חוק שירותי רווחה לאנשים עם מוגבלות, התשפ"ב-2022Law on Welfare Services for Persons with Disabilities, 2022 · automatic translation · suggest a correction

Official summary of the law (Knesset)

The Law enshrines the right of persons with disabilities under the care of the Ministry of Welfare to receive adapted welfare services in the areas specified in the schedule to the Law, among other things in order to support the right to independent and autonomous living as defined in the Law. A condition for eligibility is that the person seeking recognition of eligibility has approached a diagnosing body for the purpose of diagnosing the existence of a qualifying disability and assessing the level of support required, and that a recognizing body has decided on the eligibility of the applicant for recognition and on the level of support to be given to him after receiving the information from the diagnosing body. After the recognizing body makes its determination, the person with the disability will prepare a personal response plan or another arrangement for choosing services, and this plan or arrangement will require approval from the Ministry of Welfare or the local authority. The services specified in the plan or arrangement are the adapted services that the person with the disability will be able to exercise, and they will be provided within a reasonable time, at reasonable quality, and at a reasonable distance from the place of residence. A person with an intellectual developmental disability will be able to choose to receive his eligibility for welfare services under this Law instead of under the Welfare Law (Treatment of Persons with Intellectual Developmental Disability). Eligibility under this Law will not detract from eligibility under another law, and a right due to a person under this Law will not be diminished merely because that person is also eligible for rehabilitation under the Rehabilitation of Mentally Disabled Persons in the Community Law. The Law authorizes the establishment of Regulations necessary for implementing the arrangements set out in it, and establishes a funding framework from the state treasury that will gradually increase by an amount of 430 million NIS each year, until the full maturation of an addition of 2.15 billion new shekels to the budget base, and also establishes a mechanism for demographic updating of the budget from that date. The Ministry of Welfare will supervise the implementation of the Law and will publish the methods for filing complaints about its implementation, and will also prepare a plan for the transition of persons with disabilities from multi-resident facilities to community living.

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