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The Senate today approved a bill that determines the adoption of protective measures for professionals exposed to people who are sick or suspected of being infected with the new coronavirus. These measures include the provision of personal protective equipment (PPE) and priority in conducting diagnostic tests for covid-19. Because there were changes by the rapporteur, senator Zenaide Maia (Pros-RN), the project returns to the House for analysis.
“It is a fact that the pandemic caused by the new coronavirus has been exposing professionals working in contact with people with covid-19, especially doctors and nurses, to a significant risk of contracting the disease,” Zenaide said in his report.
The rapporteur included a number of professions in the PL, accepting amendments from colleagues. Therefore, the Senate-approved substitute brings together, among others, doctors, nurses, physical therapists, psychologists, social workers, police, prison officers, firefighters, community health officers, veterinarians, and cleaning professionals among those who are It will guarantee EPI and priority in the tests.
Fies and suspension of SPC and Serasa
Two other bills were passed today by senators. One of them, PL 675/2020, which suspends the registration of negative consumer information in registries such as the Credit Protection Service (SPC) and Serasa. As it was changed, the project returns to the Chamber, home of origin, for a new appreciation.
“At this time of the pandemic, many people cannot borrow a real because they have no credit, because they are in default. It is to give them the opportunity, so that they can sit at the negotiating table and potentially open a credit, pay what They should and try a new one. ” credit operation to enter the market as a consumer, “said the speaker, Senator Rose de Freitas (Pode-ES).
Another approved project was PL 1,079 / 2020. This project temporarily suspends the debts of students who benefit from the Student Financing Fund (Fies) until the end of the state of public calamity on December 31. The text, reported in the Senate by Dário Berger (MDB-SC), will also return to the Chamber of Deputies.
Fies is the student financing program for private higher education courses. Funding can be zero interest for students with a family income of up to three minimum wages or with lower rates for families with an income of up to five minimum wages.
