Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
Second Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. ____ 
Introduced by HON. LUIS RAYMUND “LRAY” F. VILLAFUERTE, JR. 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The Constitution, Article II, Section 15, provides: 
The State shall protect and promote the right to health of the people and 
instill health consciousness among them. 
Lead poisoning in residential environments is a major health problem. The main 
source of lead poisoning among children is the dust that comes from clipping lead-
based paint or dust that is created during residential repainting or remodeling projects. 
There is a need to address this problem.  Even low levels of lead in the body are 
harmful and are associated with reduced intelligence and attention span, hearing loss, 
stunted growth, reading and learning problems, and behavioral difficulties. 
Hence, this bill seeks to provide assistance for startup costs of community programs 
to prevent residential based lead poisoning in children. 
LUIS RAYMUND “LRAY” F. VILLAFUERTE, JR. 
August 3, 2023
2:05 pm
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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
Second Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. ____ 
Introduced by HON. LUIS RAYMUND “LRAY” F. VILLAFUERTE, JR. 
AN ACT 
TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE FOR START-UP COSTS OF COMMUNITY 
PROGRAMS TO PREVENT RESIDENTIAL LEAD-BASED 
POISONING IN CHILDREN 
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 as the “Lead Evaluation, 
Abatement, and Detection Center Act.”  
Sec. 2. Grant Program for Start-up Costs of Programs to Prevent Residentially 
Based Lead Poisoning in Children. –   
(A)
In General. – The Secretary of Health may make grants to public and non- profit
private entities for the purpose of assisting such entities in establishing,
community programs that provide residential lead-based paint poisoning
prevention services at or through single sites.
(B)
Use of Grants. – A grant under paragraph (A) may be expended for the initial
costs of providing the single-site facilities, including the acquisition and
rehabilitation of facilities, personnel, and equipment for a community program
described in such subsection, and for such other costs of establishing the
program as the Secretary determines to be appropriate.  Such as grant may not
be expended to provide the services described in such subsection and may not
otherwise be expended to pay the costs of operating such a program.
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(C)  
Services. – For purposes of this section, the term “residential lead-based paint 
poisoning prevention services” means any services appropriate to prevent lead 
poisoning in infants and children, especially lead poisoning resulting from the 
presence of lead-based paint in dwelling units, including conducting risk 
assessment and inspections in housing, providing for interim control and 
abatement of lead-based paint hazards in housing. 
(D)  
Authorization of Appropriations. – For the purpose of carrying out this Act, there 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary. 
 
Sec. 3. Separability Clause. – If any provisions or part hereof, is held invalid or 
unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the provision not otherwise affected shall 
remain valid and subsisting. 
 
Sec. 4. Repealing Clause. – Any law, presidential decree or issuance, executive 
order, letter of instruction, administrative order, rule or regulation contrary to or 
inconsistent with the provision of this Act is hereby repealed, modified, or amended 
accordingly. 
 
Sec. 5. Effectivity Clause. – This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
 
Approved,