News of the Committees

Deputies of the Committee on Social Policy and Healthcare supported two government legislations in the course of the meeting concerning changes in the procedure for assigning and paying maternity and childhood benefits.

The Committee on Social Policy and Healthcare prepared a draft state target program "Equal Opportunities" for consideration in the second reading, designed until 2027.

Created to stimulate organizations and individual entrepreneurs to hire disabled people of groups I and II the legislations have been prepared for consideration in the second reading.

Deputies of the Committee on Social Policy and Healthcare prepared for consideration in the second reading a draft of a new state program for the prevention and treatment of HIV infection, viral hepatitis B and C, and sexually transmitted infections. Amendments to the labor legislation have also been prepared for the second reading.

It is proposed to stimulate organizations and individual entrepreneurs in the republic by paying them a subsidy when hiring people with special needs in order to employ more people with special needs who can and want to work. The Government law-in-draft was supported for adoption in the first reading by deputies of the Committee on Social Policy and Healthcare.

Law-in-draft of the Government that proposes to increase the amount of benefits for orphans, children left without parental care, and individuals from among them by an average of 10% starting next year, was considered in the course of the meeting of the Committee on Social Policy and Healthcare.

Deputies in the course of the Social Policy and Healthcare Committee meeting supported in the first reading the draft of a new state target program, designed until 2028.

Deputies of the Committee on Social Policy and Healthcare considered the Government's law-in-draft improving the system of remuneration of medical workers.

Deputies considered the law-in-draft of their colleagues "On the ban on the sale of non-alcoholic tonic drinks (including energy drinks) to minors" at a meeting of the Committee on Social Policy and Healthcare. It was proposed to introduce administrative liability for violating the law if adopted.

Deputies of the Committee on Social Policy and Healthcare supported the Government's initiative in the first reading. It is proposed to make amendments to the PMR Labor Code, as well as to the law "On personal income tax" and the law "On the single social tax and mandatory insurance contribution".