Allowance for personal needs for certain hospital patients
In short
Reading time: 1 min- What changes:
- The executive order adds a right to an allowance for personal needs for patients in specific situations.
- The hospital pays out the allowance.
- At the same time, paragraph 2 clarifies that the amount in paragraph 1 can be paid out at the earliest after 6 months of total admission time.
- Who: The rule applies to patients whose pension has ended, and to patients in a psychiatric department who can only get help under certain rules in the Act on Active Social Policy.
- When: The executive order entered into force on 1 January 2026.
Written by AI from verbatim quotes from the source and checked by code and AI. Dates, tables and the fact box are calculated by fixed rules. Unofficial translation. Always read the original.
The executive order amends the rules on the right to hospital treatment etc. New rules on an allowance for personal needs are introduced.
A patient has the right to the allowance if the patient's pension has ended under the rules in the Act on State Pension. The same applies if the pension has ended under the rules on disability pension.
The allowance also applies to some patients in a psychiatric department. These are patients who have been sentenced to placement or treatment, or who have been placed under the Act on the Execution of Sentences. It applies to patients who can only receive payment of help under certain rules in the Act on Active Social Policy.
The hospital pays out the allowance. At the same time, it is clarified that the amount mentioned in paragraph 1 is paid out by the hospital. The rule that the allowance can be paid out at the earliest when the patient has had 6 months of total admission time still applies. The only new element is the clarification that it is the amount under paragraph 1 that is referred to.
Sources and original
Official title (in Danish)Bekendtgørelse om ændring af bekendtgørelse om ret til sygehusbehandling m.v
Read the official text (in Danish) →
Source: Retsinformation.dk
Translated from Danish · The Danish version and the original source apply.
Timeline
How to read the timeline
- Filled dot: this has happened. The date and the source are shown below the point.
- Empty dot: an upcoming step. The date may be known or not known yet.
- Square: the case ended here, e.g. because the bill was rejected or withdrawn.
- "The date is in the source, but entry into force has not been confirmed yet" (or just "not confirmed yet") means the date has passed, but the source does not yet show that the law or rule has entered into force. We only change the status when the source confirms it.
- Issued · 8 December 2025
- Published in the Danish Law Gazette (Lovtidende) · 17 December 2025
- In force · 1 January 2026