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- HE 232/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Extending social security to same-sex couples
The social security and parental daily allowance systems will be made gender-neutral. Same-sex married and cohabiting couples will be treated on the same grounds for benefits as opposite-sex couples.
23 Dec 2016 · 2 votes128 jaa28 ei - HE 78/2022 vpPassed
Extending COVID-19 reimbursements and allowances
Kela reimbursements for COVID-19 vaccinations and tests and the eased conditions for the infectious disease allowance would be extended until the end of 2022. The accrual of an employee's annual leave during absence caused by a coronavirus infection would also be safeguarded for the same period.
20 Jun 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 206/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Improving basic security and parental allowances
The minimum sickness and parental allowances, rehabilitation allowances and the guarantee pension will be increased, and the annual ceiling on medicine expenses will be lowered. At the same time, the rights of single parents, adoptive parents and multiple-birth families to parental allowances will be improved.
20 Dec 2018 · 19 votesClosest vote · 3. lakiehdotus, 35 §, mietintö / Anneli Kiljunen
96 jaa87 ei - HE 242/2021 vpPassed
Easing access to infectious disease allowance
An employee infected with the coronavirus or a parent caring for an ill child can receive infectious disease allowance on the basis of a regular medical certificate without an official isolation order. Annual leave accrues during the period of absence as normal.
17 Feb 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 145/2015 vpPassed with amendments
Tightening annual holiday and illness rules
Annual holiday accrual from family leave will be limited, and a six-day qualifying period will be introduced for falling ill during annual holiday before leave can be postponed. However, employees will always be guaranteed an annual holiday of at least four weeks.
11 Mar 2016 · 3 votes94 jaa47 ei - HE 57/2023 vpPassed
Limiting the medicine ceiling increase
The increase in the annual out-of-pocket maximum for medicine expenses, or the medicine ceiling, will be limited from the start of 2024. The change prevents index increases from accumulating into a single year as a result of the 2023 freeze.
29 Nov 2023 · 1 voteOnly vote · 8 §, mietintö / Ilmari Nurminen
86 jaa68 ei - HE 297/2018 vpLapsed
Abolishing Kela reimbursements for private care
Kela reimbursements for private doctors, dental care and patient transport will be abolished. The corresponding public funding will be transferred to the future regions as part of the health and social services reform.
18 Apr 2019 · no votes - HE 296/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming daily allowance income bases
Kela's sickness and parental allowances as well as rehabilitation allowance will be determined on the basis of the applicant's recent annual income instead of outdated taxation data. The information will be obtained directly from the incomes register, so applicants and employers do not need to submit separate income statements.
8 Apr 2019 · passed without a vote - HE 6/2023 vpPassed
Safeguarding supplementary pension and sickness funds
Supplementary pension foundations and funds established earlier will be allowed to continue their operations to their previous extent to pay voluntary supplementary pensions. Small sickness funds and other insurance funds that have received an exemption will also be permitted to continue operating below the statutory minimum size.
5 Oct 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 164/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Regulating Kela taxi prices and reimbursements
A maximum price will be set for taxi journeys reimbursed under health insurance, and eligibility for reimbursement will require booking the journey through a dispatch centre approved by Kela. At the same time, reimbursement rules will be clarified for escorts and journeys made for non-urgent care.
18 Dec 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 314/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Introducing pharmacy substitution for biological medicines
Pharmacies will be required to substitute expensive biological medicines with cheaper equivalents, known as biosimilars. At the same time, biological medicines will be brought within the reference price system for medicine reimbursements to reduce medicine costs.
21 Feb 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 138/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Improving reimbursements for medical care abroad
Finns will receive higher reimbursements for healthcare obtained in another EU or EEA country, Switzerland or the United Kingdom. Reimbursement will be paid at the same level as what equivalent care would have cost in the domestic public healthcare system.
15 Feb 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 302/2022 vpPassed
Extending coronavirus test and vaccination reimbursements
Kela reimbursements for coronavirus tests carried out and coronavirus vaccinations administered in private healthcare will be extended until the end of June 2023. Travel costs incurred to receive a vaccination will also continue to be reimbursed.
8 Dec 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 163/2016 vpPassed
Lump-sum compensation for family leave costs
Employers will be paid a lump-sum compensation of 2,500 euros when an employee taking maternity leave is paid a salary during the leave. The change will level out the costs arising from family leave and improve women's employment opportunities.
15 Dec 2016 · 1 voteOnly vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Anneli Kiljunen
104 jaa65 ei - HE 128/2015 vpPassed with amendments
Halving medicine reimbursement savings in 2016
Planned savings in medicine reimbursements for 2016 would be reduced from 50 million euros to 25 million euros. The savings would be divided equally between increases in medicine users' copayments and fees levied on pharmaceutical sector businesses.
15 Dec 2015 · passed without a vote - HE 235/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Higher Kela reimbursements for coronavirus vaccinations
The health insurance reimbursement paid for administering a coronavirus vaccine will be raised from 10 euros to 16 euros. The change encourages occupational health services to offer coronavirus vaccinations to employees more widely than at present.
7 Jan 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 152/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Assessing work ability during prolonged sickness
During prolonged sick leaves, an employee's work ability and need for rehabilitation would be assessed more regularly than at present. The aim of the reform is to support returning to work and prevent early retirement on a disability pension.
17 Nov 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 171/2021 vpPassed
Extending coronavirus testing and vaccination reimbursements
Kela reimbursements for coronavirus tests and vaccinations as well as related travel will be extended until the end of June 2022. The change supports the opportunity to use private healthcare and occupational healthcare services to manage the coronavirus situation.
11 Nov 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 13/2021 vpPassed
Reimbursements for coronavirus vaccinations and travel
Kela reimbursements will be available for coronavirus vaccinations administered in private healthcare or occupational healthcare. Travel costs incurred from travelling to get vaccinated will also become eligible for reimbursement.
17 Mar 2021 · 1 voteOnly vote · 3 luvun 8 §, mietintö / Pia Kauma
40 jaa11 ei - HE 29/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Harmonising taxation and tax collection procedures
Procedures for reporting, paying and appealing self-assessed taxes will be harmonised, and electronic communication will become the general rule. At the same time, time limits for tax adjustments will be shortened and thresholds for less frequent filing by small businesses will be raised.
8 Jul 2016 · passed without a vote