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- HE 24/2020 vpPassed with amendments
Supplementary budget for 2020
The supplementary budget for 2020, 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.
27 Mar 2020 · 3 votes - HE 230/2020 vpPassed with amendments
Harmonising health and social services preparedness
Preparedness for disruptive situations and emergency conditions in health and social services will be harmonised across the country. University hospital districts and municipalities will be required to maintain an up-to-date situational picture and draw up joint preparedness plans.
18 Dec 2020 · passed without a vote - HE 129/2020 vpPassed with amendments
Lowering health and social services fees
Nurse appointments at health centres and outpatient clinic visits for minors will become free of charge. At the same time, the annual cap on client fees will be expanded to cover dental care and therapies, among other things.
15 Dec 2020 · 3 votesClosest vote · 1. lakiehdotus, 5 §, mietintö / Mia Laiho
32 jaa23 ei - HE 180/2020 vpPassed
Student healthcare and taxi travel reimbursements
Higher education students will receive health insurance travel reimbursement for medical care trips to student healthcare. At the same time, the maximum price regulation for Kela taxis will be extended and travel reimbursements for care arranged with a service voucher will be limited to the nearest treatment facility.
8 Dec 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 38/2019 vpPassed
Vaasa emergency care and court opinions
A comprehensive 24-hour emergency care unit will be established at Vaasa Central Hospital, strengthening services for the region and especially for Swedish-speaking residents. In addition, university hospital districts will be required to provide independent medical expert opinions to the courts.
26 Nov 2019 · 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 68/2017 vpLapsed
Reforming reimbursements for healthcare abroad
Costs of health services received in EU and EEA countries and Switzerland will be reimbursed on the same basis as corresponding care in Finland. Reimbursing services other than primary healthcare will require a referral or an assessment of the need for care.
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 202/2018 vpPassed with amendments
State compensation for nurse prescribing training
The state will begin paying compensation to healthcare employers for training in limited prescribing for nurses. The subsidy will compensate employers for tuition fees charged by universities of applied sciences.
18 Dec 2018 · passed without a vote - HE 165/2017 vpPassed with amendments
EU alignment of medical device regulation
The act governing medical devices will be updated to correspond to new EU regulations. The role of Valvira (the National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health) as the official supervisory authority will be confirmed, and provisions on language requirements for device-related documentation will be laid down.
13 Dec 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 46/2017 vpPassed
Internships in Finland for foreign-trained doctors
Persons who have graduated as doctors in an EU or EEA country will be able to complete the professional practical training required for their degree in Finland, regardless of the year they began their studies. Valvira (the National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health) will grant them a restricted right to practise as a doctor under the direction and supervision of another doctor for the duration of the training.
29 May 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 67/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming supervision of medical devices
A new act on medical devices will be enacted in Finland to implement EU regulations and improve patient safety. The reform will tighten quality requirements and regulatory supervision for healthcare devices.
2 Jul 2021 · passed without a vote - 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 49/2015 vpPassed with amendments
Transferring prison health care
Prisoners' health care will be transferred from the Criminal Sanctions Agency to a new agency to be established in the administrative branch of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health. At the same time, prisoners' medical care will be brought under the same official supervision as other public health care.
21 Dec 2015 · passed without a vote - HE 48/2015 vpPassed
Civilian oversight of Defence Forces healthcare
Healthcare organised by the Finnish Defence Forces will be transferred to the supervision of Valvira (the National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health) and the Regional State Administrative Agency. The change would align the supervision of Finnish Defence Forces healthcare with that of other healthcare services.
1 Dec 2015 · passed without a vote - HE 81/2019 vpPassed with amendments
Transferring health technology supervision to Fimea
Supervision and licensing duties for medical devices, biobanks, tissue establishments, and gene technology will be transferred from Valvira (the National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health) to Fimea (the Finnish Medicines Agency). The reform will bring the sector's product and safety supervision together into a single agency.
16 Dec 2019 · passed without a vote - HE 22/2019 vpPassed
Extending health and social services contract restrictions
The dissolution of joint municipal cooperation areas for health and social services and major outsourcing projects will be restricted while the new health and social services reform is being prepared. The period of validity of the investment and contract restrictions imposed on municipalities will be extended.
5 Dec 2019 · passed without a vote - HE 65/2019 vpPassed
Revising the Nordic health care agreement
The agreement between the Nordic countries on the mobility of health care professionals will be amended so that the recognition of professional qualifications follows the EU Professional Qualifications Directive. At the same time, the agreement will be updated regarding the exchange of supervisory information between authorities.
29 Nov 2019 · passed without a vote - 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