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- HE 68/2026 vpIn progress
Extending coeliac and care allowances
Children under 18 with coeliac disease will receive Kela's basic disability allowance, and parents of a severely ill child will be able to receive special care allowance until the child's 18th birthday. In addition, the medical statement requirements for applying for disability benefits will be eased.
2 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 109/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Restricting activation plans for rehabilitative work
Activation plans for rehabilitative work activities will only be drawn up for unemployed persons whose primary income is social assistance. For recipients of unemployment benefits, services will be organised according to individual need through a multidisciplinary employment plan.
17 Dec 2025 · 2 votes95 jaa76 ei - HE 169/2026 vpIn progress
Kelan päätöksentekijän nimen poistaminen päätöksistä
Kelan työntekijän nimen voi jatkossa jättää pois toimeentulotukipäätöksistä ja tarvittaessa myös muista etuuspäätöksistä. Uudistuksella halutaan suojella työntekijöitä heihin kohdistuvalta uhkailulta ja häirinnältä.
6 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 36/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Cheaper private doctors for over-65s
People aged 65 and over will be able to see a private general practitioner for the price of a public health centre client fee, and half the cost of examinations prescribed during the visit will be reimbursed. The amendment aims to speed up access to care for older people and reduce the burden on public primary healthcare.
19 Jun 2025 · 6 votes100 jaa84 ei - HE 79/2026 vpIn progress
Revoking student permits over social assistance
The residence permit of a student from outside the EU may be revoked or not renewed if they resort to social assistance in Finland. Students are required to support themselves on their own income or assets for the entire duration of their studies.
30 Sep 2026 · no votes yet - HE 186/2026 vpIn progress
Expanding the senior Kela reimbursement pilot
People aged over 65 will receive Kela reimbursement for private physiotherapy with a co-payment corresponding to client fees in public health care. In addition, the number of reimbursed general practitioner visits under the pilot will be increased and the pilot will be extended to the end of 2028.
29 Sep 2026 · no votes yet - HE 116/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Cutting social assistance and tightening conditions
The basic amount of social assistance will be reduced for adults, and recipients will face a stricter obligation to apply for full-time work and primary benefits. Neglecting obligations or facing unemployment security sanctions will lead to social assistance being cut more readily than before.
19 Dec 2025 · 8 votes91 jaa79 ei - HE 192/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Cutting integration compensation and easing obligations
The state will cut compensation paid to municipalities and wellbeing services counties for promoting integration and reduce their related administrative obligations. At the same time, special state reimbursements for immigrants' social assistance will be abolished or their duration shortened.
19 Dec 2024 · 4 votes97 jaa68 ei - HE 28/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Lowering reception and spending allowances
The reception allowance and spending allowance paid to asylum seekers, beneficiaries of temporary protection and victims of trafficking in human beings without a municipality of residence will be reduced. The change is temporary and will remain in force until the end of 2025.
1 Jul 2024 · 1 vote108 jaa59 ei - HE 133/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Adding coeliac compensation to social assistance
Recipients of social assistance who have coeliac disease can receive a monthly supplement of 25 euros for food costs under basic social assistance. The supplement compensates for the extra costs of a gluten-free diet for persons aged 16 or over.
11 Dec 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 58/2023 vpPassed with amendments
Tightening social assistance housing costs
Housing costs for recipients of social assistance will be covered only up to the municipality-specific maximum limit after a three-month time limit. If applicants do not move to a more affordable home and have no statutory special reason to stay in their current home, they will have to pay the portion of rent exceeding the limit themselves.
14 Dec 2023 · 6 votes118 jaa58 ei - HE 236/2022 vpPassed
Strengthening family benefits and purchasing power
Several social benefits for families with children will be increased for 2023 due to accelerating inflation and rising prices. In addition, the annual out-of-pocket maximum for medicine reimbursements will be frozen for one year, and the care supplement of the private day care allowance will be increased permanently.
7 Dec 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 105/2020 vpPassed with amendments
Epidemic compensation for social assistance recipients
Recipients of basic social assistance will be paid a temporary epidemic compensation in autumn 2020 to compensate for additional living costs caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The compensation does not need to be applied for separately, as Kela will pay it automatically.
2 Oct 2020 · 2 votes34 jaa22 ei - HE 127/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Improving social assistance services and cooperation
The right of social assistance applicants to personal service will be strengthened and the accessibility of services will be improved. Cooperation between Kela and the social services of wellbeing services counties will be deepened, particularly to support clients in the most vulnerable positions.
8 Dec 2022 · 1 voteOnly vote · 1. lakiehdotus, 27 §, mietintö / Arja Juvonen
95 jaa40 ei - HE 235/2022 vpPassed
Extra child benefit in December 2022
All recipients of child benefit will be paid double child benefit in December 2022. The extra child benefit will not reduce the social assistance received by the family.
25 Nov 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 75/2022 vpPassed
Extraordinary index increase for basic benefits
An extraordinary increase will be made to several social benefits received by low-income people and to social assistance as of 1 August 2022 due to accelerated inflation. The change will improve the purchasing power of benefit recipients in a situation where food and energy prices in particular have risen sharply.
21 Jun 2022 · 1 voteOnly vote · Käsittelyn pohja, mietintö / Kaisa Juuso
116 jaa43 ei - HE 160/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Freezing national pension index-linked benefits
Index increases to social benefits tied to the national pension index, such as the national pension and unemployment benefits, will be foregone in 2019. However, the basic amount of social assistance will be increased in line with rising prices.
20 Dec 2018 · 8 votes97 jaa84 ei - HE 123/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Freezing 2018 social benefit index increases
Social benefits linked to the national pension index will not be increased in 2018, but will remain at their 2017 level. However, a separate increase matching price increases will be made to the basic amount of social assistance, and the level of veterans' benefits will be maintained.
13 Dec 2017 · 4 votes106 jaa77 ei - HE 149/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Cutting national pension index-linked benefits
National pensions and several other social benefits will be reduced from the beginning of 2017. Social assistance will not be cut, however, as its level will be safeguarded through a separate increase.
29 Nov 2016 · 1 vote98 jaa60 ei - HE 39/2019 vpPassed
Increasing basic security and family benefits
Basic social security benefits, such as minimum sickness and parental allowances as well as unemployment security, will be increased by 20 euros per month from the start of 2020. In addition, child benefit for single parents and large families, child maintenance allowance and single parents' social assistance will be raised.
26 Nov 2019 · 4 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Arja Juvonen
85 jaa71 ei