Government bills73
- HE 219/2022 vpPassed
Reconciling Emergency Powers Act amendments
Previously approved amendments to the Emergency Powers Act are reconciled through a technical correction. This ensures that the provisions on hybrid threats that entered into force in summer 2022 remain in force at the beginning of 2023 as well.
8 Dec 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 153/2022 vpPassed
Changes to earned income taxation for 2023
The earned income taxation for 2023 will undergo the adjustments required by the health and social services reform and inflation, and the earned income tax credit for persons over 60 will be increased. In addition, the temporary increase in the deduction for commuting expenses will be extended and science and arts recognition awards will be made entirely tax-exempt.
7 Dec 2022 · 14 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Sari Essayah 4
78 jaa63 ei - HE 178/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Transferring training compensation to the state
The state will begin compensating units providing practical training places for the costs incurred from practical training included in universities of applied sciences degrees in health and social services. Universities of applied sciences will be exempted from paying compensation, which will improve the availability of training placements and the quality of supervision.
24 Nov 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 74/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Speeding up access to primary healthcare
Patients will be able to access non-urgent primary medical care within seven days and dental care within three months of an assessment of the need for care. Health centres will have to be contactable and provide an individual assessment of the need for care during the same working day.
24 Nov 2022 · 11 votesClosest vote · 27 § , mietintö / Arja Juvonen
92 jaa67 ei - HE 136/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Expanding social lending nationwide
Social lending will become a mandatory service in all wellbeing services counties. Low-income and indebted people will be able to apply for social credit regardless of where they live.
17 Nov 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 131/2022 vpPassed
Reimbursing legal costs of wellbeing services county employees
Employees of wellbeing services counties and joint county authorities for wellbeing services would be entitled to reimbursement of their legal costs if criminal charges or compensation claims brought against them in relation to their work duties are dismissed. The amendment would put wellbeing services county personnel in the same position as municipal employees.
28 Oct 2022 · passed without a vote - 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 18/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Securing patient data sharing in Uusimaa
Healthcare authorities in Uusimaa will be permitted during a transition period to disclose data needed for patient care to each other, unless the patient has specifically prohibited it. The arrangement will safeguard the availability of patient data and smooth care as the health and social services reform begins.
21 Jun 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 10/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Clarifying health and social services reform
Amendments to facilitate implementation will be made to the legislation on the reform of health and social services and rescue services. Wellbeing services counties will be granted the right to client information essential for starting operations, and municipalities will be given additional time to organise support services.
13 May 2022 · 1 voteOnly vote · 1. lakiehdotus, 69 a §, mietintö / Arja Juvonen
103 jaa36 ei - HE 19/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Safeguarding student welfare services
Curator, psychologist and healthcare services in schools and educational institutions will be transferred from municipalities to the responsibility of wellbeing services counties. School staff will be able to refer pupils in need of support to any student welfare service with a low threshold.
11 May 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 7/2022 vpPassed
Making wellbeing services county salaries public
Salaries and pay components paid by wellbeing services counties and joint county authorities to their staff will become public information. The practice corresponds to the current publicity of salary information in municipalities and central government.
23 Mar 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 125/2021 vpPassed
Earlier wellbeing services counties' VAT refunds
Wellbeing services counties and comparable public entities will receive the right to value added tax (VAT) refunds already during their preparatory phase. This will make procurements equal in terms of taxation before the health and social services reform enters into force.
5 Oct 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 81/2026 vpIn progress
Clarifying terminal care and clinic choice
An explicit obligation to organise palliative care and end-of-life care will be written into the act, and patients will be able to change their local health centre every three months. In addition, information on waiting lists in specialised medical care will be published monthly.
20 May 2026 · no votes yet