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Chapter 1: General provisions.

This is the heading for Chapter 1, “General provisions.”

Chapter 1 contains general provisions.

Chapter heading: general provisions.

The law’s purpose is to support a Finland-resident disabled person or person with a long-term illness in daily life, work or study, maintaining functional ability, living at home, rehabilitation, and care.

This section states that the law aims to support a Finland-resident disabled or long-term ill person in daily life, work or study, maintaining functional ability, living at home, rehabilitation, and care.

This provision states the law’s purpose: to support a Finland-resident disabled person or a person with a long-term illness in everyday life, work or study, maintaining functional ability, living at home, rehabilitation, and care.

This section states the law’s purpose: to support a Finland-resident disabled or long-term ill person in everyday life, work or study, maintaining functioning, living at home, rehabilitation, and care.

This section defines disability benefits, says they can be granted indefinitely or for a fixed term, and states they are graded by support need.

This section defines disability benefits and says they are granted either indefinitely or for a fixed term, with levels based on the person’s support needs.

This section lists the disability benefits covered, says they may be granted for an indefinite period or a fixed term, and states that they are graded by need.

The section lists disability benefits and says they are granted either until further notice or for a fixed period, and are tiered based on the person’s need for support.

Kansaneläkelaitos hoitaa tämän lain mukaiset tehtävät.

Kansaneläkelaitos hoitaa tämän lain mukaiset tehtävät.

Kansaneläkelaitos hoitaa tämän lain mukaiset tehtävät.

Kansaneläkelaitos hoitaa tämän lain mukaiset tehtävät.

A person is considered resident in Finland if they live in Finland under the cited social security law.

A person is treated as resident in Finland if they live in Finland under the referenced social security legislation.

A person is treated as resident in Finland if they work in Finland, live in Finland, or are otherwise treated as having the status of a person residing in Finland under the cited law.

A person is treated as living in Finland if they work in Finland, live in Finland, or are otherwise treated as a resident under the cited social security rules.

This section defines three terms used in the Act.

This section defines several terms used in the law.

This section defines key terms used in the Act.

This section defines several terms used in the law, including functional impairment, personal activities, and guidance/supervision.

A person normally must have lived in Finland for at least three years after turning 16 to qualify for the disability benefit, but several exceptions allow entitlement without meeting that residency requirement.

A person must usually have lived in Finland for three years after turning 16 to receive disability benefit, but there are exceptions.

Disability benefit generally requires 3 years of residence in Finland after turning 16.

To get disability benefit, a person must usually have lived in Finland for at least three years after turning 16.

Children under 16, and people aged 16 or over who meet the listed disability conditions, may be entitled to disability allowance; Kela may issue more detailed assessment rules.

Alle 16-vuotias lapsi voi saada vammaistukea, jos sairaus, vika tai vamma aiheuttaa vähintään kuuden kuukauden ajan tavallista suurempaa rasitusta ja sidonnaisuutta.

Children under 16 and people aged 16 or older may qualify for disability benefit if illness, defect, or disability causes the required level and duration of burden, harm, or need for assistance; the benefit has set monthly amounts, and Kela may issue more detailed assessment rules.

Alle 16-vuotias lapsi tai 16 vuotta täyttänyt henkilö voi saada vammaistukea, jos lain edellytykset täyttyvät; Kela voi myös antaa tarkempia määräyksiä arvioinnista.

A qualifying 16+ person may receive care allowance if the listed pension/benefit and care-need conditions are met; Kela can seek a municipal social authority opinion, and veteran supplement is paid automatically when the extra conditions are met.

Eligible persons aged 16 or older may receive care allowance, and Kela must pay the veteran supplement without an application.

Some people 16 or older who receive listed pensions or compensation may be entitled to care allowance, with different monthly levels depending on their need for help and supervision.

This section sets out who can receive care allowance, the monthly amounts, and when Kela must pay the veteran supplement.

Special support may be granted at an increased amount if the basic conditions are met and special costs are expected to reach at least the increased-support amount.

Special expenses may be covered at an increased support level if the support conditions are met and the expenses are expected to reach at least the increased support amount.

If the basic conditions are met and special costs are expected to reach at least the increased support amount, support may be granted at the increased level.

Special expenses may be counted toward increased support if the basic conditions are met and the expenses are expected to reach at least the increased support amount.

When disability allowance or care allowance is based on multiple grounds, it is paid at the level justified by their combined effect.

If a person qualifies for disability benefit or care allowance on several listed grounds, the benefit is paid at the amount justified by the combined effect of the factors.

If a person qualifies for disability allowance or care allowance on multiple listed grounds, the benefit is paid at the amount justified by the combined effect of the factors.

If a person qualifies for disability allowance or care allowance under several listed grounds, the benefit must be paid at the amount justified by the combined effect of the relevant factors.

Vammaistuen tai hoitotuen määrä lasketaan vähentämällä tietyt saman sairauden, vian tai vamman perusteella maksettavat korvaukset ja etuudet; tukea ei makseta kuukaudelta, jos laskettu määrä jää alle 5,38 euron.

Disability allowance or care allowance is paid only to the extent that the monthly amount exceeds certain benefits counted from the same illness, defect, or injury, and it is not paid for months when the amount is under 5.38 euros.

Vammais- tai hoitotuen määrä lasketaan vähentämällä tietyt saman sairauden, vian tai vamman perusteella maksettavat korvaukset ja etuudet; tukea ei makseta kuukausilta, որոնց where the monthly amount is under 5,38 euroa.

Disability care allowance or care allowance is counted only after certain related benefits and compensations are taken into account, and it is not paid for months when the benefit amount is under 5.38 euros.

A disability pension recipient who starts paid work and earns at least 588,66 euros a month may receive the highest disability benefit for persons over 16 during the pension suspension period, without applying.

If a disability pension recipient starts paid work, earns at least 588.66 euros a month, and leaves the pension dormant, they are paid the highest disability allowance for a person over 16 without application for up to 24 months.

A person on disability pension who starts paid work and earns at least 588.66 euros a month may receive the highest disability allowance for persons aged 16+ during the pension suspension period, without applying, for up to 24 months.

If a disability pension recipient starts paid work, earns at least EUR 588.66 per month, and suspends the pension as stated, the person is paid the highest disability allowance for persons aged 16 or over for up to 24 months without application.

A person aged 16 or older who must use gluten-free products because of a properly defined illness is entitled to dietary reimbursement of 23.60 euros per month.

Vammaisetuutta haetaan Kansaneläkelaitokselta, joka myös vahvistaa tarvittavat lomakkeet.

Disability benefit is applied for from Kela, and Kela confirms the forms needed to implement the law.

The benefit is applied for from Kela, and Kela confirms the forms needed for administering the law.

Vammaisetuus haetaan Kansaneläkelaitokselta, ja Kela vahvistaa tarvittavat lomakkeet.

Vammaisetuus is generally paid from the start of the month after the right begins, with a special rule if the right starts on the first day of a month.

Disability benefit is generally paid from the month after entitlement starts, with an exception for entitlement beginning on the 1st day of a month. Retroactive payment is limited to six calendar months before the application unless there is a special reason.

Vammaisetuus is paid retroactively from the start of the month after entitlement arises, with a same-month start if entitlement begins on the 1st day of a month.

Disability benefit is paid retroactively from the start of the month after the right arises, with a special rule if the right starts on the 1st day of a month.

Vammaistuen hakemuksessa ja myöhemmissä ilmoituksissa on annettava tietyt tiedot lapsesta, hänen tilanteestaan ja etuuksistaan Kansaneläkelaitokselle.

The applicant for disability allowance for a person under 16 must include specified personal, residence, health, care, treatment, and other benefit information, and certain guardians or other entitled persons must report later changes to Kela.

Hakemuksessa ja sen jälkeen on annettava Kansaneläkelaitokselle määrätyt tiedot alle 16-vuotiaan vammaistuesta.

Applicants and certain caregivers must give Kela the required information and report later changes for disability benefit for a child under 16.

Applicants and recipients of care support or disability benefit must give Kela the specified personal and benefit information, and guardians/custodians of under-18 recipients are covered too.

Applicants for care allowance or disability allowance for persons over 16 must provide specified personal and benefit information, and recipients must report certain changes.

Applicants and recipients of care allowance or disability allowance must give Kansaneläkelaitos specified personal and benefit information, and the rule also applies to a guardian or custodian for a beneficiary under 18.

Applicants for care allowance or disability allowance for persons aged 16 or over must give Kansaneläkelaitos specified information when applying, and beneficiaries must report certain changes and any relevant pension or similar benefit granted.

A disability benefit applicant must submit a medical certificate to Kela, and the applicant or recipient may also be ordered to undergo an examination. Kela may obtain the certificate itself in some cases and must pay the examination costs.

Vammaisetuuden hakijan on toimitettava Kansaneläkelaitokselle lääkärinlausunto, ja hakija tai saaja voi joutua Kelaan määräyksestä tutkimuksiin perustellusta syystä.

Vammaisetuuden hakijan on toimitettava Kelalle lääkärinlausunto, ja hakija tai saaja voidaan määrätä tutkittavaksi. Kela voi myös hankkia lausunnon ja korvaa tutkimuskulut.

Food allowance compensation applicants and recipients must give Kela the specified information in the application and any other information needed to decide the application and pay the benefit.

Kela may decide a benefit application using the information it already has if the applicant refuses required information or evidence, or if the applicant or beneficiary does not follow an order to attend a medical examination or similar visit.

Kansaneläkelaitos may decide a benefit application using the information it has if the applicant refuses to give needed information or reasonable clarification, or if the applicant or recipient does not comply with a section 20 examination/visit order.

Kela may decide a benefit application using the information it already has if the applicant refuses needed information or reasonable clarification, or if the applicant or recipient does not follow a required attendance order from section 20.

Vammaisetuuden hakijan on toimitettava Kansaneläkelaitokselle lääkärinlausunto, ja hakija tai saaja voi joutua Kelan määräämään tutkimukseen perustellusta syystä.

Benefit decisions must be issued in writing, and they are free of charge. A written decision is also required for certain benefit payments to a municipal body. For index-based or similar legally determined benefit adjustments, a decision is issued only if the beneficiary requests it.

Decisions on a benefit must be given in writing, and decisions under this Act are free of charge.

Benefit decisions must be issued in writing, and they are free of charge.

Kansaneläkelaitos may decide a benefit application using the information it already has if the applicant refuses required information or evidence, or if the applicant or beneficiary does not follow a required attendance order under section 20.

Vammaisetuus is paid monthly to the beneficiary’s bank account in the EU, unless that is not possible or there is a special reason for another payment method.

Vammaisetuus must be paid monthly to the recipient’s bank account in the EU, unless account payment is not possible or there is a special reason for another method.

Vammaisetuus maksetaan yleensä kuukausittain EU:ssa olevalle tilille, jonka saaja ilmoittaa. Tietyissä tilanteissa maksu voidaan tehdä muulla tavalla, ja jos hakija kuolee ennen ratkaisua, maksu voidaan tehdä määrätyille kuolinpesän edustajille vain kuukauden loppuun asti.

Hakijalle on annettava kirjallinen päätös etuuspäätöksistä, ja indeksiperusteinen tarkistus päätetään vain etuudensaajan pyynnöstä. Päätökset ovat maksuttomia.

Disability benefit payments are suspended after three months of serving an unconditional prison sentence, and resumed after release if the benefit conditions have not changed.

Vammaisetuuden maksu keskeytetään vangissa olevalle ehdotonta vankeusrangaistusta suorittavalle etuudensaajalle kolmen kuukauden jälkeen, ja maksu aloitetaan uudelleen vapautumisen jälkeen tietyin ehdoin.

A disability benefit payment is suspended after three months of imprisonment, and payment restarts after release if eligibility has not changed.

Vammaisetuus maksetaan kuukausittain etuudensaajan ilmoittamalle EU:ssa sijaitsevalle tilille; muulla tavalla maksaminen on mahdollista tietyissä tilanteissa, ja jos hakija kuolee ennen ratkaisua, maksu voidaan tehdä leskelle tai kuolinpesän edustajalle määräaikaan asti.

Kela may decide that disability benefit is paid to a recipient’s municipal social welfare body for the recipient’s maintenance if direct payment would endanger the recipient’s livelihood.

Kansaneläkelaitos may decide to pay a disability benefit to the municipal social welfare body if paying the benefit directly to the recipient would endanger the recipient’s livelihood.

Kansaneläkelaitos may pay disability benefit to the beneficiary’s wellbeing services county if paying the beneficiary directly would endanger their livelihood. The payment may only be used for maintenance during the month it is paid unless the beneficiary expressly consents otherwise.

A recipient’s disability benefit payment is suspended after three months of serving an unconditional prison sentence, and it resumes after release if eligibility has not changed.

If a child under 16 receiving disability benefit does not live with the guardian, Kela may pay the benefit to the guardian or to the person caring for the child, and Kela must hear certain bodies before doing so.

Kela must hear the welfare board and the child’s guardian, and it may arrange disability benefit payment to another recipient in certain cases.

Kansaneläkelaitos may pay a disability benefit to the child’s guardian, foster carer, wellbeing services county, or another suitable person in the situations described, and it must hear the wellbeing services county and the child’s guardian.

Kansaneläkelaitos may decide to pay disability benefit to the recipient’s municipal body for maintenance if paying the benefit directly would endanger the recipient’s livelihood.

If a person gets a benefit retroactively, earlier disability benefit or care allowance payments for the same period are treated as advance payment of the later benefit.

If care allowance or disability allowance is granted retroactively, the benefit paid for the same period is treated as an advance payment of the other benefit.

If retroactive care allowance is granted to a person receiving disability benefit, the disability benefit paid for the same period is treated as advance payment of the care allowance, and vice versa.

If a child under 16 who receives disability benefit does not live in the same household as their guardian, the benefit may be paid to the child’s guardian or to the person/care provider who has custody. Kela must hear certain child welfare authorities and the child’s guardian, and may instead pay the benefit to the named body or a suitable person in special cases.

Disability allowance or care allowance may be granted temporarily while a related section 12 matter is being processed, and Kela must then make a final decision once that matter is decided.

Kela may grant disability allowance or care allowance temporarily while a related section 12 benefit or compensation is being processed, and then make a final decision once that other matter is decided.

Disability allowance or care allowance may be granted temporarily while the related case is being processed.

If a person receives disability allowance and is later granted care allowance retroactively, the disability allowance paid for the same period is treated as advance payment of the care allowance. The same rule applies in reverse.

Kansaneläkelaitos may recover a retroactive compensation payment from the payer if temporary disability or care benefit has been paid and the beneficiary later gets a retroactive compensation; Kela must notify the payer at least two weeks before payment.

If temporary disability or care benefit was granted and a retroactive compensation is later paid, Kela may recover the overpaid amount from the payer, and Kela must notify the payer at least two weeks before payment.

If a disability allowance or care allowance was granted temporarily and the recipient later gets a retroactive compensation, Kela may recover from the payer the part that overlaps with overpaid allowance for the same period. Kela must notify the payer at least two weeks before payment.

Kansaneläkelaitos must make a final decision on disability benefit or care allowance after the related section 12 matter is decided; the same temporary handling can also be used while an appeal is pending.

Vammaisetuuden maksu voidaan keskeyttää tilapäisesti tietyissä tilanteissa, ja uudelleen maksaessa takautuva maksu voi ilman erityistä syytä ulottua enintään kuuteen kuukauteen.

Disability benefit payments may be temporarily suspended in several situations, and restarted payments are generally not paid retroactively for more than six months unless there is a special reason.

Vammaisetuuden maksaminen voidaan keskeyttää tietyissä tilanteissa, ja uudelleen maksettaessa takautuva maksu voi olla enintään kuusi kuukautta ilman erityistä syytä.

Kansaneläkelaitos may recover an overpaid retroactive compensation from the payer in certain benefit cases, and it must notify the payer at least two weeks before payment.

Hoitotuen ja vammaistuen määrä tai oikeus tarkistetaan, kun tuensaajan olosuhteet muuttuvat tai kun hänelle myönnetään tai tarkistetaan tietty etuus tai korvaus.

Care or disability allowance must be reviewed when the beneficiary’s circumstances change in a way that affects entitlement or amount, or when certain other benefits/compensations are granted or revised. The institution may grant an increase without an application if the increase conditions are already known.

Care allowance or disability allowance is reviewed when the beneficiary’s circumstances change in a way that affects entitlement or amount, or when certain benefits/compensation are granted or reviewed; Kela may increase support without an application if the increase conditions are known.

Vammaisetuuden maksaminen voidaan keskeyttää tai ratkaista käytettävissä olevien selvitysten perusteella tietyissä tilanteissa.

This section says disability benefits end when entitlement no longer exists, when the recipient is no longer treated as living in Finland, at certain age or benefit-change milestones, if a suspended benefit is not claimed within two years, and payments continue until the end of the month of death.

Several disability-related benefits end when eligibility changes, the recipient is no longer resident in Finland, age limits are reached, linked benefits stop, or a suspended benefit is not claimed within two years. Benefit continues until the end of the month of death.

The benefit stops when the beneficiary’s circumstances change so entitlement ends, when the beneficiary is no longer regarded as living in Finland, when a child turns 16, when certain other pensions or benefits begin, when related care allowances stop, or after a suspended benefit is not claimed within two years. One rule also keeps payment going until the end of the month of death.

Care and disability benefits are reviewed when the beneficiary’s circumstances change or when another qualifying benefit or compensation is awarded or revised. If Kela already knows the grounds for an increase, it may grant the increase without an application.

Liikaa tai aiheetta maksettu etuus on perittävä takaisin; takaisinperinnästä voidaan joissakin tilanteissa luopua, ja perittävä määrä voidaan kuitata myöhemmistä etuuksista.

An overpaid benefit must be recovered. In some cases recovery may be waived or set off, and Kela may recover a post-death payment from the bank without the estate’s consent or a recovery decision.

Overpaid benefits must be recovered, but Kela may waive recovery, offset it from later benefits, and in some post-death cases recover directly from a bank.

Vammaisetuus, vammaistuki ja veteraanilisä lakkaavat tietyissä tilanteissa, kuten olosuhteiden muutoksen, Suomessa asumisen päättymisen, iän täyttymisen, muun etuuden myöntämisen tai maksamisen päättymisen vuoksi.

A recovery decision for an unduly paid benefit must be made within five years of the payment date; a claim confirmed by that decision lapses after five years unless limitation is interrupted.

A recovery decision for an unjustly paid benefit must be made within five years of the payment date, and a claim confirmed by that decision expires after five years unless the limitation period is interrupted.

A recovery decision for an unjustly paid benefit must be made within five years of payment, and a claim confirmed by that decision expires five years after the decision unless interruption rules apply.

Liikaa maksettu etuus on perittävä takaisin, mutta takaisinperinnästä voidaan tietyissä tilanteissa luopua kokonaan tai osittain. Takaisin perittävä määrä voidaan myös kuitata myöhemmästä etuudesta, ja lainvoimainen takaisinperintäpäätös voidaan panna täytäntöön kuten tuomio.

This section says appeals against certain Kela decisions go first to the social security appeal board, then to the insurance court, and Kela decisions must be followed while the case is pending.

A person dissatisfied with a Kela decision under this law may appeal in writing to the Social Insurance Appeals Board.

Kelaa koskevaan päätökseen tyytymätön voi hakea muutosta sosiaaliturvan muutoksenhakulautakunnalta, ja lautakunnan päätöksestä voi valittaa vakuutusoikeuteen. Vakuutusoikeuden päätökseen ei saa enää hakea muutosta valittamalla, ja Kelan päätöstä on noudatettava muutoksenhausta huolimatta, kunnes asia ratkaistaan lainvoimaisesti. Väliaikaiseen Kelan päätökseen ei saa hakea muutosta.

A recovery decision for an unjustifiably paid benefit must be made within five years of payment, and a claim confirmed by that decision generally expires five years after the decision unless interruption rules apply.

A person dissatisfied with a Kela decision may appeal to the social security appeal board, then to the insurance court; insurance court decisions cannot be appealed further.

A party must deliver an appeal letter to the Social Insurance Institution of Finland within 30 days after being deemed to have received the decision.

An appeal letter must be delivered to Kansaneläkelaitos within 30 days after the person is deemed to have learned of the decision.

People dissatisfied with certain decisions by Kansaneläkelaitos may appeal first to the Social Insurance Appeal Board, then to the Insurance Court; Insurance Court decisions cannot be appealed further, and Kansaneläkelaitos decisions still apply while appeal proceedings are pending.

The appeal document must be delivered to Kela within 30 days after the person is deemed to have received the decision.

If Kela fully accepts the appeal’s demands, it must issue a rectification decision. If it does not rectify the decision, it must forward the appeal file and statement to the competent appellate body within 30 days after the appeal period ends, and in some cases no later than 60 days.

Kela must issue a correction decision if it accepts the appeal in full, and it must send the appeal documents and its statement to the appeals body within the stated deadlines if it does not correct the decision.

An appeal letter must be delivered to Kansaneläkelaitos within 30 days after the person is deemed to have been notified of the decision.

Kansaneläkelaitoksen on tietyissä tilanteissa oikaistava päätös ja toimitettava valituskirjelmä sekä lausunto muutoksenhakuelimelle määräajassa.

A late appeal may still be admitted if there is a weighty reason for the delay.

A late appeal may still be admitted if there is a weighty reason for the delay.

Kansaneläkelaitos must issue a correction decision if it fully accepts the appeal’s claims; otherwise it must send the appeal documents and statement to the appeal body within 30 days after the appeal period ends, with a hard latest limit of 60 days.

A late appeal may still be examined if there is a weighty reason for the delay.

Kansaneläkelaitos may correct an erroneous decision and decide the matter again; if the correction would harm the person concerned, the person must consent.

Kansaneläkelaitos may correct an erroneous decision and decide the matter again; if the correction is to the party’s detriment, the party must consent.

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Kansaneläkelaitos may correct a decision if it was based on clearly incorrect or incomplete information, an obviously wrong application of law, or a procedural error.

If new evidence appears in a denied-benefit or benefit-increase case, Kela must reopen the case. Kela may also grant a denied benefit or a larger benefit despite an earlier final decision, and the appeal board and insurance court may do the same in appeal cases.

Kela must reconsider certain benefit cases when new evidence appears, and it may grant a denied benefit or a higher amount even after a final decision.

Kansaneläkelaitos may correct an erroneous decision and re-decide the matter.

Kela must re-examine certain benefit cases when new evidence appears, and it may grant a denied benefit or increase a benefit despite an earlier final decision.

A final disability-benefit decision may be deleted and sent back for reconsideration in limited cases, and the board or court must hear other parties first.

The social insurance appeal board or the insurance court may remove certain final disability-benefit decisions and send the matter back for reconsideration, but parties must be heard first and the decision cannot be appealed.

Kansaneläkelaitoksen must reconsider certain benefit matters when new evidence appears, and it may grant the denied benefit or increase the benefit despite an earlier final decision.

The appeals board or the insurance court may remove a final benefit decision and send the matter back for reconsideration if the decision was based on incorrect or incomplete information or is clearly unlawful. Parties must be heard first, and the appeals board’s decision cannot be appealed by complaint.

Kansaneläkelaitoksella ja muutoksenhakuelimellä on oikeus saada etuuden ratkaisemiseksi tarvittavat tiedot, myös tietyiltä terveydenhuollon ja sosiaalipalvelujen toimijoilta.

Kela ja tämän lain mukainen muutoksenhakuelin saavat tarvitsemansa tiedot etuuden ratkaisemista varten, vaikka tietoja koskisivat salassapitosäännökset.

The appeal board or insurance court may remove a final benefit decision and send the matter back for reconsideration if the decision is based on faulty or incomplete evidence or is clearly unlawful, but the matter must be heard first and the decision cannot be appealed by complaint.

Kela and the appeal body may obtain necessary information for deciding a benefit, despite confidentiality restrictions.

Rikosseuraamuslaitoksen yksikön must notify Kela of certain imprisonment and release information in specified cases; Kela is entitled to receive the listed information free of charge.

Rikosseuraamuslaitoksen yksikön on ilmoitettava tietyt vankeusrangaistusta koskevat tiedot Kansaneläkelaitokselle, jos rangaistus kestää yli kolme kuukautta tai siihen liittyy tietyissä tilanteissa tutkintavankeuden vähennys. Kansaneläkelaitoksella on oikeus saada nämä tiedot maksutta.

Kela ja muutoksenhakuelin saavat etuuden ratkaisemiseksi välttämättömät tiedot, ja niitä saa pyytää myös terveys- ja hoitotiedoista tietyin edellytyksin.

Rikosseuraamuslaitoksen yksikön on ilmoitettava Kelaan tietyt tiedot vankeusrangaistuksen alkamisesta, vapautumisesta ja koevapaudesta, kun vammaisetuuksien täytäntöönpano sitä varten edellyttää.

Kela may disclose certain confidential data to specified foreign social security authorities and may open a technical connection to protected register data; a data requester must show adequate data protection before access is opened.

Kansaneläkelaitos may disclose certain necessary information to specified foreign social security authorities and, when necessary for an examination, health information to the named medical or research recipients.

Rikosseuraamuslaitoksen yksikön on ilmoitettava tietyt vankeusrangaistusta koskevat tiedot Kansaneläkelaitokselle vammaisetuuksien täytäntöönpanoa varten, ja Kela saa nämä tiedot maksutta.

Kansaneläkelaitos may disclose certain confidential information, and it may open a technical connection to its confidential registers under specified conditions.

Kansaneläkelaitos may use information it has received for handling a benefit in an individual case if the information clearly affects the benefit, must be considered in decision-making, and Kela would otherwise be entitled to get it separately.

Kansaneläkelaitos may, in an individual case, use information it received for other statutory tasks when processing a benefit under this law, if the information clearly affects that benefit and must be considered in the decision.

Kansaneläkelaitos may disclose certain confidential information to specified foreign social security authorities and healthcare/research recipients, and may open a technical interface to confidential register data; before the interface is opened, the requester must show that data protection is handled properly.

Kansaneläkelaitos may use certain information in an individual case when handling a benefit under this Act, if the information clearly affects the benefit and must be considered in decision-making.

A registered data subject has no right to require Kela to restrict personal data processing when Kela is performing a task under this Act if the request is manifestly unfounded.

A person has no right to demand that Kela restricts processing of personal data in this situation if the request is manifestly unfounded.

Kansaneläkelaitos may, in an individual case, use information it has received for other statutory tasks when handling a benefit under this Act, if the information clearly affects the benefit and must be considered in decision-making.

Kansaneläkelaitos must give a benefit applicant advance information about where data about them can be obtained and to whom it is regularly disclosed.

If payment of a benefit under this law is delayed, the delayed amount must be paid with an increase for the delay period.

If payment of a benefit under this law is delayed, the overdue benefit must be increased for the delay period.

Kansaneläkelaitoksen on etukäteen annettava etuudenhakijalle tiedot siitä, mistä häntä koskevia tietoja voidaan hankkia ja mihin niitä voidaan säännönmukaisesti luovuttaa.

If payment of a benefit is delayed, the delayed benefit must be paid with a delay increase, unless a specified part is paid to certain insurance institutions or the calculated increase is under 1.47 euros.

Kela must calculate late-payment increment daily, starting from specific delay-period rules, but no increment is paid for delays caused by the applicant or by legal-rule/force-majeure-type interruptions.

The late-payment increase is calculated for each day of delay, with specific rules on when the delay period starts and several exceptions.

If a benefit payment is delayed, the delayed amount must be paid with an increase. The increase rate is the reference rate for the half-year before payment day plus 7 percentage points, but no increased amount is paid if the calculated increase is under 1.47 euros.

Kela must calculate late-payment increases daily, with the delay period starting from specified month-end triggers, unless special exceptions apply.

This section says monetary amounts in the law are indexed to changes in the cost level, except the income limit in section 13, and payable benefits and their minimum amounts must be rounded to the nearest cent.

This section ties monetary amounts in the Act to changes in the cost-of-living index, except the income limit in section 13, and rounds payable benefits and minimum amounts to the nearest cent.

The delay increase for a benefit is calculated for each day of delay, subject to rules on when the delay period starts and when Kela does not have to pay the increase.

This section says monetary amounts in the law are linked to price-level changes, except the income threshold in Section 13, and payable benefits and minimum amounts are rounded to the nearest cent.

This benefit cannot be seized, and any agreement transferring it to someone else is invalid.

A benefit covered by this law cannot be attached, and any contract to transfer that benefit to another person is void.

Amounts set by this law are linked to price-level changes, except the income threshold in section 13, and paid benefits and minimum amounts are rounded to the nearest cent.

Benefits under this law may not be seized, and any agreement to transfer such a benefit to another person is void.

The State must cover disability-benefit costs paid by Kela and make monthly advance payments of the state share.

The State must pay Kela a monthly advance for estimated disability benefit costs, and Kela’s operating costs from implementing the law are charged to the national insurance fund.

Tämän lain mukaista etuutta ei saa ulosmitata, ja sen siirtämistä toiselle koskeva sopimus on mitätön.

Valtio korvaa Kansaneläkelaitokselle vammaisetuuksista aiheutuvat kulut ja maksaa niistä kuukausittain ennakkona 90 %.

If another law refers to the listed disability-care support laws or benefits, the reference is treated as meaning the corresponding provisions and benefit under this Act, unless this Act says otherwise.

This section says certain references in other laws are treated as references to corresponding provisions and benefits under this Act, unless this Act says otherwise. It also says rules in this Act about wellbeing services counties apply to the municipalities of Åland.

The state must reimburse Kela for disability-benefit costs and pay a monthly advance of 90% of the estimated costs.

References in other laws to the listed older benefit laws are to be read as references to the corresponding provisions and benefit under this Act, unless this Act says otherwise.

The law starts on 1 January 2008, repeals two earlier acts, and allows implementation steps before commencement.

This section sets the law’s start date, repeals two earlier laws, and allows implementation steps before commencement.

References in other laws to certain disability and care-benefit provisions are treated as references to the corresponding provisions and benefit under this Act, unless this Act says otherwise.

This section says the law enters into force on 1 January 2008, repeals two earlier laws, and allows implementation steps before commencement.

Siirtymäsäännökset: tietyt ennen lain voimaantuloa maksussa olleet etuudet muutetaan tai niitä maksetaan edelleen vanhojen perusteiden mukaan määräaikaisesti.

This transitional section keeps certain benefits in payment after the law starts, converts some existing benefits to the new law’s form, and limits retroactive grants to one year unless there is a special reason.

This section sets the law’s start date, repeals two earlier laws, and allows preparatory implementation steps before commencement.

This transitional section keeps certain existing disability and care benefits paying under old rules for a time, converts some benefits to the new law, and limits some retroactive grants.

This transitional section converts certain existing benefits to the new benefit scheme, continues some payments under prior rules for a time, and limits some retroactive awards.