LEGAL MANDATES RELATED TO NUTRITION AND DIET THERAPY

Question 1

Title I-V of HIPAA

Answer 1

1. Title I of HIPAA protects health insurance coverage for
   workers and their families when they change or lose their jobs.
2. Title II of HIPAA, known as the Administrative Simplification
   (AS) provisions, requires the establishment of national standards for electronic health care transactions and national
   identifiers for providers, health insurance plans, and
   employers.
3. Title III sets guidelines for pre-tax medical spending
   accounts,
4. Title IV sets guidelines for group health plans, and
5. Title V governs company-owned life insurance policies

Question 2

History of Composition and Legal Bases

1947

Answer 2

Creation of the Philippine Institute of Nutrition (PIN)
as a first attempt to institutionalize a national
nutrition program

Question 3

History of Composition and Legal Bases

1958

Answer 3

Reorganization of the PIN into the Food and
Nutrition Research Center (FNRC) under the
National Science and Development Board

Question 4

History of Composition and Legal Bases

1960

Answer 4

Organization of the National Coordinating Council
on Food and Nutrition (NCCFN), a loose
organization of government and non-government
agencies and organizations involved in nutrition and
related projects

Question 5

History of Composition and Legal Bases

1971

Answer 5

Promulgation of Executive Order No. 285,
mandating the National Food and Agriculture
Council (NFAC) to coordinate nutrition programs in
addition to coordinating national food programs,
thus, superseding the NCCFN

Question 6

History of Composition and Legal Bases

1974

Answer 6

Promulgation of Presidential Decree No. 491
(Nutrition Act of the Philippines, 25 June 1974),
which created the National Nutrition Council (NNC)
as the highest policy-making and coordinating body
on nutrition

Question 7

History of Composition and Legal Bases

1987

Answer 7

of Executive Order No. 234
(Reorganization Act of NNC, 22 July 1987)

Question 8

History of Composition and Legal Bases

1988

Answer 8

Administrative Order No. 88 named the Department
of Agriculture as the NNC Chair of the NNC
Governing Board.

Question 9

History of Composition and Legal Bases

2005

Answer 9

Executive Order No. 472 named the Department of
Health (DOH) as the chair of the NNC, DA n DILG as vice chairman’s

to focus on hunger-mitigation

Question 10

History of Composition and Legal Bases

2007

Answer 10

EO 616 designated the NNC as oversight of the Accelerated Hunger- Mitigation Program to ensure that hunger-mitigation measures
are in place, and are reported to the President.