The government supported private social boarding houses: new conditions, benefits and state orders

The authorities approved rules designed to develop the social services market and support private social boarding houses. The decree was signed by Prime Minister of Belarus Alexander Turchin. This is reported by the press service of the Government.

Purpose of the new regulation

The document is aimed at creating favorable conditions for the development of the social services market. Its tasks are to attract private social boarding houses to work within the framework of the state social order and expand opportunities to meet the existing demand of the population for stationary social services.

Basic conditions for participation in the state order and categories of service recipients

The resolution enshrines the key rules for the work of commercial organizations in the social service system:

The conditions under which private boarding houses can participate in the state social order are defined.

Categories of citizens for whom stationary social services will be purchased are established: these are single elderly people, as well as single disabled people of groups I and II - subject to their consent.

The marginal cost of services purchased from commercial organizations is fixed: it should not exceed the daily tariff for social services, which is approved by the regional executive committees and the Minsk City Executive Committee.

Preferences for private boarding houses

Local authorities received the right to provide private social boarding houses involved in the state order with a number of benefits:

• Reduce rent for real estate used for social services.

Prioritize the acquisition of unused or inefficiently used communally owned property – without bidding.

• Financial and organizational support for business

For commercial organizations that provide stationary social services, additional support measures are provided:

Access to a special credit product - for the implementation of socially significant initiatives (subject to the established requirements).

Assistance from labor, employment and social protection authorities: employees of private boarding houses will be able to be sent to training, where they will master the skills of care, as well as study the requirements for the content and quality of social services.

Health care for service recipients

The issue of medical care is separately regulated: recipients of social services in private boarding houses will be able to receive medical care in state health organizations at the place of their stay. The costs will be covered from the local budget.

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