Bernadette Andrea F.

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GSIS LAWS

● Republic Act No. 8291

- Otherwise known as the Government Service Insurance Act of 1997 which
amended the 20-year old revised charter of the GSIS, known as Presidential
Decree No. 1146.
● Implementing Rules and Regulations ofRepublic Act No. 8291
- Instituted reforms to increase coverage and expand benefits given by the
Government Services Insurance Systems to all government employees.
● Presidential Decree No. 1641
- Further amended the Employee’s Compensation Program and State Insurance
Fund of the Labor Code of the Philippines and upgraded the benefits structure for
all covered employees
● Presidential Decree No. 1519
- Revised the Philippine Medical Care Act to provide total medical services to the
people of the Philippines through a comprehensive and coordinated medical care
plan.
● Presidential Decree No. 1368
- Amended the Book Four of the Labor Code of the Philippines, in particular,
defined the coverage of the Employee’s Compensation Program.
● Presidential Decree No. 1146
- Expanded, increased and integrated the social security and insurance benefits of
all government employees.
● Presidential Decree No. 626
- Amended the Presidential Decree No. 442 or the Labor Code of the Philippines to
effect adjustments needed to coordinate grant of social security benefits.
● Presidential Decree No. 245
- Amending Section Three of Republic Act Numbered Six Hundred and Fifty-Six,
otherwise known as the “”Property Insurance Law”, and other Purposes.

● Republic Act No. 7699

 - Also known as the Portability Law which allows the addition of all creditable
services or periods of contributions made continuously or in the aggregate of a
worker under either the GSIS or SSS for eligibility and computation of benefits.
● Republic Act No. 6111
- Established the Philippine Medical Care Plan and created the Philippine Medical
Care Commission.
● Republic Act No. 4968
- Amended again Commonwealth Act No. 186 to further define life insurance,
retirement insurance, compulsory membership and rates of premium
contributions.
● Republic Act No. 3593
- Amended Commonwealth Act No. 186 to provide immediate life insurance
coverage and compulsory membership as well as increase additional life
insurance coverage to all government employees.
● Republic Act No. 1616
- A retirement option of the GSIS popularly known as “The Take All” Option.
● Republic Act No. 660
- A retirement option of the GSIS which is also known as the “Magic 87”.
● Republic Act No. 656
- An Act to Create and Establish a “Property Insurance Fund” and to Provide for its
Administration and for other Purposes”
● Commonwealth Act No. 186
- The GSIS is created as a social insurance fund for all employees of the Philippine
government.
● Administrative Order No. 33
- Prescribing Guidelines for the Insurance of all Properties, Contracts, Rights of
Action and other Insurance Risks of the Government, including those in which the
Government has an Insurable Interest, with the General Insurance Fund of the
Government Service Insurance System.

References:
https://www.gsis.gov.ph/about-us/gsis-laws/
https://www.gsis.gov.ph/general-insurance/general-insurance-law/