Text follows to the sanction of President Lula; Program now has specialists will expand the number of medical specialists in more needy regions and reduce the waiting time in service
With 64 votes favorable and no contrary, the senators approved on Wednesday (24) the Provisional Measure (MP) 1301/25, which creates the program. The text had already been voted before in the House of Representatives and would have to be voted in the Senate until Friday (26), otherwise the MP would lose the validity. The text now goes to the sanction of the .
Announced in July, the program aims to expand the number of medical specialists in the most needy regions of these professionals and reduce the waiting time in specialized care in the through the offer of private providers in exchange for reduction in federal taxes. The estimated tax waiver will be $ 2 billion a year from 2026. Although the procedures can be performed as of this year, the tax deductions payable or in debt starts in 2026.
By the text, the now has experts will operate until December 31, 2030. In total, the program will offer 1,778 vacancies with 635 for immediate start. The activities will start on September 15. At first there are 239 vacancies for professionals who already have some kind of specialty for the Northeast, 146, for the Northern Region; 168, in the Southeast; and 37, in the South. In addition, 1,143 vacancies will be offered for reserve registration.
Concern about the distribution of medical specialists in the country motivated the government to create the program. Data from the Ministry of Health show that most experts focus on only three federation units: Federal District, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. Throughout the country, there are 244,141 generalist doctors (40.9%), while experts reach 353,287 (59.1%), but without acting in more distant regions and are still mostly concentrated on private initiative.
According to the rules, hired experts will act in units such as polyclinics, specialized laboratories, among others. In addition, they will make four hours of educational activities available, which may be remote or face -to -face immersions or immersions. The proposal also allows specialized care to be performed, in whole or in part, by telemedicine.
*With information from Agência Brasil
