The Federal Senate discusses this Tuesday (23), at 10 am, the bill that deals with the obligation of health plans to cover treatments that are not provided for by the National Supplementary Health Agency (ANS). The rapporteur of the proposal in the Senate will be Senator Romário (PL-RJ), nominated by Senate President Rodrigo Pacheco (PSD-MG).
The following were invited and confirmed: Paulo Roberto Vanderlei Rebello Filho, Director-President of the National Supplementary Health Agency (ANS); Vanessa Teich – Health Economics Superintendent at Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein; Rogério Scarabel – Former Director of the National Supplementary Health Agency (ANS); Tiago Farina, public health lawyer.
Also confirmed are: Vera Valente, Executive Director of the National Federation of Supplementary Health (Fenasaúde); Mayrielly Wiltgen do Nascimento, Lawyer, specialist in family and succession law and disability rights; Letícia Amaral, Director of Mothers on the Move for Autism – National Mobilization Group in favor of the exemplary role; among other experts and representatives of civil society.
Pacheco informed earlier this month that he will put the bill on the Senate floor for a vote on August 29, without the need to go through the permanent committees of the House.
The proposal was approved by the Chamber of Deputies on August 3 and contains the hypotheses of coverage of exams or health treatments that are not included in the agency’s list of procedures and events.
Among the points of the regulation, the text determines that the list of procedures and events covered by health plans will be updated by the ANS at each incorporation. The list will serve as a reference for health plans contracted since January 1, 1999.
The approval took place after the majority of Parliament was dissatisfied with the decision of the Superior Court of Justice (STJ). In June, the court ruled that the list of mandatory coverage procedures for health plans, governed by the ANS, is “taxable”. That is, operators are required to provide coverage only for the items on the list.
Source: CNN Brasil
