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SB 164

Senate·20th Congress·Filed Jul 7, 2025

Monthly Maintenance Medication Support Act for Senior Citizens

An Act Providing Monthly Maintenance Medication Support for Senior Citizens

Status

Pending in the committee

What does this mean?

It’s being studied in committee, which may hold hearings before deciding whether to recommend it. Most bills stay at this stage.

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Status history

No changes since we started checking daily on Oct 4, 2026.

Primary committee: Social Justice, Welfare and Rural Development
Secondary: Health and Demography , Finance

Status via BatasWatch (independent source)

Author · Senator

Loren Legarda
SenatorLorna Regina "Loren" Legarda
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In plain language

The bill would give every qualified senior citizen a Php 1,000 monthly cash aid to buy the medicines they need for chronic illnesses.

HealthSocial Welfare

Automated summary by BatasWatch. It may miss nuance — read the bill text before citing it.

Author · Senator

Loren Legarda
SenatorLorna Regina "Loren" Legarda
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Subjects

Senior Citizen/ElderlyHealth CareMedicines/Drugs

Official sources

Senate record
SBN-164 (AS FILED)

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Printed from CivicSync PH: https://civicsync-ph-gamma.vercel.app/bills/SBN-164. Status changes over time; check the link for the latest.

SBN-164 · Sources: BetterGov Open Congress, BatasWatch

SB 164: Monthly Maintenance Medication Support Act for Senior Citizens · CivicSync PH

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HB 8216· Filed Mar 2, 2026
An Act Providing Monthly Maintenance Medication Support for Senior Citizens
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