Government bills14
- HE 174/2024 vpPassed
Restoring Kela reimbursements for fertility treatments
Kela reimbursements will once again be available for private fertility treatments if infertility is caused by an illness. The change will make it easier to seek treatment in the private sector and aims to improve the birth rate.
3 Apr 2025 · 8 votes101 jaa54 ei - HE 159/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Anticipating health risks using patient data
Wellbeing services counties will be granted the right to analyse patient data in their registers to detect residents' health risks and treatment gaps in advance. Healthcare professionals will be able to use this data to contact residents belonging to risk groups and invite them for check-ups or treatment.
24 Apr 2026 · 1 voteOnly vote · Käsittelyn pohja: mietintö JAA / Aki Lindénin ehdotus EI
89 jaa72 ei - HE 55/2023 vpPassed
Retaining the 14-day care guarantee
The maximum waiting time for access to non-urgent primary healthcare medical treatment will be kept at 14 days. The previously planned seven-day care guarantee will be abandoned due to healthcare staff shortages.
1 Dec 2023 · 6 votes118 jaa56 ei - 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 19/2024 vpPassed
Updating references for healthcare VAT exemption
Statutory references concerning the value added tax exemption for health and medical care services are updated to align with the new supervision legislation. The tax exemption for services remains unchanged both in mainland Finland and in Åland.
17 May 2024 · 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 217/2020 vpPassed
Extending tax exemption for coronavirus supplies
The exemption from value added tax (VAT) for goods used to combat, test for and treat coronavirus will be extended by six months. The tax relief applies both to domestic sales and to acquisitions from other EU countries.
10 Dec 2020 · 1 voteOnly vote · 38 c §, 1 momentti kohta 1, mietintö / Elina Lepomäki
39 jaa14 ei - HE 112/2020 vpPassed
Extending VAT exemption for coronavirus supplies
The value added tax (VAT) exemption for equipment needed to combat, test for and treat coronavirus will be extended by three months. The tax exemption will remain in force until the end of October 2020.
1 Oct 2020 · 1 voteOnly vote · 38 c §, mietintö / Elina Lepomäen ehdotus
32 jaa21 ei - 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 65/2019 vpPassed
Revising the Nordic health care agreement
The agreement between the Nordic countries on the mobility of health care professionals will be amended so that the recognition of professional qualifications follows the EU Professional Qualifications Directive. At the same time, the agreement will be updated regarding the exchange of supervisory information between authorities.
29 Nov 2019 · passed without a vote - HE 298/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Improving and clarifying patient injury cover
The patient insurance system will be reformed and the legal protection of patients in injury situations improved. Patients will also be able to receive compensation for defects in devices implanted in the body and for vocational rehabilitation necessitated by an injury.
18 Jun 2019 · passed without a vote - HE 212/2016 vpPassed
Postponing corporatisation of municipal occupational healthcare
The obligation on municipalities to incorporate the occupational healthcare medical treatment services they provide will be postponed by two years to the beginning of 2019. During the transitional period, municipalities must separate occupational healthcare accounting from their other healthcare services.
16 Dec 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 216/2016 vpPassed
Cutting sickness allowance and reforming rehabilitation allowance
Sickness allowance and rehabilitation allowance for those earning over 30,000 euros a year will be cut. At the same time, the minimum rehabilitation allowance for young people and those in vocational rehabilitation will be raised to the level of the guarantee pension.
15 Dec 2016 · 1 voteOnly vote · 1. lakiehdotus, 11 luvun 1 §, mietintö / Anneli Kiljunen
114 jaa56 ei - HE 123/2015 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming the motor liability insurance system
The Motor Liability Insurance Act will be reformed, speeding up the processing of claims and giving insurance companies greater freedom in pricing premiums and bonuses. Personal injuries sustained by drivers participating in motorsport competitions will be excluded from the scope of statutory motor liability insurance.
20 May 2016 · passed without a vote