Bill proposes a state minimum income through Social Security

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1. The bill starts from the premise that millions of people live in poverty and that current minimum income benefits are insufficient and leave many households out. It therefore proposes reforming the General Social Security Law.
2. The bill would raise the child benefit to 1,200 euros per child per year, and to 1,500 euros if the child has a disability of 33 percent or more or lives in a single-parent household. It would also raise the income limits to qualify, with exceptions for single-parent households and large families.
3. It would create a new minimum income benefit, a right for adults with low incomes guaranteeing at least 600 euros a month for one person, adjusted for household size. It would be compatible with work income and other benefits, and updated yearly using whichever is higher, the CPI or the median wage.
4. To receive it, applicants would need to be registered as job seekers, but training or employment programs would be voluntary. The administration would have six months to decide applications and, if it does not reply, they would be deemed denied.
5. Implementation would be gradual over six years, with an estimated cost of about 18 billion euros, prioritizing households with the lowest income and with children. Farm unemployment benefits and other subsidies for the unemployed would be replaced by the new benefit.
6. The bill would create an Observatory of the Income Guarantee System to evaluate public benefits and study future reforms, such as a possible universal basic income. The Government would have to report to the Cortes every year on how the law is applied.

Who it affects

• Families with children: Would receive a larger benefit with easier access, especially single-parent and large families.
• Workers with precarious jobs: Could receive the new benefit even with work income, up to certain limits.
• Unemployed people without benefits: Would be covered by the new benefit once they exhaust unemployment subsidies or farm aid.
• Non-contributory pensioners: Their non-contributory pensions would be matched to the new minimum income benefit.

Words worth knowing

Prestación no contributiva (non-contributory benefit)

A Social Security payment you can get without having paid contributions before, funded by taxes.

IPREM

A public income indicator used in Spain to set the income limits for some benefits.

Umbral de riesgo de pobreza (poverty risk threshold)

The income level below which a person is considered at risk of poverty, set at 60 percent of the median income.

Silencio administrativo (administrative silence)

If the administration does not reply within the deadline, the application is considered decided; here, denied.

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