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- HE 80/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming seasonal worker and specialist permits
Separate acts will govern the permits and rights of seasonal workers from outside the EU and workers transferred within multinational companies. Workers will be guaranteed equal treatment in terms of employment conditions and access to public healthcare during their stay in Finland.
24 Nov 2017 · 1 vote161 jaa16 ei - HE 190/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Transferring communicable disease control
Responsibility for the prevention of communicable diseases and for control decisions will be transferred from municipalities and hospital districts to the new wellbeing services counties and the HUS Group. The change aligns the Communicable Diseases Act with the health and social services reform.
16 Dec 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 224/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming hospital and emergency networks
Demanding specialised medical care and 24-hour comprehensive emergency care will be centralised in 12 hospitals. Health and social services emergency departments will be combined in the same premises to improve service quality and safety.
23 Dec 2016 · 8 votes109 jaa65 ei - HE 312/2018 vpLapsed
Permitting surgery without round-the-clock emergency services
Hospital districts will be able to organise and purchase elective surgery also in units that do not have round-the-clock joint emergency services. Strict quality requirements related to patient safety and emergency preparedness will nevertheless be set for these operations.
18 Apr 2019 · no votes - 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 - HE 159/2018 vpLapsed
Combining and reforming disability services
The Disability Services Act and the Act on Special Care for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities will be merged into a single framework, so that services will be granted based on individual need for assistance rather than a medical diagnosis. The reform will strengthen the self-determination, equality and independent living of persons with disabilities.
18 Apr 2019 · no 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 69/2018 vpPassed
Expanding nurses' prescribing rights
Nurses who have completed supplementary training will be able to prescribe medicines on a limited basis also in home care, specialised medical care and publicly outsourced services. The change will speed up patients' access to care and free up doctors' working time for more demanding tasks.
25 Mar 2019 · 1 voteOnly vote · 1. lakiehdotus, 23 b §, mietintö / Kristiina Salonen
106 jaa65 ei - HE 47/2017 vpWithdrawn
Expanding health and social services choice
Clients of health and social services will be given the right to choose the provider of their basic services from among public, private and third-sector providers. Opportunities for choice will also be expanded through service vouchers and personal budgets.
14 Mar 2018 · no votes - HE 178/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Transferring training compensation to the state
The state will begin compensating units providing practical training places for the costs incurred from practical training included in universities of applied sciences degrees in health and social services. Universities of applied sciences will be exempted from paying compensation, which will improve the availability of training placements and the quality of supervision.
24 Nov 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 80/2020 vpPassed with amendments
Securing medicine availability during disruptions
The authorities will receive permanent powers to restrict and target the sale and distribution of medicines during severe supply disruptions. The reform will prevent hoarding of medicines and ensure an adequate supply of critical medicines for all patients.
24 Jun 2020 · passed without a vote - HE 212/2020 vpPassed with amendments
Connecting social services to Kanta services
Providers of social services will be obliged to join the national Kanta services, enabling client data to move electronically between different operators. At the same time, healthcare will discontinue the broad basic consent requested from patients, and the disclosure of data will be based directly on the law, which clients can restrict through refusals if they wish.
2 Jul 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 15/2017 vpLapsed
Regionalising health and social services
Responsibility for organising health and social services and rescue services will be transferred from municipalities to 18 new self-governing regions. At the same time, municipal taxation will be reduced and central government taxation increased to fund the services.
18 Apr 2019 · no votes - HE 95/2019 vpPassed with amendments
Fees for health and social data
The Social and Health Data Permit Authority will be able to charge a fee for the extraction and processing of datasets related to data requests. At the same time, controllers providing data will receive compensation for their delivery costs.
17 Dec 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 300/2018 vpLapsed
Reforming electronic client data processing
The processing of client data in health and social services will be reformed, and Kanta services will be expanded to cover social services as well. In healthcare, broad patient consent will be abandoned, and citizens will be given the opportunity to save their own wellbeing data in the national system.
18 Apr 2019 · no votes - HE 89/2020 vpPassed
Temporary VAT exemption on coronavirus equipment
Protective equipment and supplies used in combating, testing for and treating the coronavirus will temporarily be exempt from value added tax (VAT). The tax relief applies to domestic sales to public health and social services as well as intra-EU acquisitions.
24 Jun 2020 · 1 voteOnly vote · 38 c §, mietintö / Sanni Grahn-Laasosen ehdotus
40 jaa14 ei - 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 135/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Easing taxation of earned income and pensions
Income taxation of wage earners and pensioners will be eased and the household expenses tax credit will be increased from the beginning of 2017. In addition, several tax deductions will be increased and certain benefits will be established by law as tax-exempt.
19 Dec 2016 · 26 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