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24 bills

Topic regional government reform24
  1. HE 310/2018 vpLapsed

    Reforming health and social services fees

    The legislation on client fees for health and social services will be comprehensively reformed and brought to the statutory level. Healthcare services for minors will become free of charge, the fee cap will be expanded, and the fee criteria for housing services will be harmonised.

    18 Apr 2019 · no votes
  2. HE 240/2018 vpLapsed

    Transferring rescue services to regions

    Responsibility for organising rescue services will transfer from municipalities to regions from the beginning of 2021. At the same time, vocational qualification training in the rescue sector and the organisation of regional national defence courses will be centralised nationally at the Emergency Services Academy Finland.

    18 Apr 2019 · no votes
  3. HE 93/2018 vpLapsed

    Transferring employment and business services to regions

    Public employment and business services as well as business subsidies will be transferred from the central government to the regions to be established and restructured into growth services. At the same time, private service providers will be enabled to play a broader role in organising jobseekers' service processes.

    18 Apr 2019 · no votes
  4. HE 35/2018 vpLapsed

    Transferring employment and business services to regions

    Employment and economic development services and regional development tasks will be transferred from central government and regional councils to the new regions from the beginning of 2020. The services will transition to a multi-provider model where jobseekers and businesses can also choose services from private providers.

    18 Apr 2019 · 1 vote

    Only vote · Valiokuntaan lähettäminen, puhemiesneuvosto / Mäkisalo-Ropponen

    104 jaa
    55 ei
  5. HE 14/2018 vpLapsed

    Regional duty transfers and new agency

    Duties of the state and municipalities will be transferred to new self-governing regions and to the State Licensing and Supervisory Agency to be established. The reform brings together the licensing and supervisory duties of the current Regional State Administrative Agencies, Valvira and the ELY Centre (Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment) into a single agency.

    18 Apr 2019 · no votes
  6. HE 289/2018 vpLapsed

    Transferring transport duties to regions

    The transport duties and staff of the ELY Centre (Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment) will be divided between the regions to be established, the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency and the traffic control company. Regions will become responsible for regional road maintenance and public transport, but ownership of the highway network will remain with the state.

    18 Apr 2019 · no votes
  7. HE 57/2017 vpLapsed

    Supplementing the funding system for regions

    A uniform central government funding model will be created for other duties transferring to the regions, such as business and rural services. At the same time, it will be ensured that central government grants awarded for premises are not clawed back from municipalities due to changes in premises caused by the reform.

    18 Apr 2019 · no votes
  8. HE 294/2018 vpPassed with amendments

    Reforming non-military service rules and compensation

    A person who has applied for supplementary service can return to the Finnish Defence Forces reserve without an age limit if they have not yet started their service. In addition, accommodation allowances paid to non-military service places will be increased and procedures during states of emergency clarified.

    8 Apr 2019 · passed without a vote
  9. HE 45/2018 vpPassed with amendments

    Transferring road management to regions

    The maintenance of highways, transport system planning and the organisation of public transport will be transferred from the abolished ELY Centres (Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment) to the new regions and partly to the Finnish Transport Agency. The state will retain ownership of highways and steer road management through separate funding and agreements.

    5 Jul 2018 · passed without a vote
  10. HE 311/2018 vpLapsed

    Organising emergency medical services in regions

    Emergency medical services will be transferred to the responsibility of regions as part of the health and social services reform. A national Päivystysapu helpline will be established for citizens alongside the emergency number.

    18 Apr 2019 · no votes
  11. HE 138/2018 vpPassed with amendments

    Securing rescue services amendments

    Legislative amendments concerning rescue services will be separated from the delayed regional reform. This will allow reforms concerning oil spill response, training for contract fire brigade personnel and civil defence shelters to enter into force right from the beginning of 2019.

    13 Dec 2018 · passed without a vote
  12. HE 104/2018 vpPassed with amendments

    Supplementing the proposal establishing Traficom

    The proposal makes technical and substantive adjustments to an earlier proposal to establish the new Traficom (the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency). The amendments ensure that the agency reform will enter into force at the beginning of 2019.

    24 Oct 2018 · passed without a vote
  13. HE 8/2018 vpPassed

    Establishing the Finnish Food Authority

    The Finnish Food Safety Authority Evira and the Agency for Rural Affairs (Mavi) will be merged into a new Finnish Food Authority at the beginning of 2019. At the same time, sectoral information management tasks from the National Land Survey of Finland and the supervision of the use of plant protection products from Tukes will be brought together into the new authority.

    9 May 2018 · passed without a vote
  14. HE 62/2018 vpLapsed

    Opening employment services to private providers

    Private companies and organisations would be able to interview jobseekers, assess their service needs, and draw up employment plans for them. However, the public employment services (TE services) would still make official administrative decisions and impose any unemployment security sanctions.

    18 Apr 2019 · no votes
  15. HE 18/2018 vpPassed with amendments

    Reforming rescue and oil spill response

    Responsibilities for rescue services would be aligned with the regional government reform, and response to marine oil and chemical spills would be transferred to the leadership of the Finnish Border Guard. At the same time, obligations to build civil defence shelters would be eased and rescue service training would be centralised at the Emergency Services Academy.

    19 Dec 2018 · passed without a vote
  16. HE 266/2018 vpLapsed

    Establishing the Growth Services Agency

    A new central government agency, the Growth Services Agency, will be established to be responsible for national information systems and digital services for employment and economic development services. At the same time, rules will be laid down for processing client data on jobseekers and enterprises in registers shared by the state, regions, and service providers.

    18 Apr 2019 · no votes
  17. HE 262/2018 vpLapsed

    Reforming food and health protection supervision

    The Food Act will be reformed to reduce bureaucracy in official supervision and for operators. At the same time, an annual supervision fee of 150 euros will be introduced for food and health protection operators.

    18 Apr 2019 · no votes
  18. HE 65/2018 vpLapsed

    Updating the Criminal Code for regional reform

    The Criminal Code will be updated to correspond to the regional and health and social services reform. Regional elections, public officials, elected officials, and subsidies granted by regions will be brought within the scope of the Criminal Code's provisions.

    18 Apr 2019 · no votes
  19. HE 5/2018 vpLapsed

    Securing guarantees for transferred debts

    The Municipal Guarantee Board will be able to guarantee funding related to debts transferred to regions in the health and social services and regional reform. As a result, existing loans of municipalities and joint municipal authorities will not need to be terminated before maturity.

    18 Apr 2019 · no votes
  20. HE 148/2017 vpLapsed

    Transferring environmental health tasks to municipalities

    A region could agree on transferring the responsibility for organising environmental health tasks to a sufficiently large municipality or group of municipalities. The transfer would require both the municipality and the region to have resources of at least 30 person-years available for supervisory duties.

    18 Apr 2019 · no votes