I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby amend certain provisions of Executive Order No. 369, dated September 6, 1996, and order the following:

SECTION 1. Section 2 is hereby amended to include as Committee members the Secretaries of the Department of Health and the Department of Social Welfare and Development, as well as labor representatives, one (1) each from the private, public and informal sector.

SEC. 2. Section 3 is hereby amended to read as follows:

œSection 3. Responsibility of the Committee. The Committee shall undertake a complete and comprehensive review and study of the various social protection programs of the Philippines, including but not limited to, the programs being implemented by the SSS, GSIS, ECC, HDMF, the new Philippine Health Insurance Corporation, and the RSBS/AFP, with the end view of reforming, rationalizing and aligning them, taking into account the need of the people, on the one hand, and the prevailing social and economic conditions and available resources, on the other. Within nine (9) months from the issuance of this Executive Order, the Committee shall submit to the President its findings and recommendations. 

Sec. 5. Effectivity. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 9th day of December in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Six.

(Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) RUBEN D. TORRES
Executive Secretary