Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. House Bill No. 251, 12th Congress of the Republic | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL BENEFITS TO SENIOR CITIZENS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SEVENTY-FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY-TWO | |
| ABSTRACT : This bill proposes that inasmuch as the Municipal Federation of Senior Citizens Association has now organized themselves into a Provincial Federation of Senior Citizens Association, there is a need to establish an Office of the Senior Citizens Affairs (OSCA) in the Office of the Governor and City Mayor to be headed by a Provincial Board Member and a City Councilor, respectively. > Due to the high cost of funeral services, there is also a need to include among the privileges now enjoyed by senior citizens, a 20% discount on purchases of funderal services (on a pre-need basis) to lessen the burden of the family left behind by the elderly when he passes on. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : LAPUS, JESLI A. | |
| DATE FILED : 2001-07-02 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS : | |
| 1. Ablan | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Puentebella (006 ) | 2. Villareal (006 ) |
| 3. Zamora (007 ) | 4. Espina (008 ) |
| 5. Cuenco (010 ) | 6. Espinosa (013 ) |
| 7. Mathay (017 ) | 8. Zialcita (021 ) |
| 9. Rodriguez (021 ) | 10. Echiverri (031 ) |
| 11. Yumul-hermida (069 ) | 12. Syjuco (041 ) |
| ADMINISTRATION BILL? No | |
| URGENT BILL? No | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE | |
| MOTHER BILL: House Bill No. 5987, 12th Congress of the Republic | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON POPULATION AND FAMILY RELATIONS ON 2001-07-24 | |
| SECONDARILY REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE(S) ON APPROPRIATIONS |
Abstract
This bill proposes that inasmuch as the Municipal Federation of Senior Citizens Association has now organized themselves into a Provincial Federation of Senior Citizens Association, there is a need to establish an Office of the Senior Citizens Affairs (OSCA) in the Office of the Governor and City Mayor to be headed by a Provincial Board Member and a City Councilor, respectively. > Due to the high cost of funeral services, there is also a need to include among the privileges now enjoyed by senior citizens, a 20% discount on purchases of funderal services (on a pre-need basis) to lessen the burden of the family left behind by the elderly when he passes on.
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