Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City, Metro Manila 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
1st Regular Session 
House Bill No. ________ 
Introduced by Representatives PAOLO Z. DUTERTE, ERIC G. YAP, 
EDVIC G. YAP, and JEFFREY SORIANO 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Based on a study1 of the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund 
(UNICEF) undertaken in coordination with the Department of Social Welfare and 
Development (DSWD), a child with disabilities needs an expenditure that is 40 to 80 
per cent higher than other children without disabilities. The study further highlights 
that poverty rates are 50 per cent higher in households with children with disabilities 
hence the need for the full support and assistance of the government to children with 
disabilities as well as their parents who are charged to take care and rear them. 
This proposed measure seeks to provide the said support and assistance needed by 
children with disabilities through provision of a monthly subsidy to their parents in 
order to help alleviate the challenges they continuously face in the rising costs of 
living. 
In view of the foregoing, approval of this bill is earnestly sought. 
PAOLO Z. DUTERTE 
ERIC G. YAP 
        EDVIC G. YAP 
           JEFFREY SORIANO 
1 https://www.unicef.org/philippines/reports/cost-raising-children-disabilities-philippines (last accessed on December 13, 2022)
January 10, 2023
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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City, Metro Manila 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
1st Regular Session 
House Bill No. ________ 
Introduced by Representatives PAOLO Z. DUTERTE, ERIC G. YAP, 
EDVIC G. YAP, and JEFFREY SORIANO 
AN ACT 
PROVIDING FOR THE MONTHLY SUBSIDY FOR PARENTS OF CHILDREN 
WITH DISABILITY, AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled: 
SECTION 1. Short Title. This Act shall be known as the “Monthly Subsidy for 
Parents of Children with Disability Act."  
SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. - It is the policy of the State to promote a just and 
dynamic social order that will ensure the prosperity and independence of the nation 
and free the people from poverty through policies that provide adequate social 
services, promote full employment, a rising standard of living, and an improved 
quality of life for all. The State shall provide priority to the needs of vulnerable sectors 
such as persons with disabilities. In pursuance of this end, social protection measures 
such as the grant of monthly subsidy shall be extended to parents of children with 
disabilities. 
SEC. 3. Definition of Terms. - For purposes of this Act, these terms are defined 
as follows: 
a. Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) are those suffering from restriction of
different abilities, as a result of a mental, physical or sensory impairment,
to perform an activity in the manner or within the range considered normal
for a human being;
b. Children with Disability refers to persons below 21 years of age with
disability.
c.
Parents of Children with Disability refers to biological parents of children with
disability, including Guardians of children with disability who are duly
appointed by the courts in accordance with the Civil Code of the Philippines
and other pertinent laws.
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d. Impairment is any loss, diminution or aberration of psychological, 
physiological, or anatomical structure of function; 
 
e. Disability refers to (1) a physical or mental impairment that substantially 
limits one or more psychological, physiological or anatomical function of 
an individual or activities of such individual; (2) a record of such an 
impairment; or (3) being regarded as having such an impairment; 
 
f. Handicap refers to a disadvantage for a given individual resulting from an 
impairment or a disability, that limits or prevents the functions or activity, 
that is considered normal given the age and sex of the individual 
 
 
SEC. 4. Coverage. - All parents of children with disability, as verified and 
certified by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the 
National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA), shall be covered by the provisions of 
this Act. 
 
 
SEC. 5. Subsidy for Parents of Children with Disability. - The eligible parents 
of children with disability shall be entitled to a monthly subsidy from the DSWD 
amounting to Two Thousand Pesos (Php2,000.00) to aid in the expenditures incurred 
in the support and rearing of the child/children with disability, subject to existing 
government auditing rules and regulations: Provided, that the monthly subsidy shall 
automatically cease upon the attainment of the child/children with disability of the 
age of 21 years old. 
 
 
SEC. 6. Database of Children with Disability. - To implement effectively, a 
database of all Children with Disability shall be created by the NCDA, DSWD, and 
Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), National Privacy Commission (NPC), in 
coordination with local government units through the Department of Interior and 
Local Government (DILG). The database shall be updated annually.  Renewed efforts 
must be made to collect comprehensive, accurate and update information that can be 
disaggregated according to a wide range of variables as a basis for effective planning 
and implementation services, and monitoring and evaluation. The creation and 
management of this database shall adhere strictly to the standards set forth in 
Republic Act No. 10173, otherwise known as the "Data Privacy Act of 2012." 
 
 
SEC.  7. Policy on PWD Identification Cards. - The issuance of PWD 
Identification Cards pursuant to Republic Act No. 7277, otherwise known as the 
"Magna Carta for Persons with Disabilities," as amended, along with other relevant 
administrative issuances and local ordinances, shall incorporate the information 
necessary for the granting of the monthly subsidy to eligible parents of children with 
disability. The issuance of an authentic PWD Identification Card is a pre-requisite to 
qualify as a beneficiary under this Act. 
 
 
SEC. 8. Penal Provisions. - The penalties shall apply to the following: 
 


 
a. Any person found to be deliberately committing any fraudulent act of 
enrolling or misrepresenting himself or herself as a parent of children with 
disability under this Act shall suffer the following: 
 
1. For the first violation, a fine of not less than Twenty Five Thousand 
Pesos (Php25,000.00) but not exceeding Fifty Thousand Pesos 
(Php50,000.00); and 
 
2. For any subsequent violation, a fine of not less than Fifty Thousand 
Pesos (Php50,000.00) but not exceeding One Hundred Thousand Pesos 
(Php100,000.00). 
 
b. Any person, whether natural or juridical, violating any provision of this Act 
and its IRR, except violations pertaining to Subsection a of this Section, shall 
be penalized with a fine of not less than One hundred pesos (Php100,000.00) 
but not exceeding Two hundred thousand pesos (Php200,000.00). If the 
violator is a corporation, organization or any similar juridical entity, the 
officials directly involved and responsible shall be liable therefor. 
 
 
SEC. 9. Appropriations. - The amount necessary for the implementation of this 
Act shall be included in the annual General Appropriations of the year following its 
enactment into law and thereafter. An initial amount of Two Billion pesos 
(Php2,000,000,000.00) shall be allocated for the first year of its implementation. 
 
 
SEC. 10. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - Within Sixty (60) days from 
the effectivity of this Act, the DSWD, in consultation with the NCDA, Department of 
Interior and Local Government, Department of Health, Philippine Statistics 
Authority, National Privacy Commission, and other relevant government agencies 
and non-government organizations, shall issue the necessary rules and regulations to 
implement the provisions of this Act. 
 
 
SEC. 11. Report to Congress. - The DSWD and NCDA shall annually submit a 
report to Congress about the status of the implementation of this Act for the purpose 
of review and recommendation of additional measures necessary for the attainment 
of the objectives of this Act. 
 
 
SEC. 12. Suppletory Clause. - The provisions of Republic Act No. 7277, 
otherwise known as the "Magna Carta for Persons with Disabilities," as amended by 
Republic Act No. 10754 and Republic Act No. 9442, have suppletory effect to the 
provisions of this Act. 
 
 
SEC. 13. Repealing Clause. —All laws, presidential decrees, executive orders, 
proclamations, rules and regulations, or any part thereof, which are inconsistent with 
the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly. 
 
 
SEC. 14. Separability Clause. - If any provision or part of this Act, or the 
application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held unconstitutional or invalid, 
the remainder of this Act shall not be affected thereby. 


 
 
 
SEC. l5. Effectivity. — This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days from its 
publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of general 
circulation. 
 
Approved,