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- HE 143/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Electronic monitoring and enhancement of restraining orders
Electronic monitoring using a monitoring ankle tag and positioning device can be attached to an extended restraining order in situations involving a serious threat of violence. In addition, the police will be able to impose a temporary restraining order on their own initiative at a lower threshold than before, and applying for a restraining order will always become free of charge.
20 Dec 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 134/2022 vpPassed
Distributing Brexit support to Finnish businesses
Finland will deploy the EU's Brexit Adjustment Reserve to support businesses adversely affected by the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the EU. Aid will be granted as business development aid through the ELY Centres (Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment).
20 Dec 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 272/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Banning smoking indoors in prisons
Smoking will be prohibited indoors in prisons, but prisoners will be permitted to smoke outdoors during outdoor exercise. In addition, prisoners will be guaranteed a statutory right to free support and replacement therapy for smoking cessation.
19 Dec 2022 · passed without a vote - 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 165/2020 vpRejected
Banning smoking in closed prisons
Smoking will be banned entirely in closed prisons, both indoors and outdoors. In open institutions, smoking will continue to be permitted outdoors.
19 Dec 2022 · rejected without a vote - HE 209/2022 vpPassed
Municipal waste sales limit and transition
The maximum limit for market-based sales by municipal waste companies will be maintained at 10 per cent after 2030 as well. In addition, municipalities will look after waste management for health and social services and rescue services properties during a transition period until the end of 2025.
16 Dec 2022 · 1 voteOnly vote · 145 a §, mietintö / Saara-Sofia Sirén
134 jaa32 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 166/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming rural development support 2023–2027
The rules governing rural business and project support will be reformed for the new EU programming period. All support applications will become fully digital and support payment procedures will be simplified.
16 Dec 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 164/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming agricultural and reindeer structural support
Applications for structural support for agriculture and reindeer husbandry will become mainly electronic, and projects can be started at the applicant's own risk immediately after submitting an application. Young farmers will be made eligible for a state guarantee in connection with start-up aid, and basic drainage projects for agricultural land will be incorporated into agricultural investment aid.
16 Dec 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 188/2016 vpPassed
Reforming joint public service points
Joint customer service points in public administration will be reformed to better provide guidance and support for digital transactions. Customer services can be provided via remote connections or home visits, for example, alongside traditional in-person visits.
21 Apr 2017 · 1 vote96 jaa58 ei - HE 312/2022 vpPassed
Securing intellectual disability services during reform
Wellbeing services counties will be able to procure morning and afternoon activities for disabled children directly from municipalities without tendering. In addition, involuntary special care and necessary restrictive measures can continue to be implemented in intellectual disability psychiatry wards.
15 Dec 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 305/2022 vpPassed
Strengthening duties of university hospitals
The duties of university hospitals as providers of specialised medical care, research, and education in the field are clearly defined in law as the new wellbeing services counties begin their operations. At the same time, the opportunity for university teachers and professors to hold secondary posts at university hospitals is ensured.
15 Dec 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 226/2022 vpPassed
Easing invoice storage and VAT rules
Businesses will be allowed to store invoices and receipts more freely abroad as well, provided that the Finnish Tax Administration has access to the records without undue delay. In addition, the rules on VAT groups for financial and insurance companies and the procedures for correcting tax returns for EU distance sales will be made more flexible.
15 Dec 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 211/2022 vpPassed
Increasing research and development funding
The central government commits to increasing funding for research and development activities annually until 2030. The objective is to increase central government R&D funding to 1.2 per cent of gross domestic product.
15 Dec 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 176/2022 vpPassed
Reforming study and job search
Unemployed people will be able to complete short-term and part-time studies more freely without losing their unemployment benefit. At the same time, a full job-seeking requirement will be imposed on those studying independently on unemployment benefit who hold a vocational qualification.
15 Dec 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 245/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Lowering medicine costs and reimbursement expenditure
Medicine prices and state medicine reimbursement expenditure will be reduced by obliging doctors to prescribe the most affordable biological medicines and by expanding generic substitution for asthma medicines in pharmacies. In addition, pharmacy sales margins on expensive prescription medicines will be cut and pharmacy tax will be reduced.
13 Dec 2022 · 2 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Terhi Koulumies
99 jaa72 ei - HE 239/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Municipal climate plans and appeal rights
All Finnish municipalities will be required to draw up their own climate plan at least once per council term. At the same time, clear rules will be added to the act on how and by whom appeals against national climate plans can be lodged with the Supreme Administrative Court.
13 Dec 2022 · 1 vote132 jaa38 ei - HE 111/2022 vpPassed
Class actions by consumer organisations
Organisations promoting consumer interests will be granted the right to bring class actions and claim compensation from businesses on behalf of a group of consumers. In addition, a procedure will be established enabling authorities and organisations to prohibit conduct contrary to consumer protection legislation both domestically and cross-border.
13 Dec 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 102/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming self-employed pension provision
The definition and monitoring of confirmed work income under self-employed pension insurance will be specified to reflect the actual work input better than before. Pension providers will be required to review a self-employed person's confirmed work income regularly every three years.
13 Dec 2022 · 2 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Terhi Koulumies
99 jaa72 ei - HE 227/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Extending increased depreciation for businesses
Businesses and agricultural operators would also be able to claim double depreciation for tax purposes on new acquisitions of machinery and equipment in 2024 and 2025. In addition, the taxation of hidden dividends would be tightened by making them fully taxable income from 2023 onwards.
12 Dec 2022 · passed without a vote