Kwasniewski also gave a speech at the Institute of International Relations. Sejm returned the Government Bill on Health Insurance to the respective commission. Earlier both Government coalition parties, SLD and PSL supported the Bill while the opposition wanted to reject it entirely. The Acting Labor Minister will be Maciej Manicki, currently a deputy minister, who prior to becoming civil servant was a deputy president of OPZZ, one of the two competing national labor organizations. The Sejm is working on an amendment that would allow some 300,000 homeless people to receive privatization certificates.
Current regulations require a proof of fixed address.
Solidarity leader Marian Krzaklewski announced after meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Treasury Minister Miroslaw Pietrewicz that the government postition is evolving in a good direction. The Law on the Medical Profession was passed by the Sejm. However, the doctor would be obligated to refer the patient to a person or clinic who would perform the procedure. The bill also provides for licensing private medical practises, which are currently uncontrolled. Only the Supreme Court can extend this period, and only under strictly prescribed circumstances.