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. No; 2005; 2006, 2. No, No 13) follows: 1. Replace article 1, paragraph 29, the words "the competent authority" with the words "State police". 2. in article 3: replace the first paragraph, the words "and non-citizens, aliens and stateless persons" with the words "non-citizens and foreigners"; to supplement the article with the fourth paragraph as follows: "(4) the right to receive social rehabilitation of victims of trafficking in human beings, which is not a citizen of the European Union, and it plays an underage child law" on victims of human trafficking in the Republic of Latvia to stay "in the cases provided for." 3. in article 8: make the first paragraph by the following: "(1) the client or his or her survivors are obliged to pay for the social care and social rehabilitation services, unless this Act provides otherwise. '; to turn off the second and third. 4. Supplement article 9 with the seventh subparagraph by the following: "(7) the Government provides necessary social care services at the residence of persons with severe mental disabilities, which independent living skills in a social rehabilitation programme does not require the provision of long-term social care and social rehabilitation institutions and services stopped 28 of this law in the third subparagraph of article." 5. To supplement the law with article 9.1 of the following: ' article 9.1. Municipalities provided social services, financed from the State budget of the country, pursuant to this law, the provisions of article 13.1, the Cabinet of Ministers in the order and amount financed municipal secured long-term social care and social rehabilitation institutions: 1) for persons with mental disabilities, which these institutions placed before 1 January 2003; 2-minor) the blind and persons with severe mental disabilities; 3) children with severe mental disabilities between the ages of four and eighteen years of age; 4) orphans and without parental care for the remaining children under the age of two years and children with mental and physical disabilities age of Che the national years. " 6. To supplement the law with article 13.1 the following: "13.1 article. Payment for State-funded social services (1) this law, in article 13, first paragraph, 1., 2., 3., 4., 6, 7 and 8 above, as well as paragraph 3 of article 9.1 establishes that the services are paid from the State budget. (2) this law, in article 13, first paragraph, point 5 of the particular service is financed from the State budget, the service recipient making a one-time contribution in the Cabinet. (3) article 9.1 of this law 1 and 2 services set out in the non-beneficiary, are paid from the State budget. If that person is a beneficiary, they pay for services received 85 percent of the pension, but no more than the cost of the services received in the relevant institutions. (4) this law, article 9.1 establishes the services financed from the State budget. Parents are obligated to pay for this service according to the child protection act. " 7. Replace article 25, first subparagraph, point 2 of the number "16" with the number "18". 8. Add to article 27.1 of the fourth subparagraph by the following: "(4) in the first and in the cases referred to in the second subparagraph the amount of customer service and the order in which the costs of the service of the State or local Government shall be determined by the Cabinet of Ministers." 9. Express article 28, first paragraph, point 4, the following wording: "4) under-aged persons with severe mental disabilities that do not require the location of specialized medical institution which does not endanger the surrounding situation, if the service is more than care homes, day care center or group home (apartment) in social care and social rehabilitation services." 10. in article 29, second paragraph: replace the words "paragraph 1 with the statutory pension or national social security benefits" with the words "which is the State pension or social security benefit recipients"; Replace in paragraph 2, the words "which shall not be entitled to receive statutory State pension or social security benefits" with the words "which is not a State pension or social security benefit recipients". 11. transitional provisions: Express 2 and 3 by the following: "2. in order to ensure this law services referred to in article 9.1, the Cabinet until 2012 31 December puts local authorities Ministry of welfare subordinated to existing national social care centers as long-term social care and social rehabilitation institutions providing services to persons with mental disabilities, which these institutions placed until 1 January 2003 to for minors, the blind and persons with severe mental disabilities, children with severe mental disabilities aged four to eighteen, orphaned and without parental care for the remaining children under the age of two years and children with mental and physical disabilities aged up to four years. 3. in article 9.1 of this law the services to the National Center of social care transfers to municipalities, but no longer than up to 2012 December 31 provide State. "; transitional provisions be supplemented by the following paragraph 13: "13." until the new cabinet from the date of entry into force of the provisions, but not longer than until 1 October 2007, are applicable to the Cabinet of Ministers of 27 May 2003, the provisions of no. 285 "the order in which persons receive assistive technology", to the extent they do not conflict with this Act. " 12. To supplement the law with the informative reference to European Union directives as follows: "Informative reference to European Union directives, the law includes provisions deriving from Council of 29 April 2004, Directive 2004/81/EC on the residence permit issued to third-country nationals who are victims of trafficking in human beings or who have been the subject of an action to facilitate illegal immigration, who cooperate with the competent authorities."
The Parliament adopted the law of 3 May 2007. State v. President Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga in Riga in 2007, 24 may