Bill: Free dental care for people on cash benefits and other people in financial hardship, and a longer wage subsidy scheme for newly graduated people with disabilities
Official title (in Danish): Forslag til lov om ændring af lov om aktiv socialpolitik, lov om kompensation til handicappede i erhverv m.v. og integrationsloven. (Vederlagsfri tandpleje for kontanthjælpsmodtagere og andre nærmere bestemte persongrupper og forsøg med udvidelse af løntilskudsordningen for nyuddannede med handicap)
In short
Reading time: 1 min- What is proposed:
- The bill proposes to make dental treatment free for, among others, people on cash benefits, and to abolish the current patient co-payment of DKK 600.
- It also proposes that in 2027 and 2028, newly graduated people with disabilities can apply for jobs with a wage subsidy for up to 4 years after graduation instead of 2 years.
- Who would be affected: It will affect people on cash benefits, others on benefits at cash benefit level, people who are so financially strained that they cannot pay the dental bill, and newly graduated people with disabilities.
- When: The bill has not been passed yet.
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If the bill is passed:
- The municipality must pay the entire patient co-payment for dental care for people on cash benefits and others who receive benefits at cash benefit level.
- People who do not receive cash benefits but are so financially strained that they cannot pay the dental bill themselves can ask the municipality to cover the patient co-payment for dental care, based on a concrete assessment of their finances.
- The new group of financially strained people must apply for help for each treatment course and document their finances and the size of the expense.
Sources and original
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Source: the Danish Parliament (ft.dk)
Translated from Danish · The Danish version and the original source apply.
Summary by the Danish Parliament (in Danish)
Lovforslaget har som hovedformål at gøre tandpleje vederlagsfri for kontanthjælpsmodtagere og andre, der modtager ydelser på kontanthjælpsniveau. Den årlige egenbetaling på 600 kr. og den delvise dækning afskaffes, så kommunen betaler hele egenbetalingen. Økonomisk trængte personer, som ikke modtager disse ydelser, kan også få dækket tandpleje efter en konkret vurdering af deres økonomi. Lovforslaget udmønter dele af ”Aftalen om en ny model for voksentandplejen” indgået den 17. december 2025 mellem den tidligere regering (Socialdemokratiet, Venstre og Moderaterne), Danmarksdemokraterne, Socialistisk Folkeparti, Liberal Alliance, Det Konservative Folkeparti, Enhedslisten, Dansk Folkeparti, Radikale Venstre og Alternativet. Lovforslaget gennemfører også en handicappolitisk aftale om at udvide løntilskudsordningen for nyuddannede med handicap, så ordningen som et forsøg kan benyttes af målgruppen indtil 4 år efter endt uddannelse. Lovforslaget foreslås at træde i kraft den 1. januar 2027. Den del, der handler om en udvidelse af løntilskudsordningen for nyuddannede med handicap, foreslås at træde i kraft den 1. januar 2029.
Source: Folketinget (ft.dk). Reproduced unchanged.
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- Introduced · 8 October 2026Status in the Danish Parliament: Fremsat
- PassedAwaiting the Danish Parliament
- Enters into forceThe date is not known yet