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  1. HE 149/2024 vpPassed with amendments

    Centralising hospitals and emergency services

    Finland's hospital network and round-the-clock emergency services will be concentrated into fewer units to ensure adequate staffing and funding. Each wellbeing services county will as a rule have only one hospital with a multidisciplinary round-the-clock emergency department and round-the-clock operating theatre readiness.

    18 Dec 2024 · 18 votes
    101 jaa
    96 ei
  2. HE 9/2023 vpPassed

    Postponing the Disability Services Act

    The entry into force of the new Act on Disability Services and related acts will be postponed until the beginning of 2025. During the postponement, the scope of application of the act will be specified and its impacts reassessed.

    28 Sep 2023 · 7 votes
    92 jaa
    75 ei
  3. HE 2/2024 vpPassed with amendments

    Harmonising steering of wellbeing services counties

    The central government will harmonise the steering of wellbeing services counties and bring together the objectives and negotiations for health and social services and rescue services. The Ministry of Finance will assume primary responsibility for coordinating steering activities across different ministries.

    1 Jul 2024 · 4 votes
    97 jaa
    71 ei
  4. HE 33/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Pilot collection of subsidised transport data

    A pilot will be launched in Northern Finland to bring together data on passenger transport reimbursed by wellbeing services counties and Kela (the Social Insurance Institution). The data will be used to explore possibilities to combine rides and save costs, but services for passengers will remain unchanged during the pilot.

    19 Jun 2025 · passed without a vote
  5. HE 210/2024 vpPassed with amendments

    Enhancing health and social services preparedness

    The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health and the wellbeing services counties maintaining university hospitals would be granted powers to lead health and social services during extensive disruptions and states of emergency. At the same time, a national preparedness group would be established to support decision-making and the transfer of resources between areas.

    19 Jun 2025 · passed without a vote
  6. HE 90/2026 vpIn progress

    Legislating health and social service principles

    Clear principles will be laid down in law on which treatments, examinations and services are included in publicly funded health and social services. The reform aims to improve the effectiveness of services and make choices more transparent and equal.

    2 Sep 2026 · no votes yet
  7. HE 220/2022 vpPassed

    Improving assistance for trafficking victims

    Victims of trafficking will receive help and support directly based on their own needs regardless of the progress of criminal investigations. The continuation of assistance will no longer depend on whether charges are brought or a conviction is secured.

    15 Dec 2022 · 1 vote
    93 jaa
    65 ei
  8. HE 112/2022 vpPassed with amendments

    Extending healthcare rights for undocumented migrants

    Undocumented migrants and foreign nationals in a comparable situation will be guaranteed the right to necessary public healthcare services in addition to urgent care. Minors will be provided with the same healthcare services as children permanently resident in Finland.

    7 Dec 2022 · 2 votes
    79 jaa
    70 ei
  9. HE 135/2022 vpPassed with amendments

    Municipal reimbursement for Ukrainian integration services

    The state will start paying compensation to municipalities and wellbeing services counties for integration services for people fleeing the war in Ukraine once they obtain a municipality of residence in Finland. At the same time, reception centre services will end within a reasonable time as the person transitions to municipal services.

    1 Dec 2022 · passed without a vote
  10. HE 55/2023 vpPassed

    Retaining the 14-day care guarantee

    The maximum waiting time for access to non-urgent primary healthcare medical treatment will be kept at 14 days. The previously planned seven-day care guarantee will be abandoned due to healthcare staff shortages.

    1 Dec 2023 · 6 votes
    118 jaa
    56 ei
  11. HE 5/2023 vpPassed

    Expanding access to communicable disease registers

    Healthcare personnel involved in the prevention and control of communicable diseases would be granted the right to access the communicable disease registers of THL (the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare) directly via remote access. The amendment will speed up contact tracing and streamline epidemic control work.

    28 Jun 2023 · passed without a vote
  12. HE 319/2022 vpPassed with amendments

    Allowing two joint emergency departments

    The wellbeing services counties of Lapland and South Savo will be permitted to maintain two round-the-clock hospital emergency departments indefinitely without the previous time limit. In addition, the provisions on the choice of treatment facility will be clarified.

    8 Mar 2023 · 1 vote

    Only vote · 1. lakiehdotus 59 §, mietintö / Kaisa Juuso (moniste)

    119 jaa
    42 ei
  13. HE 328/2022 vpPassed

    Separate compensation for hospital emergency services

    The state may start paying separate compensation to the wellbeing services counties of Lapland and South Savo for additional costs arising from maintaining two round-the-clock hospital emergency departments. The objective of the support is to help ensure the continuation of 24-hour emergency services at the Kemi and Savonlinna hospitals.

    7 Mar 2023 · passed without a vote
  14. HE 325/2022 vpPassed with amendments

    Supplementary budget for 2023

    Supplementary budget for 2023, meaning changes to the central government budget for the current year. Votes mainly concern individual appropriation items and proposals in dissenting opinions by the opposition.

    2 Mar 2023 · 22 votes
  15. HE 84/2022 vpPassed with amendments

    Employment and integration service responsibilities

    The responsibilities for health and social services in the multisectoral joint service promoting employment and in the integration of immigrants will be transferred from municipalities to wellbeing services counties from the beginning of 2023. At the same time, wellbeing services counties will begin to receive central government compensation for the integration health and social services they organise.

    11 Nov 2022 · passed without a vote
  16. HE 73/2022 vpPassed with amendments

    Reforming opening hours of state agencies

    Rigid rules on opening hours for state agencies will be dismantled and opening hours made more flexible to better meet customers' needs. At the same time, wellbeing services counties will be enabled to use public administration joint service points.

    28 Oct 2022 · passed without a vote
  17. HE 4/2024 vpPassed

    Safety network advisory board representation

    The wellbeing services counties, the City of Helsinki and the HUS Group will receive a joint representative on the advisory board for safety network activities. The amendment ensures that rescue services and emergency medical services are involved in decisions on the operations of the public authorities' safety network.

    12 Apr 2024 · passed without a vote
  18. HE 168/2021 vpPassed

    Extending transition period for in-house entity sales

    Public in-house entities in health and social services will be permitted to sell services to external parties to the current extent for the remainder of 2022. Tighter sales restrictions under the Act on Public Procurement and Concession Contracts will take effect only when the wellbeing services counties launch operations at the start of 2023.

    15 Dec 2021 · 1 vote
    117 jaa
    26 ei
  19. HE 85/2023 vpPassed

    Correcting rescue service administrative reviews

    Decisions taken by a wellbeing services county rescue authority will continue to be subject to a request for administrative review before an appeal can be made to an administrative court. The amendment rectifies a technical error left in a previous legislative amendment.

    14 Dec 2023 · passed without a vote
  20. HE 40/2023 vpPassed

    Transfer tax exemption for health and social services properties

    Municipalities and joint municipal authorities for health and social services will not have to pay transfer tax when transferring health, social services and rescue properties leased to wellbeing services counties to companies they own. At the same time, tax rules for corporate restructuring and securities transactions will be clarified and streamlined.

    14 Dec 2023 · passed without a vote
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