Act No. 164 / 2024 Coll.
Act amending Act No. 108 / 2006 Coll., on Social Services, as amended
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of 29 May 2024
amending Act No. 108 / 2006 Coll., on Social Services, as amended
Parliament has decided on this law of the Czech Republic:
Act No. 21 / 2017, Act No. 21 / 2006 Coll., as amended by Act No. 29 / 2007 Coll., Act No. 21 / 2007 Coll., Act No. 261 / 2007 Coll., Act No. 124 / 2008 Coll., Act No. 45 / 2013 Coll., Act No. 30 / 2013 Coll., Act No. 13 / 2008 Coll., Act No. 49 / 2011 Coll., Act No. 73 / 2011 Coll., Act No. 54 / 2011 Coll., Act No. 46 / 2011 Coll.
1. In Paragraph 2, the sentence "Priority shall be given to the provision of social services which promote the residence of a person in its natural social environment."
2. In Article 3, at the end of point (i), the dot is replaced by a comma and the following points (j) and (k) are added:
"(j) a network of social services with a national or supra-regional character, a summary of social services, which in sufficient capacity, appropriate quality and availability help to address the adverse social situation of persons in the Czech Republic and which are in line with the identified needs of persons in the Czech Republic; a network of social services with a national or trans-regional character is part of the national strategy for the development of social services,
(k) caring person
1. a person close to the person mentioned in the application for a care allowance providing assistance to the person prior to the granting of the care allowance;
2. a person close to providing assistance to the person to whom the care allowance has been granted;
3. a person who is paid long-term medical care from sickness insurance due to the care of a person in need of long-term care in the home environment;
4. the person to whom the payment of the long-term care allowance has been terminated but continues to care for the person requiring care in the home environment;
5. the person providing care to the person who falls within the target group of the services provided. ';
3. In Paragraph 11 (1) (b), the amount "6 600 CZK" is replaced by "7 400 CZK."
4. In Paragraph 11 (1) (c), "CZK 13 900 'is replaced by" CZK 16 100'.
5. in Article 11 (1) (d):
"(d) in the case of stage IV (total dependency),
1. 23 000 CZK if the person is assisted by a provider of residential social services pursuant to § 48, 50 to 52, or
2.27,000 CZK in other cases. "
6. In Paragraph 11 (2) (b), the amount "4 400 CZK" is replaced by "4 900 CZK."
7. In Paragraph 11 (2) (c), "CZK 12 800 'is replaced by" CZK 14 800'.
8. in Paragraph 11 (2) (d):
"(d) in the case of stage IV (total dependency),
1. 23 000 CZK if the person is assisted by a provider of residential social services according to § 48 to 52, or
2.27,000 CZK in other cases. "
9. In Paragraph 34, at the end of paragraph 1, the dot is replaced by a comma and the following points (v) to (x) are added:
"(v) relief services facilities,
(w) the nursing service workplace,
(x) contact centres. ';
10. in Paragraph 35 (1) (k), "telephone" is replaced by "distance."
11. in Paragraph 35, at the end of paragraph 1, the dot is replaced by a comma and the following points (n) and (o) are added:
"(n) assistance in ensuring safety and the possibility of staying in the natural social environment;
(o) distance psychosocial support. ';
12. In Paragraph 37 (3), the words "advisors for persons with the need for palliative care, the natural social environment of a person" shall be inserted after the word "violence."
13. In Paragraph 37, at the end of paragraph 4, the dot is replaced by a comma and the following point (d) is added:
"(d) activities providing support for carers and activities consisting of training the skills of carers to manage the care of those dependent on their assistance.";
14. In Paragraph 37, the following paragraph 5 is added:
"(5) Basic social advice provided by social services pursuant to Sections 39, 40, 44 and 46 may also be provided to carers in the range of activities providing support for carers and activities consisting in training carers' skills to manage the care of those dependent on their assistance. Such activities shall be considered as an essential activity for the purpose of financing social services. ';
15. In Article 39, at the end of paragraph 2, the dot is replaced by a comma and the following point (h) is added:
"(h) assistance in ensuring safety and the possibility of staying in a natural social environment.";
16. In Paragraph 40, at the end of paragraph 2, the dot is replaced by a comma and the following points (f) and (g) are added:
"(f) helping to ensure the safety and possibility of staying in the natural social environment;
(g) assistance in the exercise of rights, legitimate interests and in the provision of personal matters. ";
17. In the first sentence of Article 44 (1), the word "physical 'is deleted and at the end of the paragraph the sentence" Stationary relief service may be provided in the sum of a maximum of 180 days per calendar year; only the service provided by the same provider shall be included in that period.';
18. In Paragraph 44, at the end of paragraph 2, the dot is replaced by a comma and the following point (i) is added:
"(i) assistance in ensuring safety and the possibility of staying in a natural social environment."
19. in Paragraph 55 (2) (a), "telephone" is replaced by "distance."
20. In Paragraph 57, the sentence "These services may also be provided to persons who are currently unable to abstinence due to addiction to addictive substances and persons who temporarily require bed rest for treatment purposes, but whose health no longer requires hospitalisation 'is added at the end of paragraph 1.
21. In Paragraph 57, at the end of paragraph 2, the dot is replaced by a comma and the following point (d) is added:
"(d) social therapy activities."
22. Paragraph 79 (2) reads as follows:
"(2) Point (c) of paragraph 1 shall be deemed to be fair.
(a) a worker in social services as referred to in Article 116 (1) who has not been lawfully sentenced to prison for an intentional offence committed in connection with, or treated as if he had not been convicted of, activities in the provision of social services or activities comparable to them;
(b) a natural person pursuing professional activities in social services, with the exception of the worker referred to in point (a), and a legal person who has not been legally convicted of an intentional offence committed in connection with, or treated as if not convicted in connection with, activities in the provision of social services or comparable activities. "
23. in Paragraph 92 (b):
"(b) ensure, through the social curator, the pursuit of social work for the benefit of persons under criminal proceedings, persons at risk of social exclusion because of previous constitutional or protective education, persons released from custody or punishment, persons whose rights and interests are threatened by the criminal activities of another person and persons whose way of life may lead to conflict with society, persons made redundant after the cessation of medical, psychiatric hospital or medical services and persons who do not have a vital need to be satisfactorily met by persons without shelter; working in particular with facilities for the performance of constitutional or protective education, the Prison Service of the Czech Republic, the Probation and Mediation Service of the Czech Republic, administrative offices and local authorities,"
24. In Article 92, at the end of point (d), the dot is replaced by a comma and the following point (e) is added:
"(e) establish, in cooperation with the municipalities in its administrative district, the provision of social services without authorisation and shall immediately inform the Regional Office in writing thereof."
25. in Article 96, at the end of point (b), the dot is replaced by a comma and the following point (c) is added:
"(c) determines a network of social services with a national or supra-regional character."
26. in § 107 (5) (c), the amount "50 000 CZK" is replaced by "100 000 CZK."
27. in Paragraph 111 (1):
"(1) The employer is obliged to provide the social worker with further training in the context of the improvement of qualifications 43) at least 48 hours per 2 consecutive calendar years. Where the social worker's employment or employment relationship with the same employer does not last a full calendar year, or in the case of an annual absence of work of more than 1 calendar month, the scope of the further training shall be reduced by 2 hours for each such calendar month. The obligation to provide further training shall not apply to probationary staff. ';
Transitional provisions
1. Proceedings on the care allowance initiated and final before the date of entry into force of this Act shall be completed in accordance with Act No. 108 / 2006 Coll., as effective from the date of entry into force of this Act, with a new amount of care allowance under Section 11 of Act No. 108 / 2006 Coll., as effective from the date of entry into force of this Act, for the first time from the payment due for the calendar month in which that Act became effective.
2. The Regional Branch of the Labour Office shall adjust the amounts of the care allowance pursuant to Section 11 of Act No. 108 / 2006 Coll., as effective from the date of entry into force of the Act, without request. No notification shall be made of the change in the amount of the care allowance but an entry shall be made in the file.
Efficacy
This Law shall enter into force on 1 July 2024, with the exception of Article I (17), which shall take effect on 1 January 2025, and with the exception of Article I (17), I, point 25, which shall take effect on 1 January 2026.
Pekarová Adamová v. r.
Pavel v. r.
Fiala v. r.
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Regulation Information
| Citation | Act No. 164 / 2024 Coll., amending Act No. 108 / 2006 Coll., on Social Services, as amended |
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| Regulation Type | Law |
| Author | - |
| Collection | Code of Laws |
| Date of Promulgation | 19.06.2024 |
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| Effective from | 01.07.2024 |
| Effective until | - |
| Status | Valid |
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