Government bills10
- HE 150/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Improving pregnancy and organ donor benefits
Pregnant women will be eligible to receive special pregnancy allowance more often and also on a partial basis if working conditions endanger their health and no alternative work is available. Donors of organs, tissues or cells will be fully compensated for loss of earnings resulting from the procedure.
18 Dec 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 114/2025 vpPassed
Permanent price caps for Kela taxis
Maximum price regulation for taxi journeys reimbursed by Kela will be made permanent from the start of 2027. The change will ensure equal access to care for patients and keep travel costs predictable.
19 Nov 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 86/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Improving military preparedness in healthcare
A duty will be laid down for wellbeing services counties to prepare for military threats and to support the Finnish Defence Forces and NATO with healthcare services. The state will reimburse wellbeing services counties in full for the costs of the new preparedness duties.
14 Nov 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 230/2021 vpPassed
COVID-19 vaccine requirement in healthcare
Health and social services workers will be required to have COVID-19 vaccination or protection conferred by prior illness if they work in close contact with clients or patients belonging to risk groups. Employers may check employees' health data and, if necessary, suspend the payment of wages if an employee does not have the required protection and no other work is available.
29 Dec 2021 · 4 votes107 jaa32 ei - HE 138/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Improving reimbursements for medical care abroad
Finns will receive higher reimbursements for healthcare obtained in another EU or EEA country, Switzerland or the United Kingdom. Reimbursement will be paid at the same level as what equivalent care would have cost in the domestic public healthcare system.
15 Feb 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 151/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Free police assistance for child welfare
Executive assistance provided by the police will be made free of charge in child welfare and urgent social welfare duties. Executive assistance can also be provided free of charge to individuals in a vulnerable position, such as victims of domestic violence.
30 Nov 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 68/2026 vpIn progress
Expanding coeliac and special care allowances
Children under 18 with coeliac disease will receive basic disability allowance from Kela, and parents of a seriously ill child will be able to receive special care allowance until the child's 18th birthday. In addition, the medical statement requirements for applying for disability benefits will be eased.
28 May 2026 · no votes yet - 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 128/2015 vpPassed with amendments
Halving medicine reimbursement savings in 2016
Planned savings in medicine reimbursements for 2016 would be reduced from 50 million euros to 25 million euros. The savings would be divided equally between increases in medicine users' copayments and fees levied on pharmaceutical sector businesses.
15 Dec 2015 · passed without a vote - HE 48/2015 vpPassed
Civilian oversight of Defence Forces healthcare
Healthcare organised by the Finnish Defence Forces will be transferred to the supervision of Valvira (the National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health) and the Regional State Administrative Agency. The change would align the supervision of Finnish Defence Forces healthcare with that of other healthcare services.
1 Dec 2015 · passed without a vote