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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

TINE:
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Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session REGISTRATION UNIT
BILLS AND INDEX SERVICE

HOUSE BILL NO. 223

Introduced by HONORABLE STRIKE B. REVILLA

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The position of provincial, city or municipal social welfare and development officer is a
very crucial one, He/she not only formulate measures for the approval of the local sanggunian,
but he/she also provides technical assistance and support to either the governor or the mayor in
carrying out various measures to ensure the delivery of basic services and provisions of adequate
facilities relative to social welfare and development services as provided for in the Local
Government Code of 1991.

As officer-in-charge of the office on social welfare and development services, he/she
develops and implements, upon approval by the governor or mayor, plans and strategies
pertaining to social welfare programs and projects. He/she not only identifies the basic needs of
the needy, the disadvantaged and the impoverished and develops and implements appropriate
measures to alleviate their problems, but also provides relief and appropriate crisis intervention
for victims of abuse an exploitation by being in the frontline of service delivery, particularly
those which have to do with immediate relief and assistance during the aftermath and natural
man-made disasters and calamities.

Thus, there is an urgent need to professionalize the delivery of various basic social
services by making the qualifications of these social welfare and development officers equivalent
and comparable with the counterparts on the local government units. Setting certain parameters
as to who would qualify as social welfare and development officers and making mandatory their
appointment in municipal governments are steps in the right direction.

‘The immediate passage of this bill is earnestly sought.

REP. STRIKE B. REVILLA
2" District of Cavite


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 2230

Introduced by HONORABLE STRIKE B. REVILLA

AN ACT
AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LOCAL,
GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991, BOOK 3, TITLE 5, ARTICLE 13, SECTION 483, AS
AMENDED

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

Section 1. Section 483, Article 13, Title 5, Book 3, of Republic Act No. 7160, otherwise

known as The Local Government Code of 1991, as amended, is hereby further amended to read
as follows:

* Sec. 483. Qualifications, Powers and Duties ~ (a) No person shall be
appointed social welfare and development officers unless he/SHE is a citizen of
the Philippines, a resident of the local government unit concerned, of good moral
character [,] AND a duly licensed social welfare [or a holder of college degree
preferably in sociology or any other related course from a recognized college or
university, and a first grade civil service eligible or its equivalent]. He/SHE must
have acquired experience in the practice of social work for at least five (5) years
in the case of provincial or city social welfare and development officer, and three
(3) years in the case of the municipal social welfare and development officer.

The appointment of a social welfare and development officer is mandatory for the
provincial, [and] city [,] and [optional for] municipal government.”

Section 2. Separability Clause. — If any provision of this Act is declared
unconstitutional or the application thereof to any person, circumstance or transaction is held
invalid, the validity of the remaining provisions of this Act or the applicability of such provisions
to other persons, circumstances or transactions shall not be affected thereby.

Section 3. Repealing Clause. ~The provisions of all other laws, decrees, orders, rules or
regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed accordingly

Section 4. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after publication in
the Official Gazette and in two (2) newspapers of national circulation.

Approved,