The Senate bill seeks to grant free funeral services for the 'extremely poor' or those that fall below the poverty threshold.
Sen.filed this proposed measure in the Senate on Jan. 18, 2023. This will institutionalize free burial and funeral services to the “extremely poor” of the country.
It should be noted that several government agencies, both at the local and national levels, have programs in place for the indigent community’s funeral and burial needs. “This bill seeks to institutionalize a provision of burial assistance that offers free funeral services to the extremely poor nationwide,” Tulfo
“This benefit shall include the preparation of funeral documents, embalming, viewing, burial, or cremation. Moreover, accredited mortuaries shall provide a casket or urn,” he added.Department of Social Welfare and Development.In the bill, the “poor” were defined as those “whose income falls below the poverty threshold as defined by the National Economic Development Authority .”
This covered “families whose combined gross income does not exceed P15,000 per month, does not own real property, or a vehicle.”Several Filipinos welcomed this move. They said that a lot of poor people will benefit from this should this be signed into law.Other Filipinos, however, criticized the measure for excluding tax-paying middle-class workers.
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