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  1. HE 192/2024 vpPassed with amendments

    Cutting integration compensation and easing obligations

    The state will cut compensation paid to municipalities and wellbeing services counties for promoting integration and reduce their related administrative obligations. At the same time, special state reimbursements for immigrants' social assistance will be abolished or their duration shortened.

    19 Dec 2024 · 4 votes
    97 jaa
    68 ei
  2. HE 134/2024 vpPassed with amendments

    Extending the care guarantee for adults

    Waiting times for adults to access non-urgent primary healthcare and dental care will be extended. The existing shorter waiting times will remain in place for children and young people under 23 years of age.

    13 Dec 2024 · 5 votes
    109 jaa
    56 ei
  3. HE 115/2025 vpPassed

    More effective child maintenance reviews

    Kela will notify wellbeing services counties if a liable parent's income has changed substantially while maintenance support is being paid. Based on the notifications, wellbeing services counties will take action to increase or reduce the amount of child maintenance.

    21 Nov 2025 · passed without a vote
  4. HE 171/2024 vpPassed with amendments

    Removing driving licence examinations from health centres

    Health centres will no longer carry out medical examinations or issue certificates for driving licences. A medical report on driving ability will as a rule have to be obtained from a private medical clinic at one's own expense.

    19 Mar 2025 · 2 votes
    111 jaa
    54 ei
  5. HE 86/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Improving military preparedness in healthcare

    A duty will be laid down for wellbeing services counties to prepare for military threats and to support the Finnish Defence Forces and NATO with healthcare services. The state will reimburse wellbeing services counties in full for the costs of the new preparedness duties.

    14 Nov 2025 · passed without a vote
  6. HE 21/2024 vpPassed with amendments

    Shortening the integration compensation period

    The state will shorten the period for integration compensation paid to municipalities and wellbeing services counties by one year, and lower the upper age limit for support for unaccompanied minors to 23 years. In addition, an immigrant may be charged a fee if they fail to attend a booked appointment and interpreting costs are incurred.

    5 Jun 2024 · 5 votes
    92 jaa
    78 ei
  7. HE 9/2023 vpPassed

    Postponing the Disability Services Act

    The entry into force of the new Act on Disability Services and related acts will be postponed until the beginning of 2025. During the postponement, the scope of application of the act will be specified and its impacts reassessed.

    28 Sep 2023 · 7 votes
    92 jaa
    75 ei
  8. HE 149/2024 vpPassed with amendments

    Centralising hospitals and emergency services

    Finland's hospital network and round-the-clock emergency services will be concentrated into fewer units to ensure adequate staffing and funding. Each wellbeing services county will as a rule have only one hospital with a multidisciplinary round-the-clock emergency department and round-the-clock operating theatre readiness.

    18 Dec 2024 · 18 votes
    101 jaa
    96 ei
  9. HE 2/2024 vpPassed with amendments

    Harmonising steering of wellbeing services counties

    The central government will harmonise the steering of wellbeing services counties and bring together the objectives and negotiations for health and social services and rescue services. The Ministry of Finance will assume primary responsibility for coordinating steering activities across different ministries.

    1 Jul 2024 · 4 votes
    97 jaa
    71 ei
  10. HE 33/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Pilot collection of subsidised transport data

    A pilot will be launched in Northern Finland to bring together data on passenger transport reimbursed by wellbeing services counties and Kela (the Social Insurance Institution). The data will be used to explore possibilities to combine rides and save costs, but services for passengers will remain unchanged during the pilot.

    19 Jun 2025 · passed without a vote
  11. HE 210/2024 vpPassed with amendments

    Enhancing health and social services preparedness

    The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health and the wellbeing services counties maintaining university hospitals would be granted powers to lead health and social services during extensive disruptions and states of emergency. At the same time, a national preparedness group would be established to support decision-making and the transfer of resources between areas.

    19 Jun 2025 · passed without a vote
  12. HE 220/2022 vpPassed

    Improving assistance for trafficking victims

    Victims of trafficking will receive help and support directly based on their own needs regardless of the progress of criminal investigations. The continuation of assistance will no longer depend on whether charges are brought or a conviction is secured.

    15 Dec 2022 · 1 vote
    93 jaa
    65 ei
  13. HE 112/2022 vpPassed with amendments

    Extending healthcare rights for undocumented migrants

    Undocumented migrants and foreign nationals in a comparable situation will be guaranteed the right to necessary public healthcare services in addition to urgent care. Minors will be provided with the same healthcare services as children permanently resident in Finland.

    7 Dec 2022 · 2 votes
    79 jaa
    70 ei
  14. HE 135/2022 vpPassed with amendments

    Municipal reimbursement for Ukrainian integration services

    The state will start paying compensation to municipalities and wellbeing services counties for integration services for people fleeing the war in Ukraine once they obtain a municipality of residence in Finland. At the same time, reception centre services will end within a reasonable time as the person transitions to municipal services.

    1 Dec 2022 · passed without a vote
  15. HE 84/2022 vpPassed with amendments

    Employment and integration service responsibilities

    The responsibilities for health and social services in the multisectoral joint service promoting employment and in the integration of immigrants will be transferred from municipalities to wellbeing services counties from the beginning of 2023. At the same time, wellbeing services counties will begin to receive central government compensation for the integration health and social services they organise.

    11 Nov 2022 · passed without a vote
  16. HE 55/2023 vpPassed

    Retaining the 14-day care guarantee

    The maximum waiting time for access to non-urgent primary healthcare medical treatment will be kept at 14 days. The previously planned seven-day care guarantee will be abandoned due to healthcare staff shortages.

    1 Dec 2023 · 6 votes
    118 jaa
    56 ei
  17. HE 90/2026 vpIn progress

    Legislating health and social service principles

    Clear principles will be laid down in law on which treatments, examinations and services are included in publicly funded health and social services. The reform aims to improve the effectiveness of services and make choices more transparent and equal.

    2 Sep 2026 · no votes yet
  18. HE 5/2023 vpPassed

    Expanding access to communicable disease registers

    Healthcare personnel involved in the prevention and control of communicable diseases would be granted the right to access the communicable disease registers of THL (the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare) directly via remote access. The amendment will speed up contact tracing and streamline epidemic control work.

    28 Jun 2023 · passed without a vote
  19. HE 319/2022 vpPassed with amendments

    Allowing two joint emergency departments

    The wellbeing services counties of Lapland and South Savo will be permitted to maintain two round-the-clock hospital emergency departments indefinitely without the previous time limit. In addition, the provisions on the choice of treatment facility will be clarified.

    8 Mar 2023 · 1 vote

    Only vote · 1. lakiehdotus 59 §, mietintö / Kaisa Juuso (moniste)

    119 jaa
    42 ei
  20. HE 328/2022 vpPassed

    Separate compensation for hospital emergency services

    The state may start paying separate compensation to the wellbeing services counties of Lapland and South Savo for additional costs arising from maintaining two round-the-clock hospital emergency departments. The objective of the support is to help ensure the continuation of 24-hour emergency services at the Kemi and Savonlinna hospitals.

    7 Mar 2023 · passed without a vote
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