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Changes to support for children with disabilities or illness
Official title (in Danish): Bekendtgørelse om tilskud til pasning af børn og unge med handicap eller langvarig sygdom
In short
Reading time: 1 min- What changes:
- If a family has several children, the expenses for the children can now be added together when enough expenses must be shown or documented for the compensation benefit.
- Families who receive compensation benefit under section 86(2), 3rd sentence, of the Act on Children (documented expenses) can also agree that the municipality settles certain benefits directly with a supplier.
- The amount is then deducted from the monthly instalments.
- The amounts of DKK 6,660, DKK 555 and DKK 500 are unchanged, but are now stated at the 2025 level.
- 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