Senate Sets Vote on Special Retirement for Health Agents as Government Threatens Veto

Overview

• Senators are expected to vote today on PLP 185/2024, which creates special retirement rules for community health and endemic-control agents.
• Interim finance chief Dario Durigan said the government will veto the measure and, if Congress overturns it, will take the case to the Supreme Court.
• The proposal restores full-benefit integrality and salary parity, allows retirement at 52 for men and 50 for women with 20 years in the role, and grants full pensions.
• Fiscal estimates diverge: Previdência figures cited by Poder360 point to R$24.72 billion over 10 years, preliminary ministry estimates exceed R$40 billion over a decade with 63% on municipalities, and congressional technicians project R$11 billion in three years for a related PEC.
• Senate President Davi Alcolumbre scheduled the vote shortly after Jorge Messias was nominated to the Supreme Court, the bill cleared CAE and CAS, is authored by Veneziano Vital do Rêgo, and would still need approval in the Chamber of Deputies.