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Chamber Approves Special Pensions for Health Agents as Measure Heads to Senate

The measure now moves to the Senate under warnings from the Social Security Ministry of substantial long‑term costs.

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O presidente da Câmara, Hugo Motta (Republicanos-PB): segundo ele, PEC que antecipa aposentadoria e efetiva profissionais sem concurso é reconhecimento do papel dos agentes de saúde.
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Overview

  • The Chamber passed PEC 14/2021 in two rounds by 446–20 and 426–10 after the government failed to stop a vote and released its caucus, sending the proposal to the Senate for two further votes.
  • The text grants integral pay and parity to qualifying agents, sets minimum retirement ages of 57 for women and 60 for men with 25 years of contribution and activity, and phases in higher ages through 2041.
  • It bans temporary or outsourced hiring except in health emergencies and requires regularizing precarious links into statutory posts for those who passed public selections, with a deadline of December 31, 2028.
  • The Union must compensate states and municipalities for added costs, and agents in the INSS will receive a federal “extraordinary benefit” to match active‑duty pay; the text also allows revising already granted benefits, which budget staff flag as potentially unconstitutional given a 2016 STF ruling against desaposentação.
  • Fiscal estimates vary widely: the rapporteur projects about R$5.5 billion by 2030, the municipal confederation cites R$21.2 billion for local regimes, and ministry notes estimate at least R$24 billion over 10 years and long‑term actuarial costs up to R$530 billion for the Union and R$270 billion for municipalities over 50 years.