Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2005, published 95th ILC session (2006)

Medical Care and Sickness Benefits Convention, 1969 (No. 130) - Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (Ratification: 1982)

1. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government in its reports relating to Conventions Nos. 102, 118, 121, 128 and 130. It notes the adoption of the new Organic Act on the Social Security System, as well as that of the Acts regulating the pensions and health sub-systems, which entered into force on 30 December 2002 and 31 December 2001, respectively. The Committee notes that, as stated in its first section, the objectives of the new Organic Act are to establish the social security system, establish and regulate its mandate, organization, functioning and financing, the management of its benefit system and the way in which entitlement to social security benefits is given effect with regard to persons subject to its scope of application, as a non-profit public service. The Committee requests the Government to provide detailed information on the extent to which the new legislation gives effect to each of the provisions of the Convention, transmitting in this regard the information requested in the report form approved by the Governing Body, including statistics. The Committee also requests the Government to transmit the regulations implementing the new legislation.

2. The Committee hopes that the next report will also contain information on the measures adopted to give effect to the following provisions concerning which it has been making comments for several years: Articles 10, 19 (in conjunction with Article 5) (scope of application of insurance); Article 13 (specification in the legislation of medical assistance which has to be guaranteed to persons covered); Article 16, paragraph 1 (duration of medical assistance); Article 16, paragraphs 2 and 3 (continuation of medical assistance when the beneficiary ceases to belong to one of the groups of persons covered); Article 22 (in conjunction with Article 1(h)) (amount of sickness benefit); Article 28, paragraph 2 (suspension of sickness benefit).