The Saeima has adopted and the President promulgated the following laws: the amendments to the social services and social assistance law to make social services and social assistance Act (the Saeima of the Republic of Latvia and the Cabinet of Ministers rapporteur, 2002, nr. 23; 2003; 2004, nr. 2, 14., 18., 2005, no; no 2; 2006, no. 13; 2007, 12, 15 No 3, 21; 2008. no) the following amendments: 1. Turn off the article 3, second paragraph, the words "(Council)."
2. Turn off the fifth paragraph of article 4, the word "(pagastties)".
3. Article 10: make the second paragraph as follows: "(2) to provide social services and social assistance and service administration, each local Government shall establish a municipal authority, social services. Social services work in no less than three social work professionals, at least one of the social services workers must be a social worker. ";
turn off third.
4. Article 13: make the introductory part of the first subparagraph by the following: "(1) the State ensures under the law for the annual State budget funds allocated at:";
Add to the first part of paragraph 6, after the words "persons with functional impairment" with the words "working age";
turn off the first part of paragraph 10;
make the second paragraph as follows: "(2) in order to ensure that the first paragraph of this article 1, 4, 5 (except for the provision of technical AIDS, tiflotehnik and surdotehnik), 6, 7, 8 and 9 the performance of the duties provided for in paragraph 1, the State can create a social care and social rehabilitation institutions or enter into contracts with other social service providers.";
to supplement the article with 2.1 and 2.2 the part as follows: "(21) in order to ensure that the first paragraph of this article, the performance of the duties laid down in paragraph 2, provided the blind society of Latvia and the Latvian Union of the deaf; they laid down in paragraph 3, provided Latvian children's Fund; they laid down in paragraph 5 assistive technology — tiflotehnik and surdotehnik — supports the Latvian society of the blind and the deaf of Latvia. The Cabinet of Ministers shall determine the order in which the Latvian society of the blind, the deaf, the Union of Latvia and Latvian children's Fund is providing these parts 1, 2, and 3. the services specified in point.
(22) in implementing this article 2.1 performance of the duties referred to in part, Latvian Association of the blind, the deaf, the Union of Latvia and Latvian children's Fund is entitled to issue an administrative act. "
5. Supplement article 17.1 of the law with the fourth paragraph as follows: "(4) in article 13 of this law in part 2.2 person succeed administrative or actual action challenges the administration of social services as a higher authority, but they appealed the decision to the Court."
6. Express article 42 in the following: ' article 42. Persons who have the right to provide social care or social rehabilitation services and social assistance the right to provide social care or social rehabilitation services and social assistance is the person who got the first level professional higher education, social care, social rehabilitation or social assistance or a professional in the field of secondary education (at a professional school or other educational institutions, which shall implement vocational secondary education programme). "
7. transitional provisions: Supplement 1. point after the number and the words "article 42" with numbers and words, "October 31, 2002 Edition";
turn off paragraph 14;
transitional provisions be supplemented with 15, 16 and 17 as follows: "15. Up to July 1, 2009 for this law, article 3, second paragraph, the municipality thinks the tasks required for the Municipal Council.
16. Amendments to this law, article 13, second paragraph, and 2.1, 2.2, and the fourth part of article 17.1 shall enter into force on January 1, 2010.
17. The municipalities, with populations not exceeding 3000, article 10 of this law is provided for in the second subparagraph the social services as a separate municipal authority creates no later than august 1, 2009. To social services as a separate municipal authorities for creating the municipalities concerned article 11 of this law for the tasks referred to in support of local Council (the Council) or its delegated institution municipal binding rules. "
The law shall enter into force on 1 January 2009.
The law adopted by the Parliament in 2008 on December 18.
President Valdis Zatlers in Riga V 2008 December 30, editorial comment: the law shall enter into force by 1 January 2009.