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- HE 197/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Improving mental health and substance abuse services
Mental health and substance abuse services will be brought more closely into ordinary health and social services, and help will also become easier to access for other addictions. The reform will improve continuity of care and increase home-based services and low-threshold support, such as outreach work and substance abuse day centres.
19 Dec 2022 · 2 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Arja Juvonen
78 jaa63 ei - HE 129/2022 vpPassed
State support for expanding municipal housing advice
Municipalities will be able to receive state grants to organise and develop free housing advice services in 2023–2027. The advice will be offered to all residents regardless of whether they rent or own their home.
24 Nov 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 168/2021 vpPassed
Extending transition period for in-house entity sales
Public in-house entities in health and social services will be permitted to sell services to external parties to the current extent for the remainder of 2022. Tighter sales restrictions under the Act on Public Procurement and Concession Contracts will take effect only when the wellbeing services counties launch operations at the start of 2023.
15 Dec 2021 · 1 vote117 jaa26 ei - HE 184/2026 vpIn progress
Expanding procurement by wellbeing services counties
Wellbeing services counties will be able to organise health and social services from private service providers more freely than before. Patients must also be informed of alternatives for accessing care if the care guarantee time limits are at risk of being exceeded.
29 Sep 2026 · no votes yet - 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 - HE 48/2022 vpLapsed
Consumer protection for personal services
Clear rules will be added to the Consumer Protection Act for situations where a service provided to a person is delayed or defective. Consumers will receive stronger rights to price reductions, damages and free cancellation of services, for instance in the event of illness.
5 Apr 2023 · no votes - HE 113/2025 vpIn progress
Expanding care technology in social services
Technological solutions and technical surveillance will be introduced more widely across social welfare services to support client care and safety. The use of technology may also be taken into account when calculating staffing ratios for round-the-clock care for older people.
8 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 8/2023 vpPassed
Extending municipal access to integration data
Municipalities will receive the right to request information from wellbeing services counties on their integration costs for 2021. This will allow municipalities to apply retroactively for state compensation for health and social services organised in that year.
20 Sep 2023 · passed without a vote - 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 - 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 162/2017 vpPassed
Reimbursing municipalities for emergency social services
The state will begin reimbursing municipalities for the costs of emergency aid provided to asylum seekers who are no longer covered by reception services. Kela will pay municipalities compensation for temporary accommodation, food and necessary medicines.
11 Dec 2017 · 5 votes169 jaa14 ei - HE 4/2020 vpPassed with amendments
Binding staffing ratio for elderly care
A statutory minimum staffing ratio of at least 0.7 employees per client will be introduced for 24-hour housing services with care and long-term institutional care for older people. In addition, a uniform national RAI assessment system will be introduced for assessing the need for regular services for older people.
26 Jun 2020 · 19 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Arja Juvonen
31 jaa17 ei - HE 96/2018 vpLapsed
Reforming integration services and responsibilities
Immigrant integration services will be reformed and aligned with regional administration and health and social services. Primary responsibility for regional integration and employment services will be transferred to the regions, while municipalities will continue to be responsible for local basic services.
18 Apr 2019 · no votes - HE 246/2018 vpPassed
Extending restrictions on municipal health and social services contracts
The scope for municipalities to carry out long-term outsourcing of health and social services and major property investments will be restricted until the end of 2022. At the same time, municipalities' obligation to belong to health and social services co-operation areas will continue until the end of 2020.
20 Dec 2018 · 2 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Sirpa Paatero
107 jaa73 ei - HE 52/2017 vpLapsed
Standardising health and social service registration
Public and private health and social service providers will be subject to common operating rules and a registration procedure. All operators will have to register in a national register before starting operations.
18 Apr 2019 · no votes - HE 182/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Restricting municipal outsourcing and investments
The opportunities for municipalities and joint municipal authorities to make major construction investments in health and social services and long-term service outsourcings will be restricted more strictly than before. The period of validity of the restrictions and of municipal health and social services cooperation obligations will be extended by one year due to delays in the health and social services reform.
21 Dec 2017 · 2 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Savio
100 jaa88 ei - HE 97/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Restricting municipal health and social services investments and outsourcing
Large construction investments in health and social services as well as long-term outsourcing contracts by municipalities and joint municipal authorities are temporarily restricted ahead of the upcoming health and social services reform. A termination clause must be included in new extensive contracts, and a ministerial exemption is required for major construction projects.
27 Jun 2016 · passed without a vote - 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 - HE 154/2016 vpPassed
Expanding free outpatient services for veterans
Persons disabled as a result of the 1939–1945 wars will receive health and social services outpatient care free of charge with a degree of disability of just 10 per cent. The change will make it easier for elderly disabled war veterans to live at home both in Finland and in Sweden.
24 Oct 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 13/2020 vpPassed
Strengthening support in rehabilitative work
Participants in rehabilitative work activities will always be guaranteed individual support and guidance. At the same time, municipalities will be given the option to purchase this support and guidance from private companies as well.
2 Oct 2020 · passed without a vote