The Legislative Yuan's Economic, Social Welfare, and Health Environment Committee jointly reviewed the "Draft Amendment to Some Articles of the Agricultural Insurance Regulations" today, and invited Chen Jizhong, chairman of the Council of Agriculture, to attend the report and prepare questions.

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[Reporter Wang Qianhao/Taipei Report] The joint meeting of the Legislative Yuan today (22) jointly reviewed the "Draft Amendment of Some Articles of the Farmers' Health Insurance Regulations". Yang Qiongying, chairperson of the joint meeting, called on the Executive Yuan, the ruling and opposition parties to work together to pass the third reading on January 13.

The monthly insured amount of the current agricultural insurance is 10,200 yuan. The agricultural insurance regulations clearly stipulate that if the insured dies, according to the insured amount of the month, the funeral allowance will be given for 15 months, and the maternity benefit will be paid once for 2 months.

The Legislative Yuan KMT Group, People's Party Group, and Yang Qiongying all proposed amendments to increase funeral allowances by 20 to 30 months and childbirth benefits by 3 to 5 months.

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The Legislative Yuan Economic, Social Welfare and Hygienic Environment Committee jointly reviewed the "Draft Amendments to Some Articles of the Agricultural Insurance Regulations" proposed by various parties today, and invited Chen Jizhong, chairman of the Council of Agriculture, to attend the report and prepare questions.

Chen Jizhong reported that the Legislative Yuan proposed 3 versions of the draft, mainly to increase the funeral allowance and maternity benefits of farmers by modifying the payment figures, but the Executive Yuan version revised the monthly insurance amount from 10,200 yuan to 20,400 yuan In this way, funeral allowances and maternity benefits will also increase.

Chen Jizhong pointed out that due to the increase in the monthly insured amount, the funeral allowance for agricultural insurance has been adjusted from the current 153,000 yuan to 306,000 yuan; the amount of maternity benefits has also been adjusted from the current 24,000 yuan to 48,000 yuan.

Chen Jizhong emphasized that the monthly insurance amount will increase from 10,200 yuan to 20,400 yuan, and the monthly insurance premiums payable by farmers will also change from the current 78 yuan to 156 yuan. After this adjustment, the farmers' increased insurance premiums will be assisted by the Council of Agriculture through budgetary procedures. The estimated cost is about 940 million yuan. However, as the number of insured persons decreases year by year, the expenditure will gradually decrease.

After the question-and-answer session at the joint meeting today, Chairwoman Yang Qiongying convened consultations between the ruling and opposition parties, and reserved all versions of the draft provisions and sent them to the committee. After the Executive Yuan version is sent to the Legislative Yuan tomorrow, they will be reviewed together in the future. I will work hard on the last day of the postponed meeting Three readings before March 13th.