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Compensation benefit: direct payment to a provider
Official title (in Danish): Bekendtgørelse om kompensationsydelse efter lov om social service
In short
Reading time: 1 min- What changes:
- Citizens who receive compensation benefit can now agree with the municipality that certain services are paid directly to a provider.
- The amount is deducted from the monthly instalments.
- The amount limit and the standard amount are now stated at the 2025 level.
- The option to agree that one-off expenses are paid out once they have been documented already existed.
- Who: The rules apply to people aged between 18 and the state pension age with a permanent physical or mental impairment, and to people with a permanent impairment who have deferred payment of the state pension. The expenses must be a result of the impairment and cannot be covered under other legislation.
- When: The executive order entered into force on 15 September 2026.
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Source: Retsinformation.dk
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- Issued · 9 September 2026
- Published in the Danish Law Gazette (Lovtidende) · 10 September 2026
- In force · 15 September 2026