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Republic Act No. 7876
Senior
Citizens Center Act of the Philippines
AN
ACT ESTABLISHING A SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER IN ALL CITIES AND
MUNICIPALITIES
OF THE PHILIPPINES,
AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.
REPUBLIC
ACT NO. 7876AN
ACT ESTABLISHING A SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER IN ALL CITIES AND
MUNICIPALITIES
OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.
Section
1. Title. — This Act shall be
known as the "Senior Citizens Center Act of the Philippines."
Sec.
2. Declaration of Policy. — It
is the declared policy of the State to provide adequate social services
and an improved quality of life for all. For
this purpose, the State shall adopt an integrated and comprehensive
approach
towards health development giving priority to elderly among others.chan
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Sec.
3. Definition of Terms. — (a)
"Senior citizens," as used in this Act, shall refer to any person who
is
at least sixty (60) years of age.
(b) "Center,"
as used in this Act, refers to the place established by this Act with
recreational,
educational, health and social programs and facilities designed for the
full enjoyment and benefit of the senior citizens in the city or
municipality.
Sec.
4. Establishment of Centers.
— There is hereby established a senior citizens center, hereinafter
referred
to as the Center, in every city and municipality of the Philippines,
under
direct supervision of the Department of Social Welfare and Development,
hereinafter referred to as the Department, in collaboration with the
local
government unit concerned.
Sec.
5. Functions of the Centers.
— The centers are extensions of the fourteen (14) regional offices of
the
Department. They shall carry
out the following functions:
(a) Identify
the needs, trainings, and opportunities of senior citizens in the
cities
and municipalities;chan
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develop and implement productive activities and work schemes for senior
citizens in order to provide income or otherwise supplement their
earnings
in the local community;
(c) Promote
and maintain linkages with provincial government units and other
instrumentalities
of government and the city and municipal councils for the elderly and
the
Federation of Senior Citizens Association of the Philippines and other
non-government organizations for the delivery of health care services,
facilities, professional advice services, volunteer training and
community
self-help projects; and
(d) To
exercise such other functions which are necessary to carry out the
purpose
for which the centers are established.
Sec.
6. Center Workers. — The Secretary
of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) may
designate
social workers from the Department as the workers of the centers:
Provided,
however, That the Secretary may appoint other personnel who possess the
necessary professional qualifications to work efficiently with the
elderly
of the community.
The
Secretary may also call upon private volunteers who are responsible
members
of the community to provide medical, educational and other services and
facilities for the senior citizens.chan
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Sec.
7. Qualification/Disqualification.
— A senior citizen who suffers from a contagious disease, or who is
mentally
unfit or unsound or whose actuations are inimical to other senior
citizens
as determined by the DSWD on the basis of an appropriate certification
by a qualified government or private volunteer physician, may be denied
the benefits provided in the Center. However,
the center shall refer the senior citizen concerned to the appropriate
government agency for the needed medical care or confinement.
Sec.
8. Exemptions of the Center.
— The Center shall be exempted from the payment of customs duties,
taxes
and tariffs on the importation of equipment and supplies used actually,
directly and exclusively by the Center pursuant to this Act, including
those donated to the Center.
Sec.
9. Rules and Regulations. — Withinsixty
(60) days from the approval of this Act, the DSWD, in coordination with
other government agencies concerned, shall issue the rules and
regulations
to effectively implement the provisions of this Act. Any
violation of this section shall render the concerned official(s) liable
under Republic
Act No. 6713, otherwise known as the "Code of Conduct and Ethical
Standards
for Public Officials and Employees" and other existing
administrative
and/or criminal laws.
Sec.
10. Coordination of Government
Agencies. — The DSWD, in coordination with the Department of Health and
other government agencies and local government units, shall assist in
the
effective implementation of this Act and provide the necessary support
services.
Sec.
11. Appropriations. — The amount
necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act shall be included in
the General Appropriations Act of the year following its enactment into
law and every year thereafter.
The
sum necessary for the continuous operation of the centers shall be
subsidized
in part by the DSWD and in part by the local government units concerned.
Sec.
12. Repealing or Amending Clause.
— All laws, decrees, executive orders, and rules and regulations, which
are not consistent with this Act, are hereby modified, amended or
repealed
accordingly.chan
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Sec.
13. This Act shall take effect
fifteen (15) days after its publication in two (2) newspapers of
general
circulation.
Approved:
February
14, 1995
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