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Senate approves end of the check-deposit requirement for medical

05/10/2012

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SAO PAULO - The Senate approved the bill in the House 34/2012, which prohibits the requirement of security-check as a condition for hospital care emergency.

According to the Agency the Senate, the bill that goes to the sanction of the President of the Republic, makes it a crime punishable by imprisonment from three months to one year and fined, for those who practice requirement.

If the refusal of service due to lack of financial security resulting in serious bodily injury, the penalty may be doubled or tripled if it results in death. "The PL 34/2012 is therefore to prioritize life over the tendency to subordinate everything to profit and gain," explains Senator and rapporteur, Humberto Costa (PT-SP).

Refusals in attendance
According to the Agency, cases of patients who required emergency care in hospitals and were rejected for failing to tell the health plan or check bond, ending with his death, has caused indignation in public opinion.

In January this year, then-Secretary of the Ministry of Human Resource Planning, Duvanier Paiva Ferreira, died after trying emergency medical care after suffering a heart attack. The refusal of service occurred because the patient did not have any kind of financial security for the service.



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