Amendment to Centenarians Act benefits
- Section 2 of Republic Act No. 10868 is amended to provide cash gifts and a presidential letter of felicitation for covered Filipinos.
- All Filipinos, whether residing in the Philippines 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 (Section 2).
- 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) (Section 2).
Timing of eligibility for cash gifts
- Grantees under the amended Section 2 are 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).
Elderly Data Management System
- A new Section 2-A establishes that an elderly data management system recording relevant information on persons covered by the Act shall be maintained by the National Commission of Senior Citizens (NCSC) (Section 2-A).
- The elderly data management system must be maintained by the NCSC in accordance with Republic Act No. 11350 and its implementing rules and regulations (Section 2-A).
- 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 beneficiaries of the Act (Section 2-A).
- The coordination is directed specifically for online registration, supporting implementation of the Act’s benefits (Section 2-A).
Appropriations and funding mechanism
- The amount necessary to implement Republic Act No. 11982 shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act (Section 3).
Separability; continuation of valid provisions
- Republic Act No. 11982 includes a separability clause providing that if any provision is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the provisions not affected remain in full force and effect (Section 4).
Repeal or modification of inconsistent rules
- All laws, presidential decrees, executive orders, presidential proclamations, rules and regulations, or parts thereof that are contrary to or inconsistent with Republic Act No. 11982 are repealed or modified accordingly (Section 5).