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- HE 295/2018 vpLapsed
Permitting price competition for non-prescription medicines
Pharmacies will be able to sell non-prescription medicines below the statutory maximum price by accepting a lower retail margin. In addition, medicines can officially be dispensed to customers via pharmacy pick-up lockers.
18 Apr 2019 · no votes - HE 289/2018 vpLapsed
Transferring transport duties to regions
The transport duties and staff of the ELY Centre (Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment) will be divided between the regions to be established, the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency and the traffic control company. Regions will become responsible for regional road maintenance and public transport, but ownership of the highway network will remain with the state.
18 Apr 2019 · no votes - HE 266/2018 vpLapsed
Establishing the Growth Services Agency
A new central government agency, the Growth Services Agency, will be established to be responsible for national information systems and digital services for employment and economic development services. At the same time, rules will be laid down for processing client data on jobseekers and enterprises in registers shared by the state, regions, and service providers.
18 Apr 2019 · no votes - HE 262/2018 vpLapsed
Reforming food and health protection supervision
The Food Act will be reformed to reduce bureaucracy in official supervision and for operators. At the same time, an annual supervision fee of 150 euros will be introduced for food and health protection operators.
18 Apr 2019 · no votes - HE 255/2018 vpLapsed
Reforming duties and registers of the Digital and Population Data Services Agency
The duties of the local register offices and the Population Register Centre will be transferred to the new Digital and Population Data Services Agency from the beginning of 2020. At the same time, the rules governing personal data registers and data processing maintained by the agency will be harmonised.
18 Apr 2019 · no votes - HE 240/2018 vpLapsed
Transferring rescue services to regions
Responsibility for organising rescue services will transfer from municipalities to regions from the beginning of 2021. At the same time, vocational qualification training in the rescue sector and the organisation of regional national defence courses will be centralised nationally at the Emergency Services Academy Finland.
18 Apr 2019 · no votes - HE 224/2018 vpLapsed
Reforming immigration data protection rules
The processing of personal data on immigration will be consolidated into a single new act and aligned with the EU General Data Protection Regulation. At the same time, partial automation of decision-making will be enabled for the Finnish Immigration Service (Migri).
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 154/2018 vpLapsed
Stricter animal welfare requirements
The reform will improve animals' living conditions, treatment and protection by requiring better consideration of species-specific needs. Animals must, among other things, be guaranteed continuous access to drinking water in permanent housing facilities, and pain relief must be used during painful procedures.
18 Apr 2019 · no votes - HE 137/2018 vpLapsed
Creating a police reserve for disruptions
A volunteer police reserve will be established in Finland to assist the police during major disruptions and exceptional situations. Reservists may be called up to fixed-term public-service employment by a decision of the Government to support police operations.
18 Apr 2019 · no votes - HE 99/2018 vpLapsed
Streamlining pharmacy establishment and medicine supply
Establishing new pharmacies will be made easier and pharmacy owner handovers will be accelerated. In addition, care homes and sheltered housing units will be allowed to maintain a limited shared medicine stock for residents' unforeseen acute needs.
18 Apr 2019 · no votes - HE 96/2018 vpLapsed
Reforming integration services and responsibilities
Immigrant integration services will be reformed and aligned with regional administration and health and social services. Primary responsibility for regional integration and employment services will be transferred to the regions, while municipalities will continue to be responsible for local basic services.
18 Apr 2019 · no votes - HE 93/2018 vpLapsed
Transferring employment and business services to regions
Public employment and business services as well as business subsidies will be transferred from the central government to the regions to be established and restructured into growth services. At the same time, private service providers will be enabled to play a broader role in organising jobseekers' service processes.
18 Apr 2019 · no votes - HE 84/2018 vpLapsed
Reforming the ministerial oath and affirmation
New ministers will take either a solemn oath or an affirmation upon assuming office. This replaces the previously required combination of an official oath and a judicial affirmation.
18 Apr 2019 · no votes - HE 65/2018 vpLapsed
Updating the Criminal Code for regional reform
The Criminal Code will be updated to correspond to the regional and health and social services reform. Regional elections, public officials, elected officials, and subsidies granted by regions will be brought within the scope of the Criminal Code's provisions.
18 Apr 2019 · no votes - HE 62/2018 vpLapsed
Opening employment services to private providers
Private companies and organisations would be able to interview jobseekers, assess their service needs, and draw up employment plans for them. However, the public employment services (TE services) would still make official administrative decisions and impose any unemployment security sanctions.
18 Apr 2019 · no votes - HE 52/2018 vpLapsed
Updating social security data protection rules
Social security and insurance legislation will be aligned with the EU General Data Protection Regulation. The amendments will enable automated decision-making in straightforward cases and ensure that data processing functions effectively in statutory duties.
18 Apr 2019 · no votes - 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