Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 8749)
Republic Act No. 9442 is an act amending Republic Act No. 7277, otherwise known as the Magna Carta for Disabled Persons, to enhance privileges, incentives, and protections for persons with disability.
Chapter 8, entitled 'Other Privileges and Incentives', was added to Title Two of Republic Act No. 7277.
Persons with disability are entitled to at least 20% discount on services in hotels, restaurants, recreation centers, admission fees to theaters and similar places, medicines in drugstores, medical and dental services in both government and private facilities, domestic air and sea travel fares, and public railway, skyway, and bus fares.
RA 9442 provides scholarships, grants, financial aids, subsidies, and other incentives to qualified persons with disability to pursue primary, secondary, tertiary, post-tertiary, vocational, or technical education in public and private schools, including support for books, learning materials, and uniform allowance, provided they meet minimum admission requirements.
They must present either an identification card issued by the city or municipal mayor or barangay captain of their residence, their passport, or a Transportation discount fare Identification Card (ID) issued by the National Council for the Welfare of Disabled Persons (NCWDP).
No, if the person with disability claims a higher discount granted by the commercial establishment or under other existing laws or in combination with other discount programs, the privileges under RA 9442 may not be claimed.
They are treated as dependents under Section 35(A) of the National Internal Revenue Code, granting the caregiver individual taxpayers the corresponding privileges for having dependents.
For the first violation, a fine of ₱50,000 to ₱100,000 or imprisonment of six months to two years, or both; for subsequent violations, a fine of ₱100,000 to ₱200,000 or imprisonment of two to six years, or both.
Public ridicule is defined as making fun, contemptuous imitation, or mockery of persons with disability through writing, words, or actions. Vilification is an activity in public that incites hatred, serious contempt, or serves ridicule of persons with disability.
It prohibits any individual, group, or community from executing acts of ridicule or vilification against persons with disability in any time and place that could intimidate or cause loss of self-esteem to them.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development, the National Council for the Welfare of Disabled Persons, and the Bureau of Internal Revenue, in consultation with concerned Senate and House committees and other agencies, organizations, and establishments.
It changed the title to 'Magna Carta for Persons with Disability' and amended all references from 'disabled persons' to 'persons with disability.'