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Introduced by Rep. Anna Katrina M. Enverga

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Filipino children up to six (6) years of age deserve the best care and attention at
the family and community levels. Towards this end, Republic Act No. 6972 was enacted in

1990 which mandates the establishment a day care center in every barangay.

Day Care Centers provides support programs that ensure total development and
protection of children. Day Care workers provide intellectual and mental stimulation to the
children, as well as supervised wholesome recreation, with a balanced program of
supervised play, mental stimulation activities, and group activities. They are utilized to
assist in the care of children and provide consultative services for medical, educational, and

other needs of the children.

Twenty-six (26) years after its passage, out of 42,026 barangays in the country,
4,570 barangays had yet to establish their own day care center. Moreover, many of the day
care centers existing in the country are in very deplorable conditions. Most of these Centers

are in need of renovation or rehabilitation.

Lack of funds has been the perennial problem in our day care system. The
government has not been able to provide enough resources (i.e., building, materials,
medicines, children books, tables and chairs) and nutrition to support the ever increasing

number children in the day care program.


The present budgetary allocation of the Department of Social Welfare and
Development and the LGUs cannot address the deficiency in the day care program due to

other priorities.
This bill seeks to address pressing problems in the implementation of day care
program nationwide i., shortages of center, day care materials and equipments, dilapidated

centers and others by providing for a one-time appropriations to address such deficiencies.

In light of the foregoing, passage of this bill is urgently sought.

ANNAIKA® [A M. ENVERGA


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session
2299

HOUSE BILL NO.

Fntraduced by Rep. Anna Katina M. Enverger

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR DAY CARE CENTERS REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAM, CREATING DAY CARE CENTERS REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT
FUND, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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

SECTION. 1. Title - This Act shall be known as “Day Care Centers Rehabilitation and
Improvement Act of 2016”

SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. - It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State to defend
the right of children to assistance, including proper care and nutrition, and to provide them with
special protection against all forms of neglect, abuse, cruelty, exploitation, and other conditions
prejudicial to their development. Filipino children up to six (6) years of age deserve the best care
and attention at the family and community levels. Towards this end, the State shall endeavor to
provide Filipino children in every barangay facilities that are adequate, safe and conducive to
enable the children achieve their holistic development. Accordingly, the State shall ensure a

continuing effort towards rehabilitation and improvement of all day care centers nationwide.


SEC. 3. Objective. - There shall be established a comprehensive and continuing Day
Care Centers Rehabilitation and Improvement Program, hereinafter referred to as the
“Program” which shall have the following objectives:
(a) To address the inadequacy of day care centers in the country;
(b) To rehabilitate/improve and renovate dilapidated centers;
(0) To improve the delivery of day care services;
(@) To foster an environment in the center conducive for barangay level total

development and protection of children.

SEC. 4. Day Care Rehabili

tion and Improvement Council. - There is hereby created
a Day Care Rehabilitation and Improvement Council in the Department of Social Welfare and
Development which shall be headed by the Department Secretary as Chairperson and
representatives of various national leagues in the provinces, cities and municipalities as

member.

The council shall formulate and adopt a comprehensive program and guidelines to
resolve the shortages of day care Centers, its rehabilitation and improvement of centers,

deficiencies in day care materials, equipments and furniture and fixtures.

SEC. 5. Day Care Rehabilitation and Improvement Fund. - There is hereby created
a trust fund, to be known as Day Care Rehabilitation and Improvement Fund for which the
sum of ‘Twenty Five Billion Pesos (P25,000,000,000.00) shall be appropriated. The total
amount allocated herein shall be used exclusively for the construction, rehabilitation and/or
repair, renovation of day care centers in the country, the procurement of day care materials,
equipments, furniture and fixtures pursuant to the program and guidelines as determined by

the Council.

Provided, that all unexpected balance, after the completion of the work and/or
procurement authorized for each fiscal year, shall at once revert to the National Treasury to

the credit of the appropriation provided for under this Act and shall not be withdrawn from it


nor expended except for the purpose indicated herein. Such unexpended balance for any fiscal
year shall be added to the appropriation for the next fiscal year and expended accordingly.

SEC. 6. Bidding. - Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, funds
allocated under the provision of this Act shall be executed through public bidding in

accordance with the existing government rules and regulations.

SEC. 7. Appropriation.- The amount needed to implement this Act shall be included
in the General Appropriations Act of the year.

SEC. 8. Separability. - Should any provision of this Act be found unconstitutional by a
court of law, such provision shall be severed from the remainder of this Act, and such action shall

not affect the enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Act.

SEC. 9. Effectivity Clause.- This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its complete

publication in any two (2) national newspapers of general circulation.

APPROVED,