Government bills6

Topichome nursing6
  1. 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 votes

    Closest vote · 2. lakiehdotus, 18 §, mietintö / Arja Juvonen

    88 jaa
    68 ei
  2. 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
  3. HE 310/2018 vpLapsed

    Reforming health and social services fees

    The legislation on client fees for health and social services will be comprehensively reformed and brought to the statutory level. Healthcare services for minors will become free of charge, the fee cap will be expanded, and the fee criteria for housing services will be harmonised.

    18 Apr 2019 · no votes
  4. HE 69/2018 vpPassed

    Expanding nurses' prescribing rights

    Nurses who have completed supplementary training will be able to prescribe medicines on a limited basis also in home care, specialised medical care and publicly outsourced services. The change will speed up patients' access to care and free up doctors' working time for more demanding tasks.

    25 Mar 2019 · 1 vote

    Only vote · 1. lakiehdotus, 23 b §, mietintö / Kristiina Salonen

    106 jaa
    65 ei
  5. 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
  6. 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