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EST-2015-L-102034
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Title_of_text
Law No. RT I, 30.12.2015, 5 of 9 December 2015 on "Social Welfare" (consolidation).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Estonia
Subjects (Classification)
Social security (general standards); Economic and social policy; Social assistance and services
Adopted on (Date of text)
2015-12-09
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Establishes the general principles of coverage of social welfare, child welfare, the local government to organize social assistance; regulates the procedure of evaluation of social conditions of beneficiaries of social assistance, home assistance, social care for adults, asylum service, shelter service, social transportation service, finance, monitoring. Amends, inter alia, the Law on Labour Market Services and Benefits, making wording changes in articles 231 (Occupational rehabilitation), 26 (Right to receive unemployment allowance), 43 (Transitional provisions).
Repeals the previous law on Social Welfare No. RT I 1995, 21, 323.
Entry dates region
Date of entry into force
2016-01-01
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Amending Text region
Amending text(s)
2016-12-07 (EST-2016-L-105067)
Law No. RT I, 21.12.2016, 2 of 07 December 2016 to Amend the Law on Social Welfare and Related Laws.
Amending text(s)
2017-12-06 (EST-2017-L-107084)
Law No. RT I, 28.12.2017, 8 of 6 December 2017 "To Amend the laws "On Social Welfare" and "On State Funeral Assistance", as well as other Legal Acts".
Repealed Text region
Repealed text(s)
1995-02-08 (EST-1995-L-48402)
Social Welfare Act of 8 February 1995 (consolidation).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line (Unofficial translation)
Author
Riigi Teataja
Country
Estonia
URL
https://www.riigiteataja.ee/en/eli/ee/Riigikogu/act/531072023003/consolide
File
EST-102034.pdf (PDF (in English) (as amended))