Draft bill #11225 of April 30, 2024
Cosponsors: a group of 3 MPs from the Servant of the People faction with Halyna Tretiakova as the first signatory
Status: adopted in the first reading
Who is affected: individuals with disabilities and medical social expertise commissions (MSEC)
Summary:
- participation of the person whose status as a “person with disabilities” is being established in the МSEC meeting will not be mandatory
- the person will have the option to decide whether they want to participate in the МSEC meeting and how (in person or remotely)
- the МSEC, in collaboration with an interdisciplinary rehabilitation team, will ensure the timely issuance of decisions regarding the confirmation of activity limitations and the establishment of the status of a “person with disabilities” and a “child with disabilities”
- the МSEC will submit information into the electronic healthcare system about adults who have undergone medical social expertise. In particular, details of the examination act and the commission meeting protocol, its decision, and the individual rehabilitation program.
What is right: the procedure for medical social expertise commissions will be simplified.
What is wrong:
- medical social expertise commissions have no authority to establish the status of a “child with disabilities,” since medical and social expertise for children is conducted by medical consulting commissions
- the proposed changes are piecemeal and will not significantly affect the actual examinations by the medical social expertise commissions.
Alternative solution: develop a comprehensive approach to regulating the procedure for medical social expertise commissions since ensuring transparency in this process is critical for granting deferments from mobilization.