Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Batasan Hills, Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
Third Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. _______ 
Introduced by  
HON. ATTY. GERVILLE “JINKY BITRICS” R. LUISTRO 
AN ACT 
PROVIDING MONTHLY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO INDIGENT PERSONS WITH 
DISABILITIES, AMENDING SECTION 32 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7277, AS
AMENDED  
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
According to a 2022 study conducted by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), 
children with disabilities need an expenditure that is 40 to 80 percent higher than other children 
with disabilities. Poverty rates are also 50 percent higher in households with children 
with disabilities. While Republic Act No. 7277 or the Magna Carta for Persons with 
Disability provides various benefits and privileges to persons with disabilities (PWDs), the study 
finds that only the relatively well-off households benefited from them—the poorest 
income quintile received less than 6 percent of the total subsidy of the sector.  
Under Article XIII Section 1 of the Philippine Constitution: 
 ―Congress shall give highest priority to the enactment of measures that 
protect and enhance the right of all the people to human dignity, reduce social, 
economic, and political inequalities, and remove cultural inequities by equitably 
diffusing wealth and political power for the common good‖ 
1https://www.unicef.org/philippines/media/5941/file/Full%20report%20-
%20cost%20of%20raising%20children%20with%20disabilities%20in%20the%20Philippines.pdf
2https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/constitutions/1987-constitution/
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November 4, 2024
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RA 7277, as amended, provides for ample provisions that seek to reduce socio-economic 
inequalities experienced by PWDs. In reality, however, it reveals that it falls short of its promise 
of doing so, considering that the poorer PWDs and their families are limited, if not devoid, of the 
benefits they are supposed to receive under the law. This Act proposes to insert a provision that 
provides a P1,000 monthly financial assistance to PWDs who are indigent/fall below the national 
poverty threshold. With this proposed legislation, it is hoped that low-income PWDs along with 
their families are provided with some financial space to allow them to meet their needs, whether 
it be for basic goods and commodities, medicines, education, and other essentials needs 
necessary to live and leads a decent life. 
In view of the foregoing, approval of the bill is earnestly sought. 
HON. ATTY. GERVILLE “JINKY BITRICS” R. LUISTRO 


Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Batasan Hills, Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
Third Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. _______ 
Introduced by  
HON. ATTY. GERVILLE “JINKY BITRICS” R. LUISTRO 
AN ACT 
PROVIDING MONTHLY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO INDIGENT PERSONS WITH 
DISABILITIES, AMENDING SECTION 32 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7277, AS
AMENDED  
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled: 
Section 1. A new subsection is inserted to Section 32 of Republic Act No. 7277, as amended, 
otherwise known as the ―Magna Carta for Persons with Disability‖,  immediately 
after subsection (f), to read as follows: 
―Sec. 32. xx: 
a) xx
-xx- 
g) Upon determination by the DSWD and through the assistance of local
Person with Disabilities Affairs Office (PDAO), indigent PWDs or PWDs
living below the poverty threshold, shall be eligible to a P1,000 monthly
financial assistance, regardless of receipt of other government financial
benefits/aid/assistance.
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SEC. 2. Implementing Rules and Regulations. – The Department of Social Welfare and 
Development (DSWD) in coordination with the Department of Interior and Local Government 
(DILG), shall promulgate the necessary rules and regulations for the effective implementation of 
the provisions of this Act. 
SEC. 3. Appropriations. – The appropriations necessary to carry out the effective 
implementation of this Act shall be charged from the existing budget of the DSWD for its initial 
and subsequent implementation. Thereafter, local government units with the exception of 4th, 5th, 
and 6th class municipalities shall ensure regular appropriations in their respective budgets for the 
implementation of this Act.  
SEC. 4. Separability Clause. – If any provision of this Act is declared invalid or unconstitutional, 
other provisions hereof which are not affected thereby shall remain in full force and effect. 
SEC. 5. Repealing Clause. – All laws, orders, decrees, rules and regulations, and other parts 
thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, amended or modified 
accordingly. 
SEC. 6. Effectivity. – This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the 
Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved,