BRATISLAVA, December 10, (WEBNOVINY) — Parliament passed the amendment to the law on social services on Friday. The amendment responds to the finding of the Constitutional Court from May of this year, according to which some provisions of this law were not in compliance with the Constitution of the Slovak Republic. The court contested provisions allowing municipalities to secure provision of social services from no-public providers only if municipalities cannot secure social services from a public provider. “The amendment will secure application of the right of private individuals to choose a provider of a social service to the full extent with no restrictions and consequences involved,“ stated the Labor Ministry. For example, impossibility of financing a private provider of social services will be removed if a client directly chose the provider.
The Constitutional Count decided in May of this year that some provisions of the amendment to the law on social services related to their provision by municipalities and counties were not in compliance with the Constitution. Based on this, municipalities cannot prefer provision of social services in their facilities and only if they lack capacities, they can place clients in a private facility. The Constitutional Court SR met requirements of 45 members of parliament represented by Monika Gibalova (KDH) in this part.
The Constitutional Court concluded in its decision that disputed provisions inappropriately limited access of non-public providers of social services to the main subject of their economic activity (provision of social services), which interferes with the essence of their right to conduct business or other gainful activity guaranteed by the Constitution, while such limitation of rights is not justifiable by any legitimate goal.
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