Law Amending The Law On Sickness Benefit (Modification Of Time Limits For The Notification Of Sickness Absence And Request For Sickness Benefits, Etc., In Order To Better Exploit The Digital Reporting Solution (Sdpi-Solution))

Original Language Title: Lov om ændring af lov om sygedagpenge(Ændring af frister for anmeldelse af sygefravær og anmodning om sygedagpenge m.v. for bedre at udnytte den digitale indberetningsløsning (SDPI-løsningen))

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Law on the Change of Medicare Act

(Amendment of the time limits for notification of sick leave and request for sickness benefits, etc., to better use the digital reporting solution (SDPI solution)

We, by God's grace, the Queen of the Danes, do our thing.

The parliament has adopted the following law, and we know that the following law has been approved by Parliament's consent :

§ 1

In the law on sickness benefits, cf. Law Order no. 1152 of 12. December 2011, as amended by law no. 1539 of 21. In December 2010 and section 1 of the Law No 154 of 28. February 2012, the following changes are made :

1. I Section 11 (1). 3, is inserted after 1. Act. :

' The notification via the digital reporting solution for the use of the absence of sick leave and the request for reimbursement of the sickness benefits and the daily allowance after maternity leave (SDPI solution) is sent from the SDPI solution to the sick person ; immediately after notification. '

2. The title before paragraph 35 is inserted after ' employer ` : ' or unemployment rate `.

3. I § 35 pasted as paragraph 3 and FOUR :

" Stop. 3. A daily money-eligible member of a unemployment fund shall report sickness absence to the unemployment rate of 1. It's a health plan. If the health care waiver is too late, the Member has only the right to health benefits from the day of the notification. However, this does not apply if there is an adequate justification for the fact that the Member has not complied with the requirement.

Paragraph 4. The Employment Minister shall lay down rules on the manner in which the member can report the health-off to the unemployment fund and rules on the obligation of the unemployment rate to guide free members of the obligation to notify the health absence and the procedure in : connection with the Member's request for sickness benefits in accordance with Article 38 of the law. ` ;

4. The title before paragraph 38 is replaced by the following :

"The pay-holder request for sickness benefits from the municipality."

5. § 38, paragraph. 1-5, ITREAS :

' The holder shall request the sickness benefits from the municipality within eight days of dispatch of the SDPI solution on the basis of the health-absence notification by the employer or the unemployment rate. If the salary recipient receives a salary from the hospital, the recipient shall ask for sickness benefits from the municipality within eight days of dispatch of the SDPI solution on the basis of the employer ' s last reimbursement request.

Paragraph 2. The request for sickness benefits must be carried out by filling out the form that is sent out together with the subdirection letter from the SDPI solution.

Paragraph 3. Where a sub-letter from the SDPI solution has not been sent, in spite of the receiving notification of the health-holder notification to the employer or the unemployment fund, the recipient shall ask for sickness benefits from the municipality no later than three weeks after 1. absence day when the recipient of the beneficiary shall receive sickness benefits from the local authority of 1. absence day. In the case of the employer in the employer during the employer during the employer or part of it, the employer shall request the health benefits from the local authority within three weeks of the disbursing of the payment from the employer. Request occurs in this case by filling out a form provided by the municipality.

Paragraph 4. A person who is not in current employment of an employer and who is not a day-paid member of a unemployment fund shall be required to request a health benefits from the municipality at the latest within 1 week of 1. absence day. The request for sickness benefits must be carried out on a form provided by the municipality.

Paragraph 5. The municipality may, in exceptional cases, require that request be made earlier than in paragraph 1. One, three or four. "

6. I § 38, paragraph. 6, the ' paragraph shall be amended 1 or 2 ` shall be replaced by the following : One, three, four or five.

7. I § 38, paragraph. 7, 1. pkt., ' notification ` shall be replaced by : ' request ' and ' notification ` shall be : ' request `.

8. I § 38, paragraph. 7, undeleted Two. Point.

9. The title before section 40 is replaced by the following :

' Employers ' notification of sickness absence to the municipality '

10. § 40, paragraph. 1, is hereby repealed and the following shall be inserted :

' An employer who pays wages under the sick leave of a paycheck must be notified of the absence of the employee ' s residence municipality no later than 5 weeks after 1. absence day, if the absence extends beyond the employer (s), cf. Chapter 10.

Paragraph 2. An employer who pays the sickness benefits in the employer during a person ' s medical absence shall notify the health of the person ' s residence municipality no later than 1 week after the payment of the sickness benefits provided by the employer, whose absence has been discharged ; stretches beyond the employer period, cf. Chapter 10.

Paragraph 3. An employer who does not pay wages and does not have a duty to pay the health benefits in the employer during a person ' s sick leave shall notify the health of the employee ' s residence municipality within 14 days of 1. absence day. "

Paragraph 2 is then referred to in paragraph 2. 4.

11. I § 40 pasted as paragraph 5 :

" Stop. 5. The holder shall be informed by means of an information letter from the SDPI solution concerning the information provided by the employer for the SDPI solution for the health-absence notification. Where the employer does not agree with the information supplied by the employer, no later than eight days after sending the notification letter from the SDPI solution, the recipient shall make the municipality aware of this. ` ;

12. The following section 40 is inserted after Section IV :

' The notification of health notification by the unemployment rate to the municipality

§ 40 a. The unemployment fund shall report a daily-paid member ' s sickness absence to the Member ' s residence municipality, within one week at the latest after the Member has notified about the health-absence of the unemployment fund.

Paragraph 2. Notification of health care for the municipality must be done via the SDPI solution.

Paragraph 3. The Member shall be informed by a notification letter from the SDPI solution concerning the information provided by the unemployment fund to the SDPI solution for the health-absence notification. If the Member does not agree with the information provided by the unemployment fund, the member shall at least eight days after sending the notification letter from the SDPI solution, the Member shall draw the attention of the municipality to this. `

13. I § 59, paragraph. 2 and 3, "4 weeks" is changed to : "5 weeks".

14. I § 59, paragraph. 4, for a change ' 4 weeks ` to : ' 5 weeks ` and ' 21 calendar days ` shall be replaced by : ' 30 calendar days ` ;

15. I § 59 pasted as paragraph 8 :

" Stop. 8. The holder shall be informed by an SDPI solution for the information provided by the employer for the SDPI at the request for reimbursement. Where the employer does not agree with the information supplied by the employer, no later than eight days after sending the notification letter from the SDPI solution, the recipient shall make the municipality aware of this. ` ;

§ 2

Paragraph 1. The law shall enter into force on 2. April 2012, cf. however, paragraph 1 2.

Paragraph 2. Section 1 of the law. 1, enter into force on 2. July 2012.

§ 3

Paragraph 1. Section 1 of the law. 1 shall have effect on the deployment of information schemes in cases where the notification of the health-absence is done on 2. July 2012 or later.

Paragraph 2. § 35, paragraph. Three, in the law of sickness benefits, as drawn up by this law's section 1, no. 3, Act 1, nr. 10, and § 40 a, paragraph. 1 and 2, in the law of sickness benefits, as drawn up by the section 1 of this Act. 12, shall have effect on the notification of the absence of sick cases in cases where 1. Day of health care is the second one. April 2012 or later.

Paragraph 3. § 38, paragraph. 1, in the law of sickness benefits, as drawn up by this Act's § 1, nr. 5 shall have effect on employees receiving a form for a request for sickness benefits from the SDPI solution on 2. April 2012 or later.

Paragraph 4. § 38, paragraph. Three, in the law of sickness benefits, as drawn up by this law's section 1, no. 5 shall have effect on employees with 1. Monday after the 25th. In March 2012, if no notification letter has been issued from the SDPI solution.

Paragraph 5. § 38, paragraph. SEVEN, TWO. pkton, in the law of sickness benefits, as repealed by this Act's § 1, nr. 8, will continue to apply to the health benefits cases which are not covered by section 38 (4). 1 and 3, in the law of sickness benefits, as drawn up by this Act's § 1, nr. 5.

Paragraph 6. Section 1 of the law. 11, section 40 a, paragraph. Three, in the law of sickness benefits, as drawn up by this law's section 1, no. Twelve, and Act 1, no. 15, has effect for sub-directional letters issued from the SDPI solution on 2. April 2012 or later.

Givet on Amalienborg, on the 27th. March 2012

Under Our Royal Hand and Segl

MARGRETHE R.

/ Mette Frederiksen