Government bills7
- HE 67/2026 vpPassed
Streamlining correction of erroneous Kela decisions
Kela will be able to correct a clear error in a benefit decision to the recipient's detriment without their consent if the error is due to the client's own conduct. In addition, the payment of sickness allowance could be suspended or reduced more quickly than before when circumstances change, to prevent overpayments from accumulating.
12 Jun 2026 · passed without a vote - HE 123/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Cutting sickness and rehabilitation allowances
Sickness allowances and rehabilitation allowances will be cut for those earning more than 27,633 euros a year, and health insurance contribution liabilities will be transferred from the central government to employers and insured persons. The changes will strengthen central and local government finances, and they will apply from 1 January 2025.
28 Nov 2024 · 1 vote116 jaa51 ei - HE 125/2024 vpPassed
Raising minimum age for Kela benefits
The minimum age for the national pension, guarantee pension, rehabilitation allowance and sickness allowance paid by Kela will rise from 16 to 18 years. The change aligns the age limits for social security benefits with the end of compulsory education and the age at which parents' maintenance liability ends.
22 Nov 2024 · 7 votes113 jaa47 ei - HE 60/2023 vpPassed
Cutting youth and vocational rehabilitation allowances
The rehabilitation allowance for young people and the rehabilitation allowance paid during vocational rehabilitation provided by Kela will be reduced. Their minimum amount and calculation method will be aligned with sickness allowance.
14 Dec 2023 · 2 votes100 jaa75 ei - HE 124/2024 vpPassed
Tightening young persons' rehabilitation allowance
The conditions for vocational rehabilitation for young people will be clarified, and rehabilitation allowance will as a rule no longer be paid for the duration of Nuotti coaching. In addition, young persons' rehabilitation allowance will become subject to a needs test during educational institution holiday periods, and earned income will begin to reduce the benefit paid.
22 Nov 2024 · 3 votes114 jaa48 ei - HE 181/2022 vpPassed
Easing partial sickness and rehabilitation benefits
The maximum duration of partial sickness allowance will be extended and eligibility conditions will be eased to support staying in employment. At the same time, conditions for rehabilitation allowance and subsistence during rehabilitation will be improved, and the implementation of the benefits will be clarified.
30 Nov 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 206/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Improving basic security and parental allowances
The minimum sickness and parental allowances, rehabilitation allowances and the guarantee pension will be increased, and the annual ceiling on medicine expenses will be lowered. At the same time, the rights of single parents, adoptive parents and multiple-birth families to parental allowances will be improved.
20 Dec 2018 · 19 votesClosest vote · 3. lakiehdotus, 35 §, mietintö / Anneli Kiljunen
96 jaa87 ei