--- title: "#CostaRica 🇨🇷 #BDS_LaborAlert: Reform to Health Insurance Regulations Introduces Special Leaves of Absence and Expanded Coverage for Workers" description: Reform to Health Insurance Regulations image: https://publicaciones.bdsasesores.com/hubfs/padre%20bebe.jpg --- [![BDS blanco ingles](https://publicaciones.bdsasesores.com/hs-fs/hubfs/BDS%20blanco%20ingles.png?width=100&height=50&name=BDS%20blanco%20ingles.png "BDS blanco ingles")](https://www.bdsasesores.com) - [Team](https://www.bdsasesores.com/en/team/) - [Services](https://www.bdsasesores.com/en/services/) - Blog - [Labor Law](https://publicaciones.bdsasesores.com/en-us/blog) - [Corporate Law](https://publicaciones.bdsasesores.com/apriori-blog?hsLang=en-us) - [Store](https://www.bdsasesores.com/en/tienda/) - [Contact](https://www.bdsasesores.com/en/contact/) - English - [English](https://publicaciones.bdsasesores.com/blog?hsLang=en-us) - [Español](https://publicaciones.bdsasesores.com/blog?hsLang=es-cr) ![](https://publicaciones.bdsasesores.com/hs-fs/hubfs/raw_assets/public/Theme-Delight%20BDS%20Asesores/images/logo-BDS-blanco-jul25.png?width=200&name=logo-BDS-blanco-jul25.png) ##### Nov 12, 2024 10:43:57 AM ##### 1 min. read # #CostaRica 🇨🇷 #BDS\_LaborAlert: Reform to Health Insurance Regulations Introduces Special Leaves of Absence and Expanded Coverage for Workers On Friday, November 1, 2024, the **reform** to the *Health Insurance Regulations*, approved by the Board of Directors of the Costa Rican Social Security Administration, was published in the Official Gazette No. 205. The reform encompasses **several articles** and introduces **new leave** types created by the 2022 reform of Article 95 of the Labor Code, whose regulation had been pending, along with changes in the **calculation and payment of subsidies.** Key amendments to the regulatory text include: - **Definitions are added** for “Special Leave,” “End-Stage Leave,” “Critically Ill Minor Leave,” and “Extraordinary Leave.” - A maximum period of **ten business days is established for the payment of subsidies**, leave, or economic aid, detailing the documents required for carrying out these procedures in person or through a third party. - Subsidy calculation now uses the average of the **last twelve reported salaries** rather than the income or salary average of the previous three months. - In cases of leave due to maternal death, the subsidy will be calculated **based on the father’s income.** - **Subsidy payments during leave of absence are conditioned** on insured workers refraining from any other paid activity during the leave period. ![BDS Logo-01](https://publicaciones.bdsasesores.com/hs-fs/hubfs/BDS%20Logo-01.png?width=204&height=92&name=BDS%20Logo-01.png) --- *Would you like to learn more about this and other legal topics? 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