Government bills5

TopicPrison Health Care Unit5
  1. 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 votes
    118 jaa
    56 ei
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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