Senate Will Analyze Use of SUS Resources to Fund Nursing Floor – News

The Senate plenary session can vote on Tuesday (4) on a bill that would allow funds originally received to fight Covid-19 to be used for financing. National Nursing Floor in Municipalities, States and Federal District. This is one of the proposals on the table of the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, Rodrigo Pacheco, to make the payment of health professionals possible.

The bill discusses minimum funding for professionals working in the Unified Health System (SUS). PLP 44/2022 was written by Senator Luis Carlos Haynes (PP-RS) and awaits the opinion of Senator Marcelo Castro (MDB-PI).

Congress has yet to come up with another proposal that includes professionals in the private sector. It has already been mentioned, for example, of the possibility of Exemption Hospital payroll, SUS schedule correction and states debt compensation with the union.

In a meeting with Economy Minister Paolo Guedes, Pacheco also suggested using the resources that the Ministry of Health receives from decision amendments, the so-called secret budget, to ensure payment of the minimum. All of these proposals still need to be discussed by party leaders.

The law creating the National Nursing Hall was approved by the National Congress and enacted in August with the requirement that nurses receive a minimum of R$4,750. The base salary for nursing technicians should be 70% of this amount (R$3,325), while the starting salary for nursing assistants and midwives should be 50% of the minimum (R$2,375).

However, on September 15, the law was suspended for 60 days by the Federal Supreme Court (STF). According to the court’s decision, the suspension was necessary until the effects of the measure on state and municipal finances were clarified.

The decision of the Supreme Council also requires an assessment of the risks to which it is exposed The possibility of employing this category, because health sector entities have claimed that there may be mass layoffs. In addition, there is concern about the quality of services, due to the alleged risks of closing beds and reducing the number of nurses and technicians.