Government bills14
- HE 93/2023 vpPassed
Continuing North Calotte labour market training
Finland will continue joint Nordic labour market training at the North Calotte Education Foundation in 2024–2027. The agreement ensures that Finnish students have the opportunity to complete vocational education and training in Sweden.
11 Dec 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 74/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Speeding up access to primary healthcare
Patients will be able to access non-urgent primary medical care within seven days and dental care within three months of an assessment of the need for care. Health centres will have to be contactable and provide an individual assessment of the need for care during the same working day.
24 Nov 2022 · 11 votesClosest vote · 27 § , mietintö / Arja Juvonen
92 jaa67 ei - HE 145/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Expanding FSHS to UAS students
Students at universities of applied sciences will be covered by the same student healthcare as university students. Kela will organise healthcare for higher education students and the Finnish Student Health Service (FSHS) will provide the services across the country.
3 May 2019 · passed without a vote - HE 124/2021 vpPassed
Enabling carbon offsetting as a business
The provision of voluntary carbon offsetting services will be exempted from the requirements of the Money Collection Act. Companies and organisations will be able to offer and sell climate emissions compensation services without a money collection permit.
9 Nov 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 73/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Merging Tampere universities and educational cooperation
The two universities in Tampere will be merged into a new foundation university, with Tampere University of Applied Sciences also brought under its auspices. At the same time, all Finnish higher education institutions will be given the opportunity to organise and procure teaching from one another more flexibly.
14 Dec 2017 · 5 votesClosest vote · 3. lakiehdotus, 3 §, mietintö / Pilvi Torsti
99 jaa82 ei - HE 188/2020 vpPassed with amendments
Disclosing student data to the FSHS
The Finnish Student Health Service (FSHS) will receive a statutory right to obtain necessary information on higher education students directly from the national database for student data. Thanks to this, students' eligibility for healthcare services can be verified quickly and online services can run smoothly.
9 Dec 2020 · passed without a vote - HE 69/2020 vpPassed
Centralising business subsidy data
Data on business subsidies granted by the state will be gathered into a single centralised information system. The reform will make business subsidies more transparent and enhance monitoring and research concerning them.
8 Oct 2020 · passed without a vote - HE 94/2019 vpPassed
Continuing funding for North Calotte training
Finland will approve the co-operation agreement with Sweden and Norway concerning the North Calotte Education Foundation for the years 2020–2023. The agreement guarantees Finnish students training places in vocational labour market training organised by the foundation.
12 Dec 2019 · passed without a vote - HE 214/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Streamlining fundraising and permitting small collections
Organising fundraising will be made easier and more flexible through a new Money Collection Act. Non-profit organisations will be granted permits valid until further notice, and anyone will also be able to organise a small collection merely by submitting a notification to the police.
18 Jun 2019 · passed without a vote - HE 56/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming the distribution of film subsidies
Legislation on state aid for films will be reformed to meet the requirements of the Constitution and good administration. The Finnish Film Foundation will continue to distribute film subsidies, but decisions on the recovery of grants will be made by the Arts Promotion Centre Finland.
23 Nov 2018 · passed without a vote - HE 153/2017 vpPassed
Temporary tax exemption for educational property transfers
Properties used for vocational education and training and by universities of applied sciences could be transferred to a limited liability company without transfer tax in 2018–2022. The amendment would support mergers between educational institutions and operational restructuring.
1 Dec 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 62/2017 vpPassed
Establishment of the EU-LAC Foundation
Finland will approve the agreement on an international foundation between the European Union and Latin America and the Caribbean. The foundation promotes cooperation, research and dialogue between the two regions.
27 Jun 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 131/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Incorporating state reception centres into Migri
State reception centres will be transferred into the Finnish Immigration Service (Migri). The Finnish Immigration Service (Migri) will decide independently on the establishment and closure of reception centres.
2 Dec 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 91/2015 vpPassed
Continuing North Calotte labour market training
Finland will continue purchasing labour market training places from the North Calotte Education Foundation in 2016–2019. The agreement is concluded together with Sweden and Norway.
27 Nov 2015 · passed without a vote