Pension and cash benefits stop during forensic psychiatric placement
Official title (in Danish): Lov om ændring af lov om social pension og forskellige andre love (Ophør af udbetaling af forsørgelsesydelser til anbringelses- og behandlingsdømte)
In short
Reading time: 1 min- What changes:
- The act stops payment of state pension and cash benefit while a person is placed or admitted to forensic psychiatry following a placement or treatment order.
- The person can still apply for other benefits, e.g. housing benefit and child allowance, if the conditions are met.
- Who: The act applies to persons sentenced to a placement order or a treatment order, and to persons placed in a psychiatric ward under section 78 of the Danish Execution of Sentences Act. Persons sentenced to outpatient treatment with the possibility of admission, and persons placed in alternative to custody (instead of being held in a remand prison), are not covered.
- When: The Act entered into force on 1 January 2026.
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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)
Regeringen og et bredt flertal i Folketinget indgik i april 2025 en delaftale som led i en reform af beskæftigelsesindsatsen. Aftalen handler om at ensrette reglerne for udbetaling af forsørgelsesydelser til personer, der er dømt til behandling eller anbringelse i retspsykiatrien. De vigtigste ændringer er følgende: Udbetaling af pensioner og kontanthjælp stoppes ved indlæggelse/anbringelse i retspsykiatrien, hvis borgeren har fået en behandlings- eller anbringelsesdom. Pensionister mister ikke deres pensioniststatus og får igen pension efter udskrivelse. Kontanthjælpsmodtagere mister deres status som kontanthjælpsmodtagere ved indlæggelse eller anbringelse og skal søge om kontanthjælp på ny efter udskrivelse. Lovforslaget omfatter både nuværende og kommende patienter, som har modtaget eller modtager en behandlings- eller anbringelsesdom. De berørte borgere får i stedet et skattefrit månedligt beløb på 1.725 kr. (2025-niveau). Der kan fortsat søges om visse støtteydelser som f.eks. boligstøtte og børnetilskud. Hovedparten af lovforslaget skal træde i kraft den 1. januar 2026, dog sådan, at visse dele har andre ikrafttrædelses- og virkningstidspunkter.
Source: Folketinget (ft.dk). Reproduced unchanged.
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- Introduced · 8 October 2025Status in the Danish Parliament: Fremsat
- Passed · 11 December 2025Status in the Danish Parliament: 3.beh./Vedtaget
- Stadfæstet · 16 December 2025Status in the Danish Parliament: Stadfæstet
- In force · 1 January 2026Status in the Danish Parliament: Stadfæstet