Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
‘Quezon City, Philippines

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session |

43 TUL 2013
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HOUSE BILLNO.__2124

INTRODUCED BY HON. MARCELINO “MARCY” R. TEODORO

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Presidential Decree 1569 was enacted to strengthen the Barangay Nutrition
Program. A program to address the malnutrition problem that afflicts vulnerable sectors
particularly school children, pregnant women and lactating mothers, and other
contributory factors that affect the health and nutrition condition of the community as a
whole.

Despite the existence of P.D. 1569, however, a great percentage of the
population still suffer from food inadequacy. Thus, there is a need to further strengthen
the government arm tasked to implement the mandate of bringing about a well-
nourished population.

This measure proposes to provide for the creation and filling up of one
mandatory position of Barangay Nutrition Worker (BNW) in every barangay. In addition,
it grants scholarship to a deserving nutrition worker and mandates the minimum amount
of allowance the BNW shall receive upon his or her appointment, as well as, during his
of her tenure as a volunteer worker. Moreover, this bill seeks to increase the level of
competence required of the position by setting the qualification to at least a high school
graduate.

Thus, in view of the foregoing, approval of this bill is earnestly sought

MARCELINO “MARCY” R. TEODORO
Representative
4® District, City of Marikina


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Philippines

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

2124

HOUSE BILL NO.

INTRODUCED BY HON. MARCELINO “MARCY” R, TEODORO.

AN ACT
CREATING THE POSITION OF BARANGAY NUTRITION WORKER IN EVERY
BARANGAY, PROVIDING INCENTIVES THERETO AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THEREFOR, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1569

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

SECTION 1. Presidential Decree No. 1569 entitled “Strengthening the Barangay
Nutrition Program by Providing for a Nutrition Scholar in Every Barangay” is hereby
amended to read as follows:

“SECTION 1. Barangay Nutrition Program. - To strengthen the Barangay
Nutrition Program, there shall be CREATED under the administration and
SUPERVISION of the NATIONAL NUTRITION COUNCIL 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 (5,000.00)

SEC. 2. Barangay Nutrition Worker. - The Barangay Nutrition Worker shall be
APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR WITH THE CONCURRENCE OF THE
MAJORITY OF ALL SANGGUNIANG BAYAN OR THE SANGGUNIANG
Panlungsod MEMBERS, THE SANGGUNIANG BARANGAY CONCERNED AND
UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE NATIONAL NUTRITION COUNCIL.
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 family
planning to the barangay

SEC, 3. Services. - The Barangay nutrition worker, while (continuously learning]
UNDERGOING ACTUAL TRAINING under this program, shall serve the
barangay on a voluntary basis for at least [a period of one year] SIX MONTHS.
THEREAFTER, THE NATIONAL NUTRION COUNCIL SHALL ASSESS
HIS/HER PERFORMANCE AND = MAKE THE — NECESSARY
RECOMMENDATION FOR HIS/HER APPOINTMENT,

SEC. 4. Qualifications, - The qualifications of a Barangay Nutrition Worker shall
be as follows:

a) Bonafide resident of the barangay for at least one (1) year, with the ability
to speak the dialect;

b) Possession of leadership potentials and the initiative and willingness to
serve the barangay {for at least one year],


©) Willingness to leam and to teach what he/she has learned to the
barangay people;

d) Atleast a [primary] HIGH SCHOOL graduate;
e) Physically and mentally fit; and
f) Atleast eighteen (18) years old but not more than sixty (60) years old.

SEC. 5. Recruitment. - The barangay nutrition worker shall be recruited from
within the barangay and shall be tested on mental ability and proper work
attitude

SEC. 6. Training. - Before actual barangay service, the barangay nutrition worker
shall undergo a ten-day 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 twenty-
day 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. 7. Benefits. - The Barangay Nutrition Worker shall be entitled to a training
stipend, meal and travel allowance of at least P250.00 a day. DURING THE
PERIOD OF VOLUNTEER SERVICE PRIOR TO HIS/HER APPOINTMENT,
THEY SHALL BE ENTITLED TO ALLOWANCE OF TWO THOUSAND PESOS
(P 2,000.00) A 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. 8. INCENTIVES. - TO FURTHER ENHANCE THE PROGRAM, THE
NATIONAL NUTRITION COUNCIL, IN COORDINATION WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF 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/HER PRESENT POSITION.

SEC, 9. Nutrition Committees. - The implementation of this project shall be the
total responsibility of a Provincial/City Nutrition Committee headed by the
Govemor/City Mayor as Chairman and a Municipal Nutrition Committee headed
by the Mayor as Chairman

SEC. 10. Local Training Team. - The local training team of the municipality shall
be composed of two (2) members chosen from among the members of the
Municipal Nutrition Committee. This team shall follow-up the activities of the
trained barangay nutrition worker.

SEC. 11. Role of the Mayor. - The Municipal or City Mayor shall initiate activities
to implement this project within the municipality, organize the local training teams
and may recommend the appropriation by his/her municipality/city of a local
counterpart in the form of additional allowance for the barangay nutrition worker,

SEC. 12. Barangay Nutrition Workers Staff Secretariat. - There shall be a staff
secretariat in every province/city which shall monitor the progress of the
program, identify its problems and recommend possible solutions thereto.

SEC. 13, National Nutrition Council. - The National Nutrition Council shall
formulate the rules and regulations, plans and programs within the limits set forth
in this Act, allocate the funds for this project to the various provinces and/or


agencies for disbursement in accordance with the financial plan of the Barangay
Nutrition Workers Project.

SEC. 14. Donations. - For the purposes of this Program, the National Nutrition
Council and the local govemments are authorized to receive grants, donations,
Gifts or bequests from various govemment agencies and government
corporations which shall be tax exempted,

SEC. 15. Appropriations. - The amount of Five Million Pesos out of any available
funds from the National Treasury or from the Special Activities Funds is hereby
appropriated to be released for the organization and initial operation of the
Council and the local governments for the purposes of this program. Local
governments are likewise authorized to appropriate such amount necessary for
the successful implementation of this program. PROVIDED, THAT THE CITY OR
MUNICIPALITY SHALL APPROPRIATE AS PART OF ITS ANNUAL BUDGET
FOR PERSONAL SERVICES THE NECESSARY AMOUNT OF ONE
THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED PESOS (P 1,500.00) PER MONTH PER
BARANGAY NUTRITION WORKER, PROVIDED FURTHER, THAT THIRD TO
FIFTH CLASS MUNICIPALITIES SHALL APPROPRIATE EIGHT HUNDRED
PESOS (P 800.00) PER MONTH PER BARANGAY NUTRITION WORKER. THE
DIFFERENCE IN THE FIVE THOUSAND PESOS (P 5,000.00) MONTHLY
ALLOWANCE PER BARANGAY NUTRITION WORKER SHALL BE INCLUDED
IN THE GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT FOR THE YEAR FOLLOWING ITS
ENACTMENT.

SEC. 2. Separability Clause. — If any provisions or part hereof, is declared invalid or
unconstitutional, the remainder of the law not otherwise affected shall remain valid and
subsisting.

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

SEC. 4. Effectivity Clause. — This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
complete publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of general
circulation.

Approved,