Overview
- The budget bill sent to Congress on Wednesday, September 16, 2026 includes deletions to the Ley de Emergencia en Discapacidad that remove key articles and regulatory mechanisms.
- One central change is the elimination of the Nomenclador Nacional, the national reference that sets minimum fees for providers, which would let fees be set case by case by providers, insurers and provinces.
- The text also changes how aranceles are updated and reintroduces percentage-based incapacity criteria for some non-contributory pensions, moving the law toward a medical incapacity model.
- The inclusion of these provisions in the budget surprised allied deputies and exposed a rupture between the Casa Rosada and blocs such as La Libertad Avanza and Pro, complicating the government’s ability to win support.
- Service providers, families and disability organizations warn the moves could reduce coverage for medical care, adapted transport and day centers and the plenario de comisiones is negotiating a dictamen targeted for September 23, 2026.