Government bills8
- HE 130/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Ensuring essential care during industrial disputes
The life and health of patients and home care clients would be safeguarded during industrial disputes by making it possible to assign personnel to essential care duties. When necessary, the authority could postpone or suspend a strike and oblige healthcare professionals to perform client and patient safety work.
20 Sep 2022 · 12 votes109 jaa38 ei - HE 231/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming elderly home and housing services
Home care and housing services for older people and others in need of support will be reformed to improve their quality and availability. Home care will begin to be provided around the clock according to need, and long-term institutional care in social welfare for older people will be phased out over a transition period.
5 Jul 2022 · 16 votesClosest vote · 2. lakiehdotus, 18 §, mietintö / Arja Juvonen
88 jaa68 ei - HE 179/2020 vpPassed
Extending the home care trial
The ongoing home care trial in municipalities will continue until the end of 2022. In the trial, social welfare home services and healthcare home nursing can be combined and client data compiled in a shared register.
27 Nov 2020 · passed without a vote - HE 51/2020 vpPassed
Temporary support for unpaid coronavirus absences
Temporary support will be paid to employees who have had to take unpaid leave to care for a young child at home due to coronavirus recommendations. The support will also be available to employees arriving in Finland from abroad who are absent from work without pay because of a two-week quarantine.
27 Apr 2020 · 4 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus 2, mietintö / Arja Juvonen
31 jaa19 ei - HE 109/2019 vpPassed with amendments
Easier parking for home care workers
Workers providing home care will receive a new parking permit to make parking easier during home visits. The permit will allow parking free of charge in paid spaces and exemption from certain parking prohibitions or time limits.
14 Apr 2020 · passed without a vote - HE 34/2019 vpPassed
Restoring full-time early childhood education
All children will again be entitled to full-time early childhood education and care regardless of their parents' labour market status or family leave. At the same time, private child care allowance will be paid in full without means testing.
16 Dec 2019 · 1 voteOnly vote · Lausumaehdotus 1, mietintö / Kaisa Juuso
128 jaa33 ei - HE 174/2018 vpPassed
Extending the home care pilot
The home care pilot currently under way in municipalities will continue until the end of 2020. Participating municipalities will still be able to combine home help services and home nursing and use shared client and patient records.
12 Dec 2018 · passed without a vote - HE 198/2016 vpPassed
Extending the home care pilot
The home care pilot launched in municipalities in 2005 will continue until the end of 2018. Municipalities participating in the pilot can continue to provide social welfare home services and healthcare home nursing together.
25 Nov 2016 · passed without a vote