Changes to Acts as a result of the Elderly Care Act
Official title (in Danish): Lov om ændring af lov om social service, lov om retssikkerhed og administration på det sociale område, lov om socialtilsyn og forskellige andre love (Ændringer som følge af ældreloven, lov om ældretilsyn og lov om lokalplejehjem og udskillelse af reglerne om madservice fra bestemmelsen om personlig og praktisk hjælp i lov om social service)
In short
Reading time: 1 min- What changes:
- The act adapts the Social Services Act, the Legal Protection Act and a number of other acts to the Elderly Care Act.
- The rules on meal services are separated from the provision on personal and practical assistance and grouped together in a new § 83 b of the Social Services Act.
- At the same time, the rules on nursing homes and several other elderly care provisions are moved from the Social Services Act to the Elderly Care Act.
- When: Some parts entered into force on 31 December 2024. Section 6 entered into force on 1 January 2025. Some parts entered into force on 1 July 2025. Section 3, no. 1 will enter into force on 1 July 2027.
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The case at the Danish Parliament (ft.dk)
Source: Retsinformation.dk
Translated from Danish · The Danish version and the original source apply.
Summary by the Danish Parliament (in Danish)
Lovforslaget gennemfører en række konsekvensændringer i forskellige lovgivninger, der er nødvendige som følge af de samtidigt fremsatte lovforslag til ældreloven og ældretilsynsloven. Loven udmønter sammen med forslag til ældreloven, ældretilsynsloven og lov om lokalplejehjem samt forslag til lov om ændring af lov om friplejeboliger og lov om almene boliger ”Aftale om en reform af ældreområdet”, som blev indgået i april 2024 af regeringen (Moderaterne, Socialdemokratiet og Venstre), Danmarksdemokraterne, Socialistisk Folkeparti, Liberal Alliance, Det Konservative Folkeparti og Radikale Venstre. Lovforslagene har overordnet til formål at frisætte ældreområdet og forandre den måde, ældreplejen styres, leveres, dokumenteres og kontrolleres på.
Source: Folketinget (ft.dk). Reproduced unchanged.
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- Introduced · 7 November 2024Status in the Danish Parliament: Fremsat
- Passed · 19 December 2024Status in the Danish Parliament: 3.beh./Vedtaget
- Stadfæstet · 30 December 2024Status in the Danish Parliament: Stadfæstet
- Partly entered into force · 31 December 2024Status in the Danish Parliament: Stadfæstet
- Partly entered into force · 1 January 2025Status in the Danish Parliament: Stadfæstet
- Partly entered into force · 1 July 2025Status in the Danish Parliament: Stadfæstet
- The rest enters into force · 1 July 2027In 238 days