Chamber approves MP that renews contract of temporary health professionals in Rio | Politics

The measure affects 3,592 professionals who work in the state. These contracts would be terminated on May 31, if the MP had not been published.

As an interim measure, the rule went into effect as soon as it was issued by the federal government. However, if the vote is not taken within 120 days, the deputy loses validity. The text expires next Thursday (24), the deadline for the senators’ analysis.

According to the proposal, the extension of the contracts is valid until December 31 of this year, the date on which the state of public calamity approved by Congress ends. Initially, the deadline for the extension proposed by the government was shorter, until the end of November.

In addition, the measure only applies to contracts signed as of 2018 and in force on the day the MP came into effect, that is, on May 28 of this year.

In the explanatory memorandum, the government stated that “there would not be time” for the selection process and the hiring of a sufficient number of professionals, which would cause “harmful effects for the population of Rio de Janeiro, mainly at the time of facing the pandemic caused by Sars-Cov-2 “.

Also according to the government, the discontinuity in the provision of health services due to the termination of contracts would lead to the closure of federal hospitals in the state.

The rapporteur on the matter, Deputy Luiz Antônio Teixeira Jr. (PP-RJ), decided to remove a section of the MP that allowed the emergency hiring of health professionals whose temporary contract has ended in the last two years.

Another change made by the parliamentarian was the inclusion of an amendment to allow the extension by the Ministry of Education, until the end of 2021, of 12 temporary contracts for architects and engineers working in the National Fund for Educational Development (FNDE).