Senate approves MP repealing requirement to transfer vaccines to SUS

Today, the Senate approved Provisional Measure (MP) 1126/2022, which revokes the private sector’s obligation to donate a portion of purchased vaccines to the Unified Health System (SUS). In 2021, at the height of the controversy over the procurement of vaccines for the covid-19 virus, Law No.

Today, the representative agreed to repeal Law No. 14125. In 2021, Congress realized that it would be unreasonable to allow random vaccination of the population, without respecting the order of priority groups, such as the elderly and people with comorbidities. Another reason is to prevent the rich from buying doses of the vaccine and getting immunized before the poor just because of their financial condition.

At the time of the law’s approval, no immunizing agent had yet obtained a registration from the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) for its use in Brazil. The law initially required a donation of all shares purchased. After the priority groups were fortified, the purchase was allowed to transfer half of the purchased inventory.

“However, the epidemiological scenario has changed, with a significant decrease in the number of new cases and deaths, thanks to mass vaccination: according to the Covid-19 scale, from the Ministry of Health, more than 487 million vaccines and doses of vaccines against covid19 have already been applied in the country,” The Senate Rapporteur, Wellington Fagunds (PL-MT), said.

According to the decision, the doses already sent by the Ministry of Health to the states are sufficient to cover 100% of the priority groups and the entire target population, aged 12 and over, with a full vaccination schedule. “Also according to the ministry, there are about 70 million doses in stock,” Fagunds added.

Since there are no changes to the original text of the House or Senate Member of Parliament, the text continues to be legislated.