House Bill seeks 10% discount privilege for AFP, PNP, and other uniformed personnel
House Bill seeks 10% discount privilege of goods and services for AFP and PNP
A proposed law is being pushed at the House of Representative in 19th Congress that seeks to provide a ten percent (10%) discount privilege for the active members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Philippine National Police (PNP).
In filing House Bill No. 4091, Quirino, Lone District Representative Midy Cua wants to aid our men in uniform (PNP, AFP, BFP, BJMP, and PCG) by providing 10% discount privilege on the sale of goods and services.
In her explanatory note, the Rep. Cua noted that:
“The grant of discount privileges is in recognition of the sacrifices made and risk faced by our military and uniformed personnel in performance of their sworn duty.”
Proposed
Discount Privilege for AFP/PNP:
Sec.3 Discount Privilege of Military and Uniformed Personnel –
a. On the purchase of medicines, including the purchase of influenza and pneumococcal vaccines; and such other essential medical supplies, accessories and equipment to be determined by the Department of Health (DOH);
b. On the professional fees of attending physician/s in all private hospitals, medical facilities, outpatient clinics and home health care services;
c. On the professional fees of licensed professional health providing home health care services as endorsed by private hospitals or employed through home health care employment agencies;
d. On medical and dental services, diagnostic laboratory fees in all private hospitals, medical facilities, outpatient clinics and home health care services, in accordance with the rules and regulations to be issued by the DOH, in coordination with the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth);
e. In actual fare for land transportation travel in public utility buses (PUBs), public utility jeepneys (PUJs), taxis, Asian utility vehicles (AUVs), shuttle services and public railways, including Light Rail Transit (LRT), Mass Rail Transit (MRT), and Philippine National Railways (PNR);
f. In actual transportation fare for domestic air transport services and sea shipping vessels and the like, based on the actual fare and advanced booking;
g. On the utilization of services in hotel and similar lodging establishments, restaurants and recreation centers;
h. On admission fees charged by theaters, cinema houses and concert halls, circuses, leisure and amusement; and
i. On funeral and burial services for the death of senior citizens.
Thus, granting military and uniformed personnel a ten (10%) percent discount privilege on the sale of goods and services for their consumption is a small way of recognizing their sacrifices in protecting and maintaining our national security, territorial integrity, and the preservation and maintenance of peace, public order, and public safety.
Source:
http://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/basic_18/HB01325