Less red tape for injured service members

Draft bill #9158 of March 30, 2023 

Cosponsors: a group of MPs 

Who is affected: service members, medical establishments, and territorial centers of staffing and social support 

Summary of the bill: 

• there will be a conclusive list for heads of medical service to provide documents certifying the circumstances of the injury. Currently, such certificates are issued after a service investigation 
• it will be allowed to send service members’ medical records to military medical establishments or territorial centers of staffing and social support 
• territorial centers of staffing and social support will be allowed to send service members for treatment or dismissal. These service members will be required to have a conclusion issued by a military medical commission that gives them the right to leave for treatment due to illness or being unfit for service. 

What is right: 

The following procedures will be simplified: 

• issuing certificates confirming the circumstances of the injury (wound, concussion, disability) 
• sending medical records of service members to military units 
• sending service members for treatment. 

What is wrong: 

• the procedure for transferring certificates between authorities is not clear enough: it is not clear when a medical certificate should be sent to the military medical facility or the territorial center of staffing and social support. 

Alternative solution: 

• to introduce a provision regulating the transfer of medical certificates.