Government bills14
- HE 134/2026 vpIn progress
Digitalising and clarifying occupational disease notifications
Doctors' obligation to notify the occupational safety and health authority will be restricted solely to occupational diseases, and notifications will be transmitted electronically via Kanta services. Reporting other work-related illnesses will become voluntary, and the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health will receive research data centrally from Kela.
16 Sep 2026 · no votes yet - HE 36/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Cheaper private doctors for over-65s
People aged 65 and over will be able to see a private general practitioner for the price of a public health centre client fee, and half the cost of examinations prescribed during the visit will be reimbursed. The amendment aims to speed up access to care for older people and reduce the burden on public primary healthcare.
19 Jun 2025 · 6 votes100 jaa84 ei - HE 134/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Extending the care guarantee for adults
Waiting times for adults to access non-urgent primary healthcare and dental care will be extended. The existing shorter waiting times will remain in place for children and young people under 23 years of age.
13 Dec 2024 · 5 votes109 jaa56 ei - 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 - HE 237/2022 vpPassed
Cutting Kela reimbursements for private healthcare
Kela reimbursements for private medical care will be cut significantly from the beginning of 2023. Reimbursements for most examinations, procedures and physiotherapy will be abolished, but reimbursements for mental health services and dental care will be retained.
13 Dec 2022 · 1 vote98 jaa72 ei - HE 15/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Enhancing mandatory health checks and disclosure
Authorities and communicable disease control physicians will be able to order individuals or groups of people to undergo mandatory health checks to prevent the spread of a generally hazardous communicable disease. At the same time, persons exposed to infection or infected will be required to disclose their contact details to healthcare professionals.
24 Mar 2021 · 13 votesClosest vote · 89 §, mietintö / Mia Laiho
31 jaa20 ei - HE 10/2021 vpPassed
Maritime qualifications and transport doctor requirements
The validity of seafarers' qualifications will be automatically extended by six months due to the exceptional circumstances caused by the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, doctors practising with restricted rights will be prevented from being approved as maritime or railway doctors.
17 Mar 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 106/2015 vpPassed with amendments
Cutting health insurance reimbursements and copayments
Health insurance reimbursements for medicines, travel and medical care will be cut, and the copayments paid by clients will be increased. In addition, temporary additional fees will be imposed on operators in the pharmaceutical sector for 2016.
22 Dec 2015 · 5 votes114 jaa71 ei - HE 297/2018 vpLapsed
Abolishing Kela reimbursements for private care
Kela reimbursements for private doctors, dental care and patient transport will be abolished. The corresponding public funding will be transferred to the future regions as part of the health and social services reform.
18 Apr 2019 · no votes - HE 47/2017 vpWithdrawn
Expanding health and social services choice
Clients of health and social services will be given the right to choose the provider of their basic services from among public, private and third-sector providers. Opportunities for choice will also be expanded through service vouchers and personal budgets.
14 Mar 2018 · no votes - HE 46/2017 vpPassed
Internships in Finland for foreign-trained doctors
Persons who have graduated as doctors in an EU or EEA country will be able to complete the professional practical training required for their degree in Finland, regardless of the year they began their studies. Valvira (the National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health) will grant them a restricted right to practise as a doctor under the direction and supervision of another doctor for the duration of the training.
29 May 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 172/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Transferring radiation doctor approvals to Valvira
The approval and registration of doctors examining the health of workers most exposed to radiation will be transferred from the Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) to Valvira (the National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health). At the same time, information on doctors' qualifications will be compiled in the public register of healthcare professionals.
8 Mar 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 13/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming communicable disease control and compensation
Legislation on the prevention and control of communicable diseases will be reformed to meet modern epidemic threats and international obligations. At the same time, decision-making on control measures will be streamlined and compensation paid to those falling ill will be clarified.
9 Dec 2016 · 2 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus 2, mietintö / Anneli Kiljunen
99 jaa52 ei - HE 107/2015 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming recognition of healthcare qualifications
Recognition of healthcare professional qualifications is facilitated and supervisory cooperation between authorities across the EU is enhanced. At the same time, authorities are given better opportunities to verify that professionals arriving from abroad have sufficient language proficiency.
21 Dec 2015 · passed without a vote