SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
First Regular Session

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Introduced by Representative Rufus B. Rodriguez an
Representative Maximo B. Rodriquez, Jr.

House Bill No. __3988

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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Article II, Section 13 of the Constitution states that the State recognizes the vital role
of the youth in nation-building and shall promote and protect their physical, moral spiritual,
intellectual, and social well-being. Section 15 of Article II also states that it is the policy of the.
State to protect and promote the right to health of the people and instill health consciousness
among them. Further, Section 11 of Article XIII states that the State shall adopt an integrated
and comprehensive approach to health development which shall endeavor to make essential
goods, health and other social services available to all the people at affordable cost. There
shall be priority for the needs of the underprivileged sick, elderly, disabled, women, and
children. The state shall endeavor to provide free medical care to paupers

Presidential Decree No. 1869 which strengthened the barangay nutrition program by
providing for a barangay nutrition scholar in every barangay was enacted in 1978. It has
significantly reduced malnutrition but statistics show that 31% and 32.9% of pre-school and
grade school children, respectively, are underweight. Hence, our aim is to completely
eradicate malnutrition.

This bill seeks to amend PD 1569 by making the appointment of a barangay nutrition
worker mandatory in every barangay and by increasing their benefits.

In view thereof, immediate approval of this Bill is sought.

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SIXTEENTH CONGRESS )
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
First Regular Session )

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Introduced by Representative Rufus B. Rodriguez and
“Representative Maximo B. Rodriguez, Jr. _

House Bill No. 3988
AN ACT

CREATING THE POSITION OF BARANGAY NUTRITION WORKER IN EVERY
BARANGAY PROVIDING INCENTIVES THERETO, APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THEREFOR AMENDING FOR THE 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 Numbered Fifteen Hundred Sixty-Nine (P.D. No. 1869)
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 (P5,000.00)

SECTION 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 — Panlunsod 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.

SECTION 3. SERVICE. 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 NUTRITION
COUNCIL SHALL ASSESS HIS/HER PERFORMANCE
AND MAKE THE NECESSARY RECOMMENDATION
FOR HIS/HER APPOINTMENT.


SECTION 4. QUALIFICATION. The qualification of a
Barangay Nutrition Worker shall be as follows:

a. Bonafide resident of the barangay for at least one
(1) year, with 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
leamed to the barangay people;

d, At least a [primary] HIGH SCHOOL graduate;

e. Physical and mental fitness; and

f, Atleast eighteen (18) years old but not more than
sixty (60) years old

SECTION §. RECRUITMENT. The barangay nutrition
worker shall be recruited from within the barangay and
shall be tested on mental ability and proper work attitude.

SECTION 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.

SECTION 7. BENEFITS. The Barangay Nutrition Worker
shall be entitied to a training stipend, meal and travel
allowance of at least P250.00 a day. DURING THE
PERIOD OF VOLUNTEER SERVICE PROIR TO HIS/HER
APPOINTMENT, THEY SHALL BE ENTITLED TO
ALLOWANCE OF TWO THOUSAND PESOS (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.

SECTION 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 OF UNIVERSITY AND
PURSUE A COURSE RELEVANT TO HIS/HER
PRESENT POSITION.


SECTION 9. NUTRITION COMMITTEES. The
implementation of this project shall be the total
responsibility of a Provincial/City Nutrition Committee
headed by the Governor/City Mayor as Chairman and a
Municipal Nutrition Committee headed by the Mayor as
Chairman.

SECTION 10, LOCAL TRAINING TEAM. The local training
team of the municipal 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.

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

SECTION 12, BARANGAY NUTRITION WORKERS
STAFF SECRETARIAT. There shall be a staff secretariat in
very province/city which shall monitor the progress of the
program, identify its problems and recommend possible
‘solutions thereto.

SECTION 13. NATIONAL NUTRITION COUNCIL. The
National Nutrition Council shall formulate 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.

SECTION 14. DONATIONS. For the purpose of this
Program, the National Nutrition Council and the local
govemments are authorized to receive grants, donation,
Gift or bequests from various government agencies and
government corporations which shall be tax exempt.

SECTION 18. APPROPRIATIONS. The amount of One
Million Pesos out of any available funds from the National
Treasury or form the Special Activities Funds is hereby
appropriated and authorized to be released for the
organization and initial operation of the Council and the
local governments for the purpose 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 APPRORIATE AS PART OF ITS
ANNUAL BUDGET FOR PERSONAL SERVICES THE
NECESSARY AMOUNT OF ONE THOUSAND PESOS
(P1,000.00) PER MONTH PER BARANGAY NUTRITION
WORKER, PROVIDED FURTHER, THAT THIRD TO
FIFTH CLASS MUNICIPALITIES SHALL APPROPRIATE


FIVE HUNDRED PESOS (P500.00) PER MONTH PER
BARANGAY NUTRITION WORKER.

THE DIFFERENCE IN THE FIVE THOUSAND
PESOS (P5,000.00) MONTHLY ALLOWANCE PER
BARANGAY NUTRITION WORKER SHALL BE
INCLUDED IN THE GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT
(GAA) FOR THE YEAR FOLLOWING ITS ENACTMENT.

SEC 2. Separability Clause. If any provision or part of this Act is declared unconstitutional
of invalid, the other provision or parts hereof not affected thereby shall continue to be in full
force and effect.

SEC 3. Repealing Clause. All laws, decrees, executive orders or any part thereof which are
inconsistent with this Act, are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SEC. 4 Effectivity. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days following its full and complete
publication in an Office Gazette or in the least two (2) newspapers of general circulation,
which comes first

Approved,