R.A. NO. 9994 - NEW SENIOR CITIZEN PURCHASE BOOKLET AND I.D. CARD

R.A. 9994 is good news to Senior Citizens of the Philippines.  Now in full effect, the Expanded Senior Citizen Act of 2010 not only gives more benefits and coverage but it also brought in a new-look Purchase Booklet and I.D. Card.

Noticeable benefits under R.A. No. 994

-A Filipino who is a “dual citizen” may now apply for a senior citizen I.D. card;

-Both the 20% discount and PhilHealth benefits can apply during hospitalization or in seeking for medical services.

-Purchase of Vitamins and minerals specifically prescribed by an attending physician are now subject to 20% discount.  Food supplements remain excluded.

-Indigent senior citizens may now enjoy a free pneumoccocal and influenza vaccination.

-Indigent senior citizens may also receive pensions between P350 to P500, as well as, burial assistance of up to P2,000.

-Senior Citizens may now enjoy a 5% discount on electric consumption not exceeding 100 kw hrs and water consumption not exceeding 30 cu.m.

-Bigger discount of up to 50% (as institutional support) is also available to senior citizens centers and residential group homes for electricity, water and telephone charges.

-Except for the cost of memorial lot and obituary publication, a 20% discount applies to burial services.

New-Look Identification Card

The approved format of the new senior citizen identification card (RA No. 9994) is available for download at:

www.dswd.gov.ph

Advocacy

National Coordinating and Monitoring Board

Download Resources

Administrative Orders, Memorandum Circulars & Other Resources

New Senior Citizen ID Card Template

Sample ID Card for approval, may look like this.  This design is in  compliance to the approved NCMB template.

ID FACE

ID BACK

The New Purchase Booklet

The new senior citizen purchase booklet is a real bundle of joy.  Although fewer in pages, it could last for over a year of proper use with more personal items on line for consumption and enjoyment by senior citizens, such as:

BASIC NECESSITIES

1 –Rice                                                     

2 –Corn                                             

3 –Bread in any shape and name, excluding pastries and cakes

4 –Fresh, dried and canned fish and other Marine products       

5 –Fresh Pork/Beef and Poultry Meat     

6 –Fresh Eggs                    

7 –Fresh & Processed Milk           

8 –Fresh Vegetables/ Root crops    

9 –Coffee and Coffee creamer              

10 –Sugar         

11 –Cooking Oil

12 –Salt

13 –Powdered, Liquid, Bar, Laundry and Detergent soap

14 –Firewood

15 –Charcoal

16 –Candles

PRIME COMMODITIES

1 –Fresh Fruits           

2 –Flour                                    

3 –Dried, Processed and Canned Pork, Beef and Poultry meat

4 –Dairy products not falling under Section (A2) above

5 –Canned sardines, Tuna     

6 –Noodles

7 –Onions

8 –Garlic

9 –Geriatric Diapers

10 –Herbicides

11 -Poultry, Swine and Cattle Feeds

12 –Veterinary Products for Poultry, Swine and Cattle

13 –Nipa, Shingle, Plyboard and construction nails

14 -Batteries

15 –Electrical supplies and Light Bulbs 

16–Steel Wire

The approved design of the new purchase booklet (RA No. 9994) may be downloaded as follows:

On a Google search window, type:

Download new senior citizen purchase booklet 1.71 mb

Click on:  2 – Download Resources for:  ncmb.dswd.gov.ph/index

Scroll down until you find

Approved Template of DTI’s Senior Citizen Purchase Booklet for Basic

Necessities and Prime Commodities, Joint DTI-DA Administrative Order

No. 10-02, Series of 2010

Sample purchase booklet for approval, may look like this.  This design is in compliance to the DTI template.

Booklet Cover Pages

1st and Last Pages