The Senate intends to vote before the first round of elections the Complementary Bill 44/2022, which allows states and municipalities to reallocate resources to combat covid-19 to other programs in the health area. The proposal, which has the support of the National Confederation of Municipalities (CNM), could release about R$ 27.7 billion unused and, with that, make it possible to pay the minimum wage for nurses, suspended by the Federal Supreme Court (STF).
The information was given this Tuesday (20) by the general rapporteur for the 2023 Budget, Senator Marcelo Castro (MDB-PI), after a meeting with Senate President Rodrigo Pacheco (PSD-MG).
“Our idea is to approve this PLP next week. So, we quickly approve this, even before the election, to provide support, to reinforce the budget of states and municipalities”, said Castro.
In a meeting with Senate leaders this Monday morning (19), the president of the House, Rodrigo Pacheco, presented three other projects selected by the Senate consultancy to try to make the nursing floor viable. Seen as a long-term solution, the PL 798/21, which reissues the resource repatriation program; O PL 458/21which deals with asset updating, in addition to the PL 1417/21which provides emergency financial aid for the Santa Casa and philanthropic hospitals.
Another proposal presented by the leader of the minority in the House, Jean Paul Prates (PT-RN), suggests that the rapporteur’s amendments, the RP 9, be used to pay the floor for the municipal and state servers of the category. In Prates’ assessment, the measure is the quickest solution to the impasse.
The salary floor for nurses was approved by the National Congress in the amount of R$ 4,750, 70% of which – R$ 3,325 – to nursing technicians; and 50% – R$ 3,325 – to nursing assistants and midwives.
