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RA 10754, or an ‘Act expanding the benefits and privileges of all Persons with
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Disabilities.’
RA 10821, or the ‘Children’s emergency relief and protection act.’
RA 8042 and RA 10022, or the ‘Migrant Workers Act’ of 1995 and 2009
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respectively.
AO 16 of 2008, or the ‘Establishment of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino
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Program’
Commonwealth Act no. 186 of 1936, which replaces earlier pension legislation
and establishes the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS). PD 1146 of
1977 and RA 8291 of 1997 which refines the GSIS and governs current
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operations.
RA 7875, or the ‘National Health Insurance Act’ which established PhilHealth
RA 10351, or the ‘Sin Tax Law’ which generates revenues that fully subsidize the
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premium requirement for senior citizens and indigents.
RA 1161, or the ‘Social Security Act of 1954’ later amended by RA 8282 of 1997.
RA 7432 and RA 9257 which establishes privileges and the role of senior citizens
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in nation building.
RA 10645, or an ‘Act providing for mandatory PhilHealth coverage for all senior
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citizens’
RA 10121, or the ‘National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management act’
More recent landmark legislations that were enacted include the RA 11223 or
the Universal Healthcare Act which aims for universal coverage of Filipinos under
the National Health Insurance program. RA 11188 provides protection for children in
situations of armed conflict; RA 11199 or the Social Security Act of 2018 which now
makes OFW’s mandatory members of SSS among others; RA 11210 or the Extended
Maternity Leave Act which provides 105 days of leave for female workers in the
private and government sector; RA 11310 which institutionalizes the Pantawid
Pamilyang Pilipino Program making it a permanent program of the DSWD with
regular appropriations from the agency’s budget; RA 11291 or the Magna Carta for
the Poor which seeks to uplift the standard of living and quality of life for the poor
through an area-based, sectoral and focused intervention to poverty alleviation.
RA 11166 or the Philippine HIV/AIDS Policy Act seeks to promote programs
and give sufficient medical attention to fight the increase in HIV/AIDS victims;
promote a multi-sectoral approach in tackling the issue of HIV/AIDS; eliminate all
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