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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVEB
Quezon City

REGISTRATION UNIT
ANB INDEX

venteenth Congress

rst Regular Se:
rouse BillNo: O47

PLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to provide additional benefits and privile

to al. sevior citizens,
Section 4, Article X'V of the 1987 Constitution provides that

Section 4. The family has the duty to care for its elderly members but the
State may also do so through just programs of social se. wvity.”

Senior citizens have contributed to our society during the prime of their lives. They
have sacrificed much so tha: we may now enjoy the fruits o” tr

labor. In any culture,
respect for elders is paramount. This value should be reflected in our laws, While we may
have yranted privileges in the past, itis still woefully inadequate ec asidering the diminishing
number of senior citizens aad their thinning time lefi to enjoy

seeks to further reward then n their twilight years.

rewards. Hence, this bill

While the amendments may cover a comprehensive set f | -iviieges, it is but a small

into of our appreciation for their sacrifice. Discounts on cour fees, vehicle registration
fees, real property tax, and PRC renewal fees are just stvali tokens for their usual
expenditures. Provision of free annual physical examination, parkig, exemption from color-
coding and no-wait rule

2 establishments are al
physical retaxation, All told, these benefits are very economica! »-ays of rewarding our senior
citizens and shows to the worsd what kind of people the Filipinos ar, especially towards their
elders,

0 meani to ensure their enjoyment and

In view of the foregoing, passage of this bill is highly revom nended.

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MERCEDES: “caghs


PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL BENEFITS AND PIV'LEGES TO $
CHIZENS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPO!

Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

Seventeenth Congress

First Regular Sesgio
House Bill No: bt?

Introduced by REP. MERCEDES C. CAGAS

AN ACT

& REPUB? ACT NO. 7432, AS

AMENDED, ENTITLED, “AN ACT TO MAXIMIZE THE CONTRIBUTION OF

SNIOR CETIZENS TO SATION BUILDING, GRANT BENEFITS AND SPECIAL

PRIVILEGES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES”

iv enacted by the Senate und House of Representatives of the -'n igpines in Congress

assembled:

SECTION 1. Paragraph (e), Section 4 of Republic Act Io. 7432, as amended, is

hereby further amended to read as fetlows:

EC. 4, Privileges for the Senior Citizens. ~ The sen:or sitizens shalt be entitled

‘othe fecilowing.

(a) The era it of twenty percent (20%) discount aud exempt on from the

dded .ax (VAT), if applicable, on the sale oi 1¢ following goods and

alue-a

services fron all establishments, for the exclusive 1- and erjoyment or

availment of senior citizens:
Ci) xxx
XXX XX DXX
(10) ON COURT FEES, LEGAL SERVICES AND A*TORNEY FEES IN ALL
CASES OF WHICH THEY ARE THE RESPONDED T'S OR AGGRIEVED
IDELINES TO BE Is SUED 3Y THE

SUBJECT TO THE
DURT OF THE PHILIPPINES.

PARTIE i

SUPREMEM!



(11) ON VEHICLE SEGISTRATION FES FOR TH JS OWNED BY SENIOR
CHPIZENS.

(12) ON REAL PROPERTY TAX

(13) ON RENEWAi. OF PROFESSIONAL REGULA TC 2Y COMMISSION
(PRE) LICE

CE.

AXX. ANN XX

medical and dental services, diagnostic and laboratory fess TESTS, such as, but not

Hmited to, ANNUAL PHYSICAL EXAMINATION, x-rays, © mputetized tomography
scans, CARDIAC STRESS TEST, ENDOSCOPY, ULTRAS2UND ON KIDNEYS,
URETER AND BLADDER. PULMONARY FUNCT:G® “5ST and blood tests,
£NCLUDING PROFESSIONAL FEES OF ATTENDING PHYSICIANS, in all government

IFALTH CARE facilities, subject to the guidelines to be issued by the DOH in coordination

vish the PhilHealth,

IN THE AVAILMENT OF THE ANNUAL PHYSICAL EXAMINATION, THE
INDIGENT SENIOR CITIZENS SHALL HAVE PREFERENCE IVER NON-INDIGENT

SENIOR CIVIZENS IN THE ORDER THEY SHALL BE SERV EL

(2) FREE PARKING IN ALL COMMERCIAL “3 °ABLISHMENTS FOR
VEHICLES REGISTERED iN THEIR NAMES.

(g) EXEMPTION FROM COLOR-CODING OR VEHICLLAR TRAFFIC
EDUCTION PROGRAMS Gi THE GOVERNMENT FOR V:.H CLES WHERE SENIOR

CYTIZENTS ARE PASSENGERS.

(hy NO-WATT-RU_E IN ALL ESTABLISHMENTS.

SEC,

jon |! of the same Act, is her by amended to read as fc lows

ce 1, Approssiations. — The necessary appropriatio.s for the operation and

of the OSCA shall be appropriated and approved | y he LGUs concerned. For

agencies, the requirements to implement “h. ; ovisiors of this Act shall

aationsl governmne
be included in their respective budgets: Provided, Tht the funcs 9 be used for the national

wealth program, INCLUDING THE ANNUAL PHYSICAL E> MINATION, and for the

I be added to the regular

\aceination of senior citizens in the firet year of implementaws,

fier, as @ line item un'e the DOH budget in the

appropriations of the DCI and there.


subsequent General Appropt-ations Act (GAA). Provided, furiier That the monthly social

‘on for indigent senicr citizens in the first year of implemen ion shail be added to the

‘ar appropriations of the DSWD and thereafter as a line iter» der the DSWD budget in
auent GAA.”

SEC. 3. The releven; government agencies shall draft the necessury Implemen

Rules and Regulations (JR) ‘or the effective implementation Jt chi Aci.

SEC. 4, This Act si ail take effect fifteen (15) days aficr publication in the Official

tue of in two (2) nationa! newspapers of general circulation.

Approved.