הצעת חוק תשלומים לפדויי שבי (תיקון מס' 6), התשפ"ד-2024Bill on Payments to Liberated Captives (Amendment No. 6), 2024 · automatic translation · suggest a correction

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Bill: חוק תשלומים לפדויי שבי (תיקון מס' 6), התשפ"ד-2024Law on Payments to Liberated Captives (Amendment No. 6), 2024auto

About the law and the debate

Official summary of the law (Knesset)

The purpose of the amendment is to improve the rights granted to released captives and released abductees. First, the monthly payment to a released captive was raised to 3,300 new shekels. The increase also applies to those recognized as released captives before the law's commencement, but eligibility for the increase applies from 1 June 2024. Second, a person recognized as a released captive after 7 October 2023 is entitled to a one-time adjustment grant of 50,000 new shekels. Third, a person who was abducted on 7 October 2023 and recognized as a released captive is entitled to all the rights to which an IDF disabled person or a victim of hostile actions who has been determined to have a 50% disability rating due to post-traumatic disorder is entitled, and to funding of medical treatment for 36 months, which will not be given for treatments included in the Second or Third Schedule to the National Health Insurance Law, if the abductee is entitled to them under that law, and for treatments provided by collective health insurance in which the state participates in funding. These entitlements apply from the date on which the released abductee was recognized as a released captive, unless the person is a regular or reserve soldier, who will receive the rights only from the date of discharge. The automatic entitlement does not prevent the determination of a psychiatric disability exceeding 50% or the determination of a physical disability by a medical committee. It is further proposed to establish that the Committee for Recognition of Released Captives will not recognize a person who was abducted other than during military service or service in the security forces as a released captive, even if the conditions for recognition are met, if it finds that the person is affiliated with enemy forces, assists them, or acts on their behalf or on their instructions or in order to promote their goals, similar to a provision existing in the Law for Compensation of Victims of Hostile Actions. It is also proposed to amend the eligibility conditions in the Law for Compensation of Family Members of Abductees and Missing Persons in Hostile Actions, and consequently also the recognition of a person as a released captive, in accordance with the conditions detailed in the definition of "victim" in the Law for Compensation of Victims of Hostile Actions. That is, to condition the recognition of an abductee who is an Israeli citizen, where more than a year has passed since the date the abduction occurred from the date they ceased to be an Israeli resident, on the abduction having taken place in Israel or in the Area, and regarding a person who is not a citizen or resident but entered Israel lawfully, to condition it on the abduction having taken place in Israel or in another territory determined by the Minister of Defense.

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