Government bills5
- 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 165/2020 vpRejected
Banning smoking in closed prisons
Smoking will be banned entirely in closed prisons, both indoors and outdoors. In open institutions, smoking will continue to be permitted outdoors.
19 Dec 2022 · rejected without a vote - HE 119/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Tightening violent and sex offender supervision
Violent and sex offenders with a high risk of reoffending will be placed under probationary supervision upon release from prison. The risk of violence posed by prisoners will be assessed more thoroughly, and rehabilitative activities aimed at them will be increased.
11 Dec 2018 · passed without a vote - HE 81/2026 vpIn progress
Clarifying terminal care and clinic choice
An explicit obligation to organise palliative care and end-of-life care will be written into the act, and patients will be able to change their local health centre every three months. In addition, information on waiting lists in specialised medical care will be published monthly.
20 May 2026 · no votes yet - HE 49/2015 vpPassed with amendments
Transferring prison health care
Prisoners' health care will be transferred from the Criminal Sanctions Agency to a new agency to be established in the administrative branch of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health. At the same time, prisoners' medical care will be brought under the same official supervision as other public health care.
21 Dec 2015 · passed without a vote