The Saeima has adopted and the President issued the following law: amendments to the law "on social assistance" to make the law "on social assistance" (Latvian Saeima and the Cabinet of Ministers rapporteur, 1995, nr. 24; 1996; 1997, no. 14, 2. no; 1998, nr. 1, 23; 1999, no. 2), the amendments are as follows: 1. Article 5: make the second paragraph as follows: "(2) the right to receive State social security benefit: 1) due to disability or age — are they in the first part of this article, the persons referred to in that are residing in the Republic of Latvia in the last 12 months continuously, but in General, not less than 60 months;
2) due to the survivors, they are in the first paragraph of those persons residing in the Republic of Latvia in the last 12 months continuously, except children under the age of one year. ";
to supplement the article with a fifth by the following: "(5) the right to receive benefit for child maintenance and remuneration of guardian's duties is all in the first paragraph, the following persons in the custody of the children assigned ID code, except persons who have custody of children who have received the permission of the termiņuzturēšan."
 
2. in article 6: Express paragraph 5 by the following: "5) provide the possibility to receive social care and rehabilitation services in such social care institutions: a) nursing homes and centers for children with mental disabilities, b) nursing homes and centers for people with mental disabilities, c) nursing homes and centres for the blind adult persons, d) care of children orphanage centers, e) in other specialized centres;"
turn off point 7;
to supplement the article with paragraph 8 by the following: ' 8) provide the possibility to receive social rehabilitation services for children who are victims of violence. "
 
3. Article 9: put the second part as follows: "(2) the cabinet shall determine the social assistance service providers raised requirements and arrangements person receives social assistance services.";
to supplement the article with the third and fourth subparagraph by the following: "(3) the Ministry of welfare is familiar with and control their social assistance service providers who implement the law referred to in article 6 of the State obligations, and monitor, or the fourth paragraph of this article above the social assistance service providers comply with the second subparagraph of this article.
(4) the municipality of the familiar and control their social assistance service providers, which implements article 7 of this law in the first and second paragraphs of certain municipal responsibilities. "
 
4. Turn off 10 and article 11.
 
5. Express article 17 the seventh subparagraph by the following: "(7) From 1 January 2001 the State family benefit for the second child in a family is 2 times, about a third — 2.6 times, but for the fourth child and subsequent children — 3 times."
 
6. Replace article 18, first paragraph, introductory paragraph, the words "which do not receive State compulsory social insurance" with the words "which is not entitled to a State pension".
 
7. Express article 20 paragraph 2 second subparagraph the second sentence as follows: "in this case, the allowance shall be granted to the time that the child attends school, but no longer than until the child reaches the age of 20."
 
8. Express article 21, first paragraph as follows: "(1) the allowance for child maintenance grants the person appointed in accordance with the procedure prescribed by law for the guardian. The allowance shall be granted for each child custody. Benefits and the procedure determined by the Cabinet of Ministers. "
 
9. Express article 22, first paragraph as follows: "(1) the remuneration of the guardian's duties is granted to the person appointed in accordance with the procedure prescribed by law for the guardian. Benefits and the procedure determined by the Cabinet of Ministers. "
 
10. Express article 23 third and fourth subparagraph by the following: "(3) the Allowance is paid twice a year for each complete period of six months from the date on which issued in the second part of this article that opinion.
(4) the payment of the allowance shall cease upon expiration on a specific disability. If the last six months the period for which the allowance payable due to disability is a part of the expiry review, allowance for that period is paid in full as of the six month period. "
 
11. in article 26: turn off in the first paragraph, the words "article 18, paragraph 3, first subparagraph ';
replace the third paragraph, the words "custody or guardianship authorities" with the words "pagastties" or family courts;
to supplement the article with the fourth paragraph as follows: "(4) in this law, article 18, paragraph 3, first subparagraph of the said allowance shall be granted to the surviving minor person and paid her mother, father, guardian or other person who, in accordance with the decision of the family courts or pagastties actually bringing up the child."
 
12. Express article 27 of the sixth subparagraph as follows: "(6) the Costs calculated for the State social benefit amounts not paid to the beneficiary's death, be entitled to a spouse and beneficiaries for all first and second degree relatives, if they said amounts requested during the year after the beneficiary's death. If not paid, the amount of the allowance requires multiple parties in equal parts the costs all demand of iesniegušaj persons, that is to the right. "
 
13. Express article 32 the first part as follows: "(1) municipal social benefits are as follows: 1) needy families social assistance benefit;
2) apartment benefit;
3) allowance for care;
4) death benefit. "
 
14. Replace the transitional provisions in paragraph 1, the words ' article 7 the second subparagraph of paragraph 5, the words "7" in the first paragraph of article 8 ".
The law adopted by the Parliament in 1999 of 25 November.
Riga, 1999 15 December State President Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga V.