FIFTEENTH CONGRESS )
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES _—)
FIRST REGULAR SESSION )

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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

3349

House Bill No.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Article Il, 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 Il 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
XIll 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. 1569 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.

RUFYS B. RQPRIGUEZ

Wi

MAXIMO B. RODRIGUEZ, JR.


FIFTEENTH CONGRESS i)
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, 3349

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.
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 (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 learn and to teach what
he/she learned to the barangay people;

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

e. Physical and mental fitness; and

f. At least eighteen (18) years old but not more
than sixty (60) years old.

SECTION 5, 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 entitled 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
Municipa/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
governments are authorized to receive grants,
donation, gift or bequests from various government
agencies and government corporations which shall
be tax exempt.

SECTION 15. 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 or 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,