OSFR: New rules for confirming care for disabled people are introduced

Starting from January 1, 2027, new rules governing the procedure for confirming the fact of care for disabled citizens will come into force. According to the information published by the press service of the regional branch of the Social Fund of Russia in the Republic of Buryatia, the application for payment should be submitted at the beginning of the period for which the benefit is granted, and not at the end, as it happens now.

Persons receiving monthly allowance for the care of a disabled child or a disabled person of group I, which arose in childhood, are exempt from the new rules. The time of supervision of such people is still counted into the insurance experience in automatic mode, without submitting applications, and pension points are accrued to them by themselves.

And in January 2027, new conditions for crediting the period of care for persons over 80 years old, disabled people of group I, disabled minors and disabled adults from childhood of group I will come into force (if a monthly allowance is not appointed) for the formation of insurance experience.

Under the new rules, you will have to apply for custody in advance. It is also necessary to attach the written consent of the ward. To continue leaving, you need to submit an application annually: this should be done before the end of the 12th month from the date of submission of the last application, confirming the relevance of the process.

It is important to remember that the care of disabled persons, carried out before December 31, 2026, should be fixed according to the old scheme before the end of 2027. From 2028, it will be impossible to confirm such periods.

This implies that the entire 2027th is allocated for the processing of documents and fixing the periods of care performed in 2026 and previous years. Otherwise, these periods of time will not go into the insurance period and will not affect the size of the pension. Those who are currently caring for an incapacitated person should submit a new request in January 2027, and the time until then confirm through the client offices of the FIU.

“The later you apply in 2027, the later the crediting of the period of leaving the insurance period for the same year will begin,” said Anna Volodina, deputy head of the Social Fund for the Republic of Buryatia.

For a full year of activity, 1.8 points are assigned and the year of the insurance period is fixed. Therefore, you should not delay the filing of papers: the final payment on insurance depends on this.

Call the SFR Unified Contact Center at 8 (800) 100-00-01 for details (the call is free).