Overview
- The law was signed by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and published in the Diário Oficial on Tuesday, May 26, 2026, taking effect on the date of publication.
- It amends Brazil’s social-security statute (Law No. 8.213/1991) to require that maternity pay paid directly by Previdência Social be granted within 30 days of an administrative request.
- If the Previdência Social misses the 30-day deadline the benefit must be granted automatically and provisionally, with later review able to convert the payment to definitive or to stop it if legal requirements are not met.
- Amounts disbursed during the provisional concession will not have to be returned except when the beneficiary is shown to have acted in bad faith, a protection meant to avoid leaving claimants without income.
- The rule covers maternity-pay situations such as birth, adoption, judicial guardianship for adoption, and legally permitted abortion; typical paid leave runs about 120 days and the measure puts new administrative duties on the INSS to process requests faster.