The proposed law was approved and passed by the previous Congress, but then President Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III shot it down saying SSS would become bankrupt due to the increase.
Nitong nakalipas na Kongreso, ipinasa na rin nito ang perehong panukalang batas, ngunit hindi inaprubahan ni dating Pangulong Benigno Cojuangco Aquino III, sapagkat naniniwala siyang malulugi ang SSS sa kalaunan.