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- HE 5/2019 vpPassed with amendments
Second supplementary budget for 2019
The second supplementary budget for 2019, meaning amendments to the central government budget for the current year. The votes mainly concern individual appropriation items and the opposition's proposals in dissenting opinions.
28 Jun 2019 · 35 votes - 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 - 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 - HE 3/2022 vpPassed
Municipality Finance services for wellbeing services counties
Wellbeing services counties and joint county authorities for wellbeing services will be able to obtain loan financing from Municipality Finance. The funding raised can be guaranteed by the Municipal Guarantee Board.
22 Apr 2022 · passed without a vote - 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 44/2017 vpLapsed
Safeguarding Sámi language rights
The Sámi Language Act will be amended so that the linguistic and cultural rights of the Sámi are preserved in connection with the health and social services and regional government reform. At the same time, the reference to the definition of a Sámi in the Act on the Sámi Parliament will be removed from the act so that the right to conduct business in Sámi does not depend on an official register definition.
18 Apr 2019 · no votes - 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 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 63/2017 vpLapsed
Opening Hansel's services to regions
The services of the central government purchasing body Hansel Ltd will be opened to the future regions and their contracting authorities. At the same time, the company will be granted the right to collect and analyse public procurement data.
18 Apr 2019 · no votes - HE 56/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Aligning legislation with wellbeing services counties
The necessary amendments are made to legislation on health and social services and rescue services as responsibility for organising services transfers from municipalities to the new wellbeing services counties. New responsibilities, authorities and concepts will be updated across more than a hundred different acts from the beginning of 2023.
22 Jun 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 18/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Securing patient data sharing in Uusimaa
Healthcare authorities in Uusimaa will be permitted during a transition period to disclose data needed for patient care to each other, unless the patient has specifically prohibited it. The arrangement will safeguard the availability of patient data and smooth care as the health and social services reform begins.
21 Jun 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 7/2022 vpPassed
Making wellbeing services county salaries public
Salaries and pay components paid by wellbeing services counties and joint county authorities to their staff will become public information. The practice corresponds to the current publicity of salary information in municipalities and central government.
23 Mar 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 2/2022 vpPassed
Supplementary budget for 2022
The supplementary budget for 2022, meaning amendments to the central government budget for the current year. The votes mainly concern individual appropriation items and proposals in the opposition's dissenting opinions.
14 Mar 2022 · 38 votes - HE 179/2020 vpPassed
Extending the home care trial
The ongoing home care trial in municipalities will continue until the end of 2022. In the trial, social welfare home services and healthcare home nursing can be combined and client data compiled in a shared register.
27 Nov 2020 · passed without a vote - HE 126/2020 vpPassed with amendments
Restricting health and social services investments
Major health and social services construction projects by companies owned by municipalities and joint municipal authorities will become subject to an exemption permit procedure before the health and social services reform. Any financial consequences of unlawful contracts will fall directly on the municipalities and their companies rather than on financiers.
26 Oct 2020 · 1 voteOnly vote · Asian käsittelyn jatkaminen / Aki Lindénin ehdotus asian lähettämisestä valiokuntaan
0 jaa54 ei - HE 16/2018 vpLapsed
Expanding freedom of choice in health and social services
Clients will be able to freely choose a public, private or third-sector provider for their health and social services. The right of choice will apply in particular to primary-level health and social services centres, dental care, and services acquired using a service voucher or a personal budget.
18 Apr 2019 · no votes - HE 15/2018 vpLapsed
Compensating regions for VAT costs
The state will compensate future regions for value added tax included in their procurements and an imputed tax on health and social services purchased from private providers. The arrangement ensures that taxation does not determine whether a region produces services itself or procures them externally.
18 Apr 2019 · no votes - 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 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 - HE 76/2017 vpLapsed
Expanding health and social services merger control
Mergers and acquisitions in health and social services will temporarily be subject to broader regulatory scrutiny without the usual turnover thresholds. The aim of the amendment is to prevent excessive market concentration in the sector before the upcoming health and social services reform.
18 Apr 2019 · no votes