Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

* House Bil No, 2097

Introduced by Representative Reynante U. Arrogancia

EXPLANATORY NOTE

It is in accordance with Section 4 of Article XV of the 1987 Constitution that
declares the duty of the family to care for its elderly members but the State may also do so
through just programs of social security.

This bill seeks to expand the benefits coverage of Republic Act No. 10868 by
granting the centenarians additional benefits and extending the grant of privileges to
octogenarians and nonagenarians, to the elderly upon reaching the age of eighty (80),
eighty-five (85), ninety (90) and ninety-five (95).

This social protection measure shall be implemented with the hope that more
Filipino elderly may live comfortably and live off of such benefits in their sunset years.

In view of the foregoing, immediate approval of this bill is earnestly sought.

YNANTE U. ARROGANCIA
~3" District, Quezon


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

Hoiise Bill No. 1097

Introduced by Representative Reynante U. Arrogancia

AN ACT
GRANTING ADDITIONAL BENEFITS TO FILIPINO CENTENARIANS,
RECOGNIZING OCTOGENARIANS AND NONAGENARIANS, AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10868, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ‘CENTENARIANS
ACT OF 2016’

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
SECTION 1. Section 2 of Republic Act No. 10868 is amended to read as follows:

“SEC. 2. [Letter of Felicitation and Cash Gift] BENEFITS FOR
CENTENARIANS., - All Filipinos who reach the age of one hundred (100) years
old, whether residing in the Philippines or abroad, shall be honored with:

(a) A letter of felicitation from the President of the Philippines congratulating the
celebrant [for his and her] ON ONES longevity; and

(b) A Centenarian Gift in the amount of one hundred thousand pesos
(P100,000.00)

“ALL FILIPINO CENTENARIANS WHO REACH THE AGE OF
ONE HUNDRED AND ONE (101) YEARS OLD SHALL RECEIVE A
CASH GIFT IN THE AMOUNT OF ONE MILLION PESOS (P1,000,000.00)
ON THEIR BIRTHDAY.”

SEC. 2. A new section denominated as Section 3 of the same Act is added to read as
follows:

“SEC. 3. BENEFITS FOR OCTOGENARIANS — AND
NONAGENARIANS. - ALL FILIPINOS WHO REACH THE AGE OF
EIGHTY (80), EIGHTY-FIVE (85), NINETY (90) AND NINETY-FIVE (95)
YEARS OLD SHALL ALSO RECEIVE A LETTER OF FELICITATION


FROM THE PRESIDENT AND A CASH GIFT OF TWENTY-FIVE
THOUSAND PESOS (P25,000.00).”

SEC. 3. Sections 3 and 4 of the same Act are renumbered as Sections 4 and 5 respectively.

SEC. 4. A new section denominated as Section 6 of the same Act is added to read as
follows:

“SEC. 6. LEAD AGENCY. - THE NATIONAL COMMISSION OF
SENIOR CITIZENS (NCSC) SHALL IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF
THIS ACT.”

SEC. 5. Section 5 of the same Act is renumbered as Section 7 and amended to read as
follows:

“SEC. [5]7. [Funding. - During the initial year of the implementation of
this Act, the requisite fund shall be sourced from the available funds of the
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and subsequently the
amount necessary to implement the provisions of this Act shall be included in the
annual General Appropriations Act.”]

“APPROPRIATIONS. - THE AMOUNT NECESSARY FOR THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS ACT SHALL BE INCLUDED IN THE
ANNUAL GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT.”

SEC. 6. Section 6 of the same Act is renumbered as Section 8 and amended to read as
follows:

“SEC. [6]8. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - Within thirty (30) days
from the effectivity of this Act, the [Secretaries of the DSWD]

CHAIRPERSON OF THE NCSC SHALL, IN CONSULTATION
WITH THE SECRETARY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND
DEVELOPMENT, the [Department] SECRETARY of the Interior and Local
Government, the [Department] SECRETARY of Health, [and] the Executive
Director of the Commission on Filipino Overseas, AND THE
UNDERSECRETARY OF THE PHILIPPINE STATISTICS AUTHORITY,
shall promulgate the necessary [guidelines for and shall take the lead in] RULES
AND REGULATIONS FOR the effective implementation of this Act.”

SEC. 7. Sections 7 and 8 of the same Act are renumbered as Sections 9 and 10 respectively.
SEC. 8. All laws, presidential decrees, issuances, executive orders, letters of instruction,
rules or regulations, or parts thereof inconsistent with or contrary to the provisions of this

‘Act are repealed, amended or modified accordingly.

SEC. 9. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette
or in a newspaper of general circulation,

Approved,