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- HE 228/2022 vpPassed
Lowering early childhood education fees
Client fees for municipal early childhood education and care will be reduced by raising the income thresholds used to determine fees by 33 per cent. The change will lower early childhood education and care fees particularly for middle-income families and make early childhood education and care free of charge for more families.
20 Dec 2022 · 5 votes121 jaa31 ei - HE 209/2022 vpPassed
Municipal waste sales limit and transition
The maximum limit for market-based sales by municipal waste companies will be maintained at 10 per cent after 2030 as well. In addition, municipalities will look after waste management for health and social services and rescue services properties during a transition period until the end of 2025.
16 Dec 2022 · 1 voteOnly vote · 145 a §, mietintö / Saara-Sofia Sirén
134 jaa32 ei - HE 312/2022 vpPassed
Securing intellectual disability services during reform
Wellbeing services counties will be able to procure morning and afternoon activities for disabled children directly from municipalities without tendering. In addition, involuntary special care and necessary restrictive measures can continue to be implemented in intellectual disability psychiatry wards.
15 Dec 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 239/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Municipal climate plans and appeal rights
All Finnish municipalities will be required to draw up their own climate plan at least once per council term. At the same time, clear rules will be added to the act on how and by whom appeals against national climate plans can be lodged with the Supreme Administrative Court.
13 Dec 2022 · 1 vote132 jaa38 ei - HE 155/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Adjusting municipal central government transfers for 2023
The central government transfer percentage for municipal basic public services will decrease to 22.09 per cent at the beginning of 2023. At the same time, temporary deductions to central government transfers and funding for new statutory duties will be defined.
9 Dec 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 141/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Extending cleanup responsibility for single-use plastics
Manufacturers and importers of single-use plastic products and fishing gear would be required to contribute to the waste management of their products and to municipal cleanup costs. At the same time, producer responsibility for packaging would be extended to cover small businesses as well.
9 Dec 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 71/2019 vpPassed with amendments
Adjusting after-care age limits
The final payout age for child welfare independent living allowance will rise to 25 and the definition of a young person will expand to cover 18–24-year-olds. At the same time, it is clarified that extended after-care applies to children and young people who are receiving support at the start of 2020.
19 Dec 2019 · passed without a vote - HE 153/2022 vpPassed
Changes to earned income taxation for 2023
The earned income taxation for 2023 will undergo the adjustments required by the health and social services reform and inflation, and the earned income tax credit for persons over 60 will be increased. In addition, the temporary increase in the deduction for commuting expenses will be extended and science and arts recognition awards will be made entirely tax-exempt.
7 Dec 2022 · 14 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Sari Essayah 4
78 jaa63 ei - HE 178/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Transferring training compensation to the state
The state will begin compensating units providing practical training places for the costs incurred from practical training included in universities of applied sciences degrees in health and social services. Universities of applied sciences will be exempted from paying compensation, which will improve the availability of training placements and the quality of supervision.
24 Nov 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 218/2016 vpPassed
Easing staffing obligations in elderly care
Municipal obligations regarding the expertise required in services for older persons will be eased, and the separate designated responsible worker in elderly care will be abolished. Older persons will be assigned a designated worker under the Social Welfare Act.
13 Dec 2016 · 1 vote97 jaa64 ei - HE 107/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Establishing free leisure activities for schoolchildren
The Finnish model for leisure activities aimed at comprehensive school pupils will be enshrined in law, establishing the provision of free leisure activities in connection with the school day. At the same time, the criteria for government grants to youth sector organisations and youth centres will be clarified.
20 Oct 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 54/2022 vpPassed with amendments
More flexible compulsory education rules
Flexibility is introduced to completing compulsory education and related support so that a suitable educational path can be found for every young person. At the same time, foreign minors residing in the country solely for study purposes are excluded from compulsory education and free learning materials.
1 Jul 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 61/2022 vpPassed
Transferring unemployment statements to pilot municipalities
Municipalities participating in the municipal pilot to promote employment will be granted the right to issue more statements related to unemployment security to their own clients. The change will streamline the processing of unemployment benefit matters and reduce jobseekers' need to deal with both the municipality and the public employment services (TE services).
21 Jun 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 225/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Introducing Job Market Finland and IT reform
A new nationwide information system package and the Job Market Finland service platform will be introduced in the public employment services (TE services). Jobseekers will be able to publish an anonymous job search profile on the service, which employers can utilise in recruitment.
13 May 2022 · 2 votesClosest vote · 1. lakiehdotus, 13 luvun 1 §, mietintö / Arto Satonen
102 jaa36 ei - HE 19/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Safeguarding student welfare services
Curator, psychologist and healthcare services in schools and educational institutions will be transferred from municipalities to the responsibility of wellbeing services counties. School staff will be able to refer pupils in need of support to any student welfare service with a low threshold.
11 May 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 17/2022 vpPassed
Extending municipal employment trials
The validity of the municipal trials on promoting employment will be extended until the end of 2024. Municipalities in the trial areas will continue providing employment services to their clients without interruptions before the permanent transfer of services to municipalities.
1 Apr 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 213/2021 vpPassed
Adjusting corporate tax shares and penalties
Municipalities will be compensated for the tax revenue impacts of corporate tax changes by adjusting the apportionment of corporate tax between the state and municipalities. At the same time, tax surcharges will be eased for investors who opened multiple equity savings accounts by mistake.
15 Dec 2021 · 4 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus , mietintö / Matias Marttinen 3
87 jaa56 ei - HE 164/2021 vpPassed
Confirming municipal central government transfers for 2022
The central government transfer percentage for basic public services and the amount of central government transfers to municipalities will be adjusted for 2022. At the same time, funding for new statutory duties and the consolidation of previously made savings will be taken into account.
10 Dec 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 51/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Transferring employment services to trial municipalities
The provision of employment services for jobseekers would be temporarily transferred from the state public employment services (TE services) to participating municipalities across five regions. The trial would develop service models and support employment especially among young people and those who have been unemployed for longer periods.
4 Jul 2017 · 4 votes137 jaa24 ei - HE 40/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Boosting recycling and separate waste collection
The legislative reform tightens waste recycling targets and extends sorting and separate collection obligations for residential properties. The transport of separately collected waste will become the responsibility of the municipality, and the cost liability of packaging producers will be increased.
24 Jun 2021 · 9 votesClosest vote · Pöydällepanon ajankohta, Katja Taimela / Timo Heinonen
33 jaa23 ei