08.04.2022

THE PERIOD OF DISABILITY PENSIONS EXTENDED DUE TO THE EMERGENCY EXPIRES AT THE END OF JUNE

Disability pensions for which the period of disability expired in the period from March 13, 2020 to March 31, 2022 inclusive, will continue to be paid until the end of June this year, according to the National Social Security Institute (NSSI).

The condition for this is that the NSSI has not received other expert decisions of the TEMC/NEMC with new circumstances after re-certification of the persons receiving these pensions.

The extended repayment period was set out in special legislation related to the introduction of the emergency epidemic situation in the context of the coronavirus pandemic. According to it, the expired disability pensions of the TEMC/NEMC decision had to continue to be paid during the epidemic and three months after its repeal. The elimination of the emergency epidemic situation in our country in early April determined the final date of operation of this regulation to be June 30, 2022. It affects 24,050 retirees.

After this date, extended disability pensions will continue to be paid only in the presence of a new expert decision of the medical examination bodies, which determines a new term of disability and a percentage of permanently reduced working capacity/type and degree of disability, which entitles of the respective type of invalidity pension.

Disability pensions of persons for whom the period of disability is determined until the date following the abolition of the epidemic situation (April 1, 2022) and thereafter, will be paid until the specified period of disability in the expert decision of the TEMC/NEMC. The payment of disability pensions to these persons will be continued after the NSSI receives a new expert decision from the medical expertise body, which sets a new term of disability and a percentage of permanently reduced working capacity/type and degree of disability, which entitles to a disability pension.