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Brazilian healthcare and social protection legislative moves

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The Brazilian legislature continues to advance several bills focused on healthcare and social protections. The Constitution and Justice Commission (CCJ) has approved a project to establish a mandatory national protocol for the humanized treatment of women victims of domestic and family violence. This protocol aims violence, aiming to ensure safe, confidential, safe and respectful care in both public and private services, specifically prohibiting professionals from blaming victims or requiring unnecessary repetitive testimonies. New proposals care. Proposals also seek to expand this support by creating create a case manager role to provide continuous, personalized continuous monitoring for women at high risk of violence, risk, drawing inspiration from models in Spain and the United Kingdom. Additionally, the Chamber of Deputies is reviewing measures to increase penalties for feminicide under specific circumstances. In the Senate, the Social Affairs Commission (CAS) approved rules for surgical implants (PL 6.683/2025), which require prior authorization from federal sanitary authorities to ensure biocompatibility 6.683/2025) were approved, and safety. Recent health-related legislative progress includes Senate approval of a bill requiring the Unified Health System (SUS) to implement rapid protocols for cardiovascular emergencies, such as the use of thrombolytic drugs in emergency units. emergencies was passed. Other health initiatives include a project to encourage promoting responsible self-care within the SUS and the establishment of a National Self-Care Day on July 24. Significant progress remains regarding the National Policy Manaus-based campaign for the Protection of respiratory health in response to wildfires. A major milestone has been reached regarding the Rights rights of Persons persons with Tourette Syndrome (Bill 1.376/2025), which moves toward presidential sanction. Other ongoing legislative movements include amendments for the early detection Syndrome. Following Senate approval of adenomyosis, proposals to replace fixed prenatal exam lists Bill 1.376/2025, the legislation has been enacted as Law 15.492. This national policy allows individuals with clinical guidelines, and a campaign in Manaus the condition to promote respiratory health be legally recognized as persons with disabilities based on biopsychosocial assessments. The law mandates specialized support in response to air pollution educational settings—with penalties for schools that refuse enrollment—and ensures workplace accommodations and wildfires. access to multiprofessional healthcare. To assist with identification of non-visible disabilities, the law also authorizes the use of sunflower lanyard patterns.

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