Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2008, published 98th ILC session (2009)

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

Referring to its comments under Convention No. 102, the Committee hopes that the Government’s next report relating to Convention No. 130 will contain information on the measures adopted to give effect to the following provisions of the Convention on which it has been making comments for many years: Articles 10 and 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).

[The Government is asked to reply in detail to the present comments in 2010.]