Republic Act No. 11982

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

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, otherwise known as the "Centenarians Act of 2016", is hereby amended to read as follows:

"Section 2. Letter of Felicitation and Cash Gift. - All Filipinos, whether residing in the Philippine or abroad, upon reaching the age of one hundred (100) years old, shall receive a cash gift of One hundred thousand pesos (P100,000.00) and a letter of felicitation from the President of the Philippines congratulating the celebrant for his or her longevity.

All Filipinos, whether residing in the Philippines or abroad, upon reaching the ages of eighty (80), eighty-five (85), ninety (90), and ninety-five (95), shall each receive a cash gift of Ten thousand pesos (P10,000.00)

The grantees under this section shall be eligible to receive the cash gift within one (1) year from reaching the ages of eighty (80), eighty-five (85), ninety (90), ninety-five (95) and one hundred (100)."

Section 2

A new Section 2-A is hereby inserted after Section 2 of Republic Act No. 10868, to read as follows:

"Section 2-A. Elderly Data Management System. - To effectively implement the provisions of this Act, an elderly data management system recording relevant information on the persons covered by this Act shall be maintained by the National Commission of Senior Citizens (NCSC), in accordance with Republic Act No. 11350 and its implementing rules and regulations. The NCSC shall coordinate with the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), and local government units (LGUs) in the online registration of the beneficiaries of this Act."

Section 3. Appropriations

The amount necessary to implement the provisions of this Act shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

Section 4. Separability Clause

If any provision of this Act is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the provisions not affected thereby shall remain in full force and effect.

Section 5. Repealing Clause

All laws, presidential decrees, executive orders, presidential proclamations, rules and regulations, or parts thereof contrary to or inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

Section 6. Effectivity

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

Approved,

(SGD.) FERDINAND MARTIN G. ROMUALDEZ Speaker of the House of Representatives	(SGD.) JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI President of the Senate

This Act, which is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 2028 and House Bill No. 7535, was passed by the Senate of the Philippines and the House of Representatives on December 6, 2023.

(SGD.) REGINALD S. VELASCO Secretary General House of Representatives	(SGD.) RENATO N. BANTUG, JR. Secretary of the Senate

Approved: FEB 26 2024

FERDINAND ROMUALDEZ MARCOS JR. President of the Philippines