular Session )

HOUSE OF REI TIVES
1H. No,

Introduced by Representative Teodorico T. Haresco, Jr.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Republic Act No. 10121, through the National Disaster Risk Reduction and
Management Council (NDRRMC), aims to strengthen the capacity of the national
goverment and the local government units (LGUs), together with partner stakeholders, to
build the disaster resilience of communities, and. to institutionalize arrangements and
measures for reducing disaster risks, including projected climate risks, and enhancing
disaster preparedness and response capabilities at all levels. oo

However, under RA 10121, it seems that Health is only a secondary priority. In the .
Philippines, risks of communicable disease outbreaks arise in disaster-affected populations
during and after natural disasters. Evacuation centers usually lack nutritious food and
safe-drinking water. There are also cases when the victims need not only food and sh
but first aid, medication, and sometimes even blood wansfusion.

This bill seeks to respond to the health risks brought about by natural disasters Oy"?
expanding the membership of the Department of Health (DOH) and the Philippine National
Red Cross (PNRC) in the NORRMC as Vice Chairman of Disaster Risk Management for
Health and Vice Chairman of Emergency Aid Management respectively.

For this reason, the passage of this bill is earnestly sought.

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TEODORICOT. HARESCO, JR. i
Representative “



FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE )
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
Second Regular Session )

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. No.

Introduced by Representative Teodorico T. Haresco Jr.

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‘AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 5 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10121, OTHERWISE
KNOWN AS AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE PHILIPPINE DISASTER RISK
REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, PROVIDING FOR THE NATIONAL
DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK AND
INSTITUTIONALIZING THE NATIONAL DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND

MANAGEMENT PLAN, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER

PURPOSES

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

SECTION 1. Section 5 of Republic Act. No.10121 is hereby amended to read, as ° 1

SEC. 5. National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council. -
present National Disaster Coordinating Council or NDCC shall henceforth
known as the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council,
hereinafter referred to as the NDRRMC or the National Councit. The National
Council shall be headed by the Secretary of the Department of National
Defense (DND) as Chairperson with the Secretary of the Department of the
Interior and Local Goverment (DILG) as Vice Chairperson for Disaster
Preparedness, the Secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and
Development (DSWD) as Vice Chairperson for Disaster Response, the
Secretary of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) as Vice
Chairperson for Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, the Director General of
the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) as Vice
Chairperson for Disaster Rehabilitation and Recovery, THE SECRETARY OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AS VICE CHAIRPERSON OF DISASTER”
RISK MANAGEMENT FOR HEALTH, AND THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF
PHILIPPINE NATIONAL RED CROSS (PNRC) AS VICE CHAIRPERSON OF
EMERGENCY AID MANAGEMENT. .

The National Council's members shall be the following:

(A) Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natt
Resources (DENR);
(B) Secretary of the Department of Agriculture (DA);



{C) Secretary of the Department of Education (DepED);

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2 (D) Secretary of the Department of Energy (DOE);
3 (E) Secretary of the Department of Finance (DOF);
4 (F) Secretary of the Department of Trade and industry (DT!);
s (G)Secretary of the Department of Transportation
6 Communications (DOTC);
7 (H) Secretary of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), 8
8 ()) Secretary of the Department of Public Works and Highways
9 (DPWH);
10 (d) Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA);
u (K) Secretary of the Department of Justice (DOJ);
12 (L) Secretary of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE);
13 (M)Secretary of the Department of Tourism (DOT);
14 (N) The Executive Secretary;
15 {O) Secretary of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace
16 Process (OPAPP);
7 (P) Chairman, Commission on Higher Education (CHED);
18 {Q) Chief of Staff, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP);
19 (R) Chief, Philippine National Police (PNP);
20 {S) The Press Secretary;
21 {T) Commissioner of the National Anti-Poverty Commission-Vicims:
2 Disasters and Calamities Sector (NAPCVDC);
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28 Council (HUDCC);
6 (W)__ Executive Director of the Climate Change Office of the Climate
27 ‘Change Commission,
28 (X) President, Government Service Insurance System (GSIS);
29 {Y} President, Social Security System (SSS);
30 (2 President, Philippine Health insurance Corporation (philHealth),
31 {AA) President of the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines
32 {ULAP);
33 (BB) President of the League of Provinces of the Philippines (LPP);
. 34 {CC} President of the League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP);
35 (DD) President of the League of Municipalifies of the Philippines :, #
36 {LMP);
37 (EE) President of the Liga ng Mga Barangay (LMB);
38 (FF) Four (4) representatives from the CSOs;
39 (GG) One (1) representative from the private sector, and
40 {HH} Administrator of the OCD.
4 The representatives from the CSOs and the private sector shall
42 selected from among theie respective ranks based on the criteria
4B and mechanisms to be set for this purpose by the National Council
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45 SECTION 2. — Separability Clause. If any provision or part hereof, is held invalid or

46 unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the provision shall remain valid and subsisting.



SECTION 3. - Repealing Clause. Any law, presidential decree or issuance,
executive order, letter of instruction, administrative order, rule or regulations contrary to or
inconsistent with, the provisions of this Act is hereby repealed, modified, or amended
accordingly.

SECTION 4. - Effectivity Clause. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in at Jeast two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,

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