The Chamber of Deputies approved this Wednesday (4) a bill that grants a special monthly and lifetime pension, equivalent to the ceiling of the General Social Security Regime, currently at R$ 7,786.02, for people with permanent disabilities resulting from associated microcephaly to Zika virus infection. The proposal also grants compensation for moral damage, in the amount of R$50,000. 
The approved bill will be sent for presidential approval.
Guillain-Barré
One of the approved amendments, authored by Senator Mara Gabrilli (PSD-SP), removes people with permanent disabilities resulting from Guillain-Barré Syndrome associated with Zika infection from the list of beneficiaries.
Another approved amendment provides that the pension will also be paid as a 13th salary bonus, in addition to being able to accumulate with other Social Security benefits in the amount of one minimum wage, with the Continuous Payment Benefit (BPC) and with the expected compensation.
A third amendment prevents the transfer of the pension after the beneficiary’s death to a legally responsible person who can prove that they have taken care of the patient from birth to death.
Report
To receive the pension, a report from the public or private medical board responsible for monitoring the beneficiary must be presented.
The project also extends maternity pay and maternity leave by 60 days in cases of birth of a child with microcephaly resulting from the Zika virus. The decision also applies to adoption or legal guardianship.
The paternity leave provided for in the Consolidation of Labor Laws (CLT), of 5 days, will be extended to 20 days for the cases in question.
* With information from Agência Câmara
