Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City
NINETEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session
HouseBillNo.      10107
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Introduced by Rep. FERDINAND ALEXANDER A. MARCOS
|st District,  llocos Norte
EXPLANATORY NOTE
ln securing their necessities, senior citizens sometimes forget to bring with them their
purchase   booklets  thus   preventing  them  from   enjoying  the   legislated   discounts.
There  are  even  occasions  when   buying  medicines,  the  elderly  would   bring  with
him/her the wrong  booklet (say, the one for groceries).  It is also a fact that time and
again  our  senior  citizens  are  encumbered  by  having  to  request  from  the  pertinent
government  office  for  a   new  booklet  whenever  the   previous  one   gets  filled-up
already.
For these  reasons,  the  National  Commission  of Senior Citizens  itself has advanced
the proposal to do away with such physical booklets and create instead a centralized
database,  accessible  to  merchants,  to  digitally  record  transactions  regarding  the
senior citizens' availment of discounts.
lt  is  imperative  to  discontinue the  implementation  of the  purchase  slip  booklet  as  a
mandatory  requirement for the  availment of the  senior citizen's discount  in  order to
lessen the burden on our elderly persons who wish to avail of the privileges granted
them by law.
[n view of the foregoing, immediate approval of this measure is earnestly requested.
FERDINAND ALEXANDER A. MARCOS


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila
NINETEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session
HouseBillNo.10107
Introduced  by Rep. FERDINAND ALEXANDER A. MARCOS
|st District,  llocos Norte
AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A CENTRALIZED DATABASE FOR SENIOR CITIZENS AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled:
ARTICLE I
PRELIMINARY
SECTION   1.   Short  77.I/e.  This  Act  shall  be  known  as  the  "Senior  Citizens
Database Act ".
SIC.  2.   Establishment  of  a   Centralized   Database  for  Senior  Citizens.  A\
centralized   database   for   senior   citizens   shall   be   established,   maintained   and
managed    by   the    National    Commission    of   Senior   Citizens    (Commission)    in
cooperation  with  the  Department  of  Information  and  Communications  Technology
(DICT).  The  database,  which  shall  be  accessible  to  merchants,  shall  be  used  to
digitally record the kind of medicine or basic or essential commodities purchased, the
quantity  and  price,  the  date  of  the  transaction,  and  the  establishment  where  the
same has been purchased. The database shall be utilized in lieu of the purchase slip
booklet,  the  usage  of which  shall  be  discontinued  as  a  mandatory  requirement for
the availment of the senior citizens discount.
The  database  and  any  information  contained  therein  shall  only  be  accessed
by authorized personnel in line with the purpose of this Act.
SEC. 3.  Penalty for Violation of the Confidentiality or Integrity of the  Records
/.r]  the  Dafabase.  Any person  who,  by virtue of employment or official  position,  shall
knowingly  and  willfully  commits  any  of the  following  acts  shall  suffer the  penalty of
four  (4)  years  and  one  (1)  day  of  imprisonment  or  a  fine  not  more  than  Three
Hundred Thousand Pesos (Php300,000.00) or both, at the discretion of the court:
(a)  unauthorized  access to and  improper use of any information  contained  in
the database system; or


(b)  disclosure  in  any  manner  of  any  information  found  or  contained  in  the
database to  any  person  or agency  not  legally  entitled  to  receive  it to  the  prejudice
and detriment of the public or person from whom the said information was taken; or
(c)  tampering,  altering  or  making  any  false  entry  in  the  database,  including
destroying,  concealing,  removing  or  otherwise  impairing  the  verity  or  availability  of
the database without authority.
SEC.  4.  Implementing  Rules  and  Regulations. W.ikhiin stixrty  (60) days from the
effectivity   of   this   Act,    the   Commission,    in    coordination   with   the    DICT,    shall
promulgate  the  rules  and  regulations  to  effectively  implement  the  provisions  of this
Act.
SEC.  5. Appraprt.aft.ons.  The amount necessary for the  initial  implementation of
this  Act  shall  be  taken  from  the  current  year's  appropriation  of  the  Commission.
Thereafter, such sums as may be necessary for the continued  implementation of this
Act shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
SEC.  6.  Repea//`ng  C/ause.  All  existing  laws,  orders,  rules  and  regulations  or
parts thereof deemed inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed
or modified accordingly.
SEC.  7.  Effect/.v/ty.  This  Act  shall  take  effect  fifteen  (15)  days  following  the
completion  of  its  publication  in  the  Official  Gazette  or  in  a  newspaper  of  general
circulation, whichever comes first.
Approved,