Multipurpose medical certificate. Ombudsman recommends changes to the Government to eliminate significant delays that compromise benefits

The Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, sent a recommendation to the Minister of Health proposing a revision of the legal regime for issuing Multipurpose Disability Medical Certificates (AMIM), as well as clearer and more comprehensive disclosure of its purpose and scope. This recommendation follows the reception of complaints in increasing numbers, particularly in the last two years, the majority focusing on…

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Disability/Disability. Ombudsman sends recommendation to the Government after finding serious problems in access to Social Allowance for Inclusion

The Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, sent a recommendation to the Minister of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security following the receipt, in the last two years, of more than two and a half hundred complaints on issues related to attribution of the Social Inclusion Benefit (PSI). Created by Decree-Law no. 126-A/2017, of 6 October, the PSI would progressively aggregate a set…

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