Are Persons With Disability (PWD) entitled to 20% discount for interment fee?

The #memorial experts

Rizal Philippines
June 21, 2016.

We are often asked this question:

Are they?

From Pwedeng PWD blog

The answer is no

.  Only senior citizens are explicitly mandated by the OSCA law for 20% discount on funeral service (which should include interment service) Plots are excluded.   Cremation probably included.

For the PWD, if we examine the law. RA 9442 from Lawphil, PWDs are entitled to discounts normally enjoyed by senior citizens like:   restaurants, transportation, medical diagnostics, hotels, theaters.  But for funeral services, there is none.

To wit:

"SEC. 32. Persons with disability shall be entitled to the following:

(a) At least twenty percent (20%) discount from all establishments relative to the utilization of all services in hotels and similar lodging establishments; restaurants and recreation centers for the exclusive use or enjoyment of persons with disability;

(b) A minimum of twenty percent (20%) discount on admission fees charged by the theaters, cinema houses, concert halls, circuses, carnivals and other similar places of culture, leisure and amusement for the exclusive use or enjoyment of persons with disability;

(c) At least twenty percent (20%) discount for the purchase of medicines in all drugstores for the exclusive use or enjoyment of persons with disability;

(d) At least twenty percent (20%) discount on medical and dental services including diagnostic and laboratory fees such as, but not limited to x-rays, computerized tomography scans and blood tests, in all government facilities, subject to guidelines to be issued by the Department of Health (DOH), in coordination with the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PHILHEALTH);

(e) At least twenty percent (20%) discount on medical and dental services including diagnostic and laboratory fees, and professional fees of attending doctors in all private hospitals and medical facilities, in accordance with the rules and regulations to be issued by the DOH, in coordination with the PHILHEALTH;

(f) At least twenty percent (20%) discount on fare for domestic air and sea travel for the exclusive use or enjoyment of persons with disability;

(g) At least twenty percent (20%) discount in public railways, skyways and bus fare for the exclusive use and enjoyment of persons with disability;

Jorge  U. Saguinsin