Bill to restore and improve the child allowance benefit

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1. The bill would restore the allowance for a child or dependent minor, which Royal Decree-Lawroyal decree-law A rule with the force of law that the Government passes because it is urgent. It applies from its publication, but the Congreso must validate it within 30 days or it lapses. 20/2020 folded into the minimum vital income and phased out for children without a disability of at least 33 percent.
2. It would amend the General Social Security Law so the benefit is granted again for each child under eighteen, or older child with a disability of 65 percent or more, and so that no one entitled to the minimum vital income can receive it.
3. It would set the general amount at 100 euros per month (1,200 euros a year) per child, 150 euros per month (1,800 euros a year) in situations of special vulnerability, and 200 euros per month (2,400 euros a year) if the child has a disability of 33 percent or more.
4. It would set income limits to receive the benefit: 14,000 euros a year in general, 20,275 euros for large families (plus 3,029 euros per child from the fourth one on) and the same figure for single-parent families (plus 3,029 euros per child from the third one on).
5. The Government would have to gradually raise the income threshold for households with one child without a disability until it reaches at least 22,000 euros a year.
6. It would repeal the seventh transitional provision of Royal Decree-Law 20/2020 and would take effect the day after its publication in the Official State Gazette, except for parts with budget impact, which would wait until the following fiscal year.

Who it affects

• Families with children under eighteen in their care and low incomes, who could receive the benefit again.: They would get 1,200 euros a year per child, or 1,800 euros in cases of special vulnerability.
• Families with children with a disability of 33 percent or more.: They would get 2,400 euros a year per child.
• Large families and single-parent families.: They would have higher income limits: 20,275 euros a year, with increases per child.
• Households receiving the minimum vital income.: They could not receive the child allowance at the same time.

Words worth knowing

Prestación no contributiva (non-contributory benefit)

A Social Security payment received because of a protected situation, without needing to have paid contributions before.

Ingreso mínimo vital (minimum vital income)

A benefit that guarantees a minimum income to households at risk of social exclusion.

Familia numerosa (large family)

A family officially recognized as such under Law 40/2003, for example for having three or more children.

Familia monoparental (single-parent family)

A family made up of one parent who lives with the child and is the family's sole breadwinner.

Proposición de ley (bill)

A text in the form of a law introduced by a parliamentary group that still must be debated and passed by the Congress.

royal decree-law

A rule with the force of law that the Government passes because it is urgent. It applies from its publication, but the Congreso must validate it within 30 days or it lapses.

decree-law

A rule with the force of law that the Government passes because it is urgent. It applies from its publication, but the Congreso must validate it within 30 days or it lapses.

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