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Topic child protection13
  1. HE 149/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Reforming foster care and restrictive measures

    Disciplinary measures and restrictions for children in child welfare foster care will be clarified, and locating children who have run away without permission will be made easier by lowering the threshold for mobile phone tracing. A new rehabilitative closed institutional service will be established for children who commit serious crimes, and the maximum duration of a special care period will be extended.

    22 May 2026 · 3 votes
    117 jaa
    54 ei
  2. HE 182/2026 vpIn progress

    Comprehensive reform of child welfare

    The current legislation will be replaced by a new act that shifts the focus of support for children and families from heavy measures to early basic services. The threshold for becoming a child welfare client will be raised, and child welfare institutions may recruit their own security personnel.

    22 Sep 2026 · no votes yet
  3. HE 79/2020 vpPassed with amendments

    Raising aftercare age for unaccompanied minors

    The upper age limit for support measures for young people who arrived in Finland as unaccompanied minors and have been granted a residence permit will rise from 21 to 25. The state will reimburse municipalities for the costs of young people's housing and support services up to the age of 25.

    24 Jun 2020 · 1 vote
    45 jaa
    10 ei
  4. HE 56/2023 vpPassed with amendments

    Lowering child welfare after-care age

    The age limit for child welfare after-care will be lowered from 25 to 23 years. At the same time, responsibilities for organising early childhood education and care for children placed in care and the division of costs between municipalities will be clarified.

    19 Dec 2023 · 1 vote

    Only vote · Käsittelyn pohja, mietintö / Ilmari Nurminen

    118 jaa
    57 ei
  5. HE 148/2020 vpPassed with amendments

    Increasing central government transfers to municipalities

    The central government transfer to municipalities for basic public services will be increased from the beginning of 2021. In addition, municipalities will be granted temporary additional support to mitigate the economic impact of the coronavirus epidemic.

    18 Dec 2020 · passed without a vote
  6. 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
  7. HE 151/2022 vpPassed with amendments

    Free police assistance for child welfare

    Executive assistance provided by the police will be made free of charge in child welfare and urgent social welfare duties. Executive assistance can also be provided free of charge to individuals in a vulnerable position, such as victims of domestic violence.

    30 Nov 2022 · passed without a vote
  8. HE 21/2022 vpPassed with amendments

    Streamlining cross-border family matters

    Family law decisions issued in another EU country, such as divorce and custody rulings, could be enforced directly in Finland without a separate declaration of enforceability. In addition, the enforcement of return decisions and interim measures in international child abduction cases would be expedited.

    13 May 2022 · passed without a vote
  9. HE 170/2021 vpPassed

    Capping child welfare caseloads

    A statutory maximum caseload would be set for child welfare social workers so that workers have more time to focus on each child's situation. A single social worker could be responsible for a maximum of 35 children in 2022–2023 and a maximum of 30 children from 2024 onwards.

    13 Dec 2021 · passed without a vote
  10. HE 4/2021 vpPassed with amendments

    Criminal record checks in short-term employment

    Employers will be able to check the criminal background of persons working with children also in employment relationships lasting under three months. Requesting a criminal record extract will be based on the employer's own discretion and risk assessment, and will not be mandatory.

    8 Jun 2021 · 5 votes

    Closest vote · Mietintö / Jukka Mäkynen

    32 jaa
    23 ei
  11. HE 31/2019 vpPassed

    Adjusting municipal central government transfers

    Central government transfers to municipalities for basic public services will be increased and the criteria for determining them will be adjusted for 2020. At the same time, compensation for tax revenue losses resulting from changes in tax legislation will be transferred to a separate budget item.

    16 Dec 2019 · passed without a vote
  12. HE 237/2018 vpPassed with amendments

    Strengthening legal protection for children in care

    Good treatment and legal protection of children placed outside the home will be improved in child welfare. The use of restrictive measures in residential institutions will be tightened and supervision of out-of-home care will be increased.

    25 Mar 2019 · passed without a vote
  13. HE 285/2014 vpPassed

    Approving a children's rights complaints procedure

    Parliament approved the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which creates a communications procedure for violations of children's rights, and an act bringing it into force.

    15 Oct 2015 · passed without a vote