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(b) Food and Drug Regulation. The Regional Assembly
shall, by law, establish and maintain an effective food and drug
regulatory system. The rational use of drugs through an essential
drugs list and the use of generic medicines or drugs, as well as
the use of herbal medicines and indigenous health resources,
whenever appropriate, shall be encouraged and promoted.
(c) Other Legislation. The Regional Assembly shall also
enact legislation on the following:
(1) Child health and development, including the support of
the physically challenged and other disadvantaged persons in need
of welfare services;
(2) Protection and development of the rights of women and
of indigenous population;
(3) Registration of births, marriages and deaths; and
(4) Fixing of regional public holidays.
SEC. 3. Housing Program. – The Regional Government,
in cooperation with the private sector, shall evolve its own housing
program that will provide adequate, low-cost, and decent housing
facilities, and other basic services to the residents of the region,
especially the underprivileged.
SEC. 4. The Regional Assembly shall, within one year from
its organization, enact measures embodying re-integration
programs responsive to the needs of former rebels who return to
the fold of the law. A rehabilitation program shall be provided for
displaced persons or communities that are victims of man-made
or natural calamities.
SEC. 5. Family as Nation's Foundation. – The Regional
Government recognizes the Filipino family as the foundation of
the nation. It shall strengthen its solidarity and actively promote
its total development.
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