Senate Committee Approves Annual Amendment to SUS Schedule

Posted on 08/11/2022 16:16 / Updated on 08/11/2022 16:17

The project has received a positive opinion of the Rapporteur at CAE, Senator Otto Alencar (PSD-BA) – (Credit: Pedro França/Agência Senado)

This Tuesday (8/11) the Federal Senate Committee on Economic Affairs (CAE) approved the annual review of the schedule of procedures, medications, prosthetics, orthotics, and special materials for the Unified Health System. Senate Bill (PLS) 468/2018 was approved unanimously, making it mandatory to readjust payments to charitable entities and through a private initiative contracted by the SUS.

The project, authored by Senator Randolph Rodriguez (Rede-AP), received favorable opinion from the Rapporteur at CAE, Senator Otto Alencar (PSD-BA)🇧🇷 The text is finally approved and, accordingly, goes to the analysis of the House of Representatives.

The Delayed table SUS It has previously been criticized by the Federal Council of Medicine (CFM). During the commission’s work, Randolph presented data from the medical entity showing more than 1,500 hospital procedures with delayed transfers.

“Given this dangerous situation, resulting from the inertia of the executive branch in the periodic updating of the SUS schedule, it is necessary to propose legislative action to ensure annual reconfiguration of procedure values. It is the least that can be done to maintain regularity of healthcare for the population,” Randolph said.

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According to Otto Alencar, health organizations in Brazil, like holy housesin precarious situations. For the decision, the measure will bring a greater economic and financial balance to public health care for the Brazilian population.

“The result should be an expansion in the quality and quantity of services provided to the population of Brazil. Indeed, as required by the Head of Art. 26 of Law 8080 of 1990, the responsibility of the National Council of Health (CNS) will continue to be the approval of remuneration for services rendered within the scope of the SUS He said that such approval, in due course, would necessarily respect the Union’s budget cycle and other applicable legal norms.

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