Proposal to expand the benefit for caring for a sick child

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1. The bill would remove the requirement that the sick child be hospitalized: it would be enough for the child to need direct, continuous and permanent care through outpatient or home treatment.
2. It would remove the maximum age limit of the sick person, so turning 18 would no longer end the reduced work schedule or the benefit as long as the need for care and the economic dependence continue.
3. It would recognize the right to the benefit not only for biological or adoptive parents, but also for guardians, guardians with a view to adoption, and permanent foster families.
4. It would let parents choose how to split the reduced work schedule: one parent can reduce it by at least 50 percent, or both can do so jointly, receiving the subsidy prorated in proportion to the reduction.
5. It would set the subsidy at 100 percent of the reference base for temporary disability, adjusted to the percentage of the reduced work schedule, and detail the minimum contribution periods required based on the worker's age.
6. If approved, the law would take effect on January 1 of the year after its passage and would apply to applications filed from then on and to those pending without an express decision.

Who it affects

• Parents, guardians, guardians with a view to adoption, and permanent foster families caring for a child with cancer or another serious illness: They could reduce their work schedule and receive the subsidy with no age limit for the patient and no hospitalization requirement.
• Private sector employees: Their right to a reduced work schedule under the Workers' Statute would be modified.
• Public employees: They would get a similar leave with full pay and rules to split it between both parents.
• Self-employed workers and discontinuous domestic workers: They could qualify for the subsidy through a partial stoppage of their activity.
• Separated or divorced families: Rules would decide who receives the subsidy when both parents are entitled to it.

Words worth knowing

Prestación or subsidio

Money paid by Social Security to someone who meets the requirements, here someone who reduces their work schedule to care for a sick child.

Reducción de jornada

Working fewer hours than normal, with a proportionally lower salary.

Base reguladora

The reference amount used to calculate how much a benefit pays.

Acogimiento familiar permanente

A permanent foster care arrangement where a minor lives stably with a family that is not their own, without being adoption.

Guarda con fines de adopción

A situation where a minor is placed in the care of a family while their possible adoption is being processed.

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