Renaming Dept. of Social Welfare to Social Services

Section 1 orders the Department of Social Welfare to be renamed as the Department of Social Services and Development.
Section 1 provides that the renamed department retains the same organizational structure, powers, duties and functions as those in place for the prior department.
Section 1 ties the retained powers, duties, and functions to the framework under Presidential Decree No. 1, as amended.
Section 1 authorizes the Secretary of the department to initiate and establish rules and regulations needed for the department to carry out its objectives and functions effectively.
Section 1 requires that those rules and regulations initiated and established by the Secretary are subject to approval of the President.

Section 1 identifies that the Department of Social Welfare was created under Republic Act No. 5416.
Section 1 keeps the department’s powers, duties, and functions aligned with Presidential Decree No. 1, as amended.

The decree directs renaming the department to reflect a more accurate institutional identity consistent with productivity and a developmental thrust.
The decree frames the change as part of the government’s concern to uplift living conditions, develop maximum capacities, and promote self-reliance and independence.
The decree links the renaming to innovative social service schemes and strategies aimed at enabling the most disadvantaged to participate in national development.

Section 2 repeals, amends, and/or modifies any provisions of existing laws, decrees, orders, proclamations, instructions, rules, and regulations—or parts of them—contrary to, inconsistent with, or in conflict with this Decree.
Section 2 gives the decree overriding effect to the extent of inconsistency with existing legal issuances and regulations.
Section 2 operates generally across the listed categories of legal instruments for purposes of consistency with Presidential Decree No. 994.