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Timestamp: 2019-08-22 04:40:26
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Matched Legal Cases: ['Art. 12', 'art. 12', 'Art. 19', 'Art. 20', 'Art. 18', 'Art. 21', 'Art. 22', 'Art. 23', 'Art. 21', 'Art. 24', 'Art. 25', 'Art. 26', 'Art. 28', 'Art. 30', 'Art. 32', 'art. 32', 'Art. 36', 'Art. 37', 'Art. 40', 'art. 40', 'Art. 40', 'art. 40', 'Art. 40', 'Art. 40', 'Art. 40', 'Art. 40', 'art. 36', 'Art. 42', 'Art. 43', 'art. 42', 'art. 42', 'Art. 1', 'art. 6', 'art. 31', '§ 2', '§ 3', '§ 4', '§ 5', '§ 4', '§ 3', '§ 6', '§ 5', '§ 23', 'art. 34', 'art. 35', '§ 24', '§ 6', 'art. 34', '§ 7', '§ 3', '§ 1', 'art. 9', 'art. 15', '§ 4']

Prom. SG. 133/11 Nov 1998, amend. SG. 38/23 Apr 1999, amend. SG. 42/5 May 1999, amend. SG. 112/23 Dec 1999, amend. SG. 30/11 Apr 2000, amend. SG. 48/13 Jun 2000, amend. SG. 98/1 Dec 2000, corr. SG. 100/8 Dec 2000, amend. SG. 19/2 Mar 2001, amend. SG. 97/13 Nov 2001, amend. SG. 26/12 Mar 2002, suppl. SG. 46/7 May 2002, amend. SG. 81/23 Aug 2002, amend. SG. 118/20 Dec 2002, amend. SG. 40/29 Apr 2003
(3) The differentiated minimal income for the individual persons shall be determined as the guaranteed minimal income is adjusted by the following coefficients:
1. for a person living alone - 1.0;
2. (revoked, SG 118/02)
3. (amend. SG 97/01) for disabled with permanently reduced working capacity 50 percent or over 50 percent - 1.2;
4. for an orphan child - 1.2;
5. for single parent with a child or children under 16 years of age, and if they study up to 18 years of age - 1.2;
6. for every of the spouses living together - 0.9;
7. for underage child in the family - 0.9 and if he/she does not study and from 7 to 16 years of age - 0.5;
8. (amend. SG 97/01) for children with permanent disorder - 1.2;
9. for person living together with another person (persons) or family - 0.9.
10. (new, SG 42/99) To lonely parent with child from 16 to 18 years of age who does not study - 1.0.
11. (new, SG 46/02) to pregnant women 45 days before childbirth - 1.2;
12. (new, SG 46/02) to a parent raising a child up to 3 years of age - 1.2.
13. (new, SG 118/02) for a person from 65 to 75 years of age, living alone - 1.7;
14. (new, SG 118/02) for a person over 70 years of age - 1.2;
15. (new, SG 18/02) for a person over 75 years, living alone - 2.0;
16. (new, SG 118/02) for disabled with permanently reduced working ability 70 and over 70 percent - 1.5;
17. (new, SG 118/02) for a single parent taking care of a child under 3 years of age - 1.5.
(4) In the presence of more than one of the grounds for determining coefficient under para 3 shall apply the higher coefficient.
5. not to have concluded contracts for submitting property against obligation for support and/or care; these requirements shall not apply in the cases when those who have undertaken the obligation for support and/or care are students, unemployed and in age of incapacity or disabled;
7. (amend. SG 40/03) the unemployed must be registered in the directorates “Employment bureaux” for at least 6 months before filing the application for social support and not to have refused offered job and their inclusion in qualification courses for qualification and re-qualification organised by the directorates “Employment bureaux”.
(2) (amend. SG 97/01) The requirements under para 1, item 1 shall not regard the owners of homes where a person with permanently reduced working capacity of 50 percent or over 50 percent, or very sick member of the family lives, as well as when the homes cannot be source of additional income due to impossibility of renting them, poor technical condition, health, hygienic, social and other similar reasons.
(3) (amend. SG 40/03) Registration under para 1, item 7 in the directorates “Employment bureaux” shall not be required for granting monthly support to:
2. (amend. SG 97/01) disabled with permanently reduced working capacity of 50 percent or over 50 percent;
(4) (amend. SG 40/03) The term under para 1, item 7 shall not regard the persons who have registered in the directorates “Employment bureaux” within one month from:
3. the discharge from recruitment military service;
4. (amend. SG 40/03) the conclusion of the work under programmes for occupation or seasonal work;
6. (suppl., SG 97/01) the graduation from social educational vocational establishment or special schools;
7. (amend. SG 40/03) the receiving of permission for permanent stay in the Republic of Bulgaria, the granting of asylum, refugee status or humanitarian status;
8. (new – SG 40/03) the expiry of the term of the expert order of the territorial expert medical commission (TEMC), the National expert medical commission (NEMC) or the regional expert medical commission (REMC), with which is determined 50 or over 50 percent reduction of ability to work;
1. (amend. SG 97/01, suppl. SG 40/03) the persons of age up to 30 years co-habitants with their parents of whom the income per member of the family exceeds the triple amount of the guaranteed minimal income, except in the cases when these persons and/or their parents have permanently reduced working capacity of 50 percent or over 50 percent;
4. (suppl. SG 46/02) students in regular, extra mural and evening form of education in the higher schools, as well as the students in the private schools with exception of the disabled students, pregnant women and mothers raising children up to 3 years of age studying in regular, extra mural and evening form of education in the higher schools;
Art. 12. (1) (amend. SG 40/03) The unemployed persons, who are not included in programmes for employment under art. 12b, para 1 of the Law of social support, shall receive monthly support on condition that they have not refused to participate in programmes organised by the municipal administration for providing social services, ecological programmes for urbanisation and hygienic work in the populated areas for no less than 5 days.
(2) The persons under para 1, who have refused to participate in the programmes organised by the municipalities shall be refused monthly support for the month when the refusal was made.
(3) (amend. SG 97/01; suppl. SG 46/02; amend. SG 40/03) The requirements under para 1 and the deprivation from monthly support under para 2 shall not apply to:
4. the persons, taking care of an ill member of the family or for an ill relative in ascending or descending line up to second degree;
5. the persons, taking care of a member of the family or for a relative in ascending or descending line up to second degree, who are with lasting damage and need permanently other’s help;
6. the persons with severe psychic diseases, established by the competent bodies.
1. orphans up to 25 years of age, who have graduated social educational professional institutions;
3. (amend. SG 97/01) single disabled with 71 percent or over 71 percent of reduced working capacity;
(2) (amend. SG 40/03) The one-time support under para 1, up to the five-fold amount of the guaranteed minimal income shall be determined by an order of the director of directorate “Social support” or official, authorised by him.
(2) The amount of the support of para 1 shall be determined by the director of directorate “Social support” depending on the expenses, necessary for buying of forms and payment of the fee for issuing of personal card, for photos and transport expenses.
(2) (amend. SG 40/03) The support under para 1 shall be subject to accounting within two weeks from the return of the person to the country and the unused sum shall be restored to the directorates “Social support”.
Art. 19. (1) (amend. SG 97/01) The disabled with 71 percent or over 71 percent of permanently reduced working capacity, the military disabled and the children up to 16 years of age with permanent disorders shall have the right to free travelling twice a year - to and from destination, by railroad and bus transport in the country.
Art. 20. (1) (amend. SG 40/03) The right of free transportation under Art. 18 and 19 shall be exercised against presented certificate issued by the directorates “Social support” at the permanent address of the persons.
(2) (suppl. SG 40/03) The order of granting and spending the resources for the free transportation shall be determined by an order issued by the Minister of Finance and by the Minister of Transport and Communications.
Art. 21. (1) (amend. SG 97/01) The disabled with 71 percent or over 71 percent of permanently reduced working capacity, The disabled with 50 to 70 percent of diseases of the lower limbs and the children from 7 to 16 years of age with permanent disorders shall be entitled to a monthly social support for transport services amounting to 15 percent of the guaranteed minimal income.
(2) The right under para 1 shall be exercised on condition that the income of a member of the family for the preceding month is lower than the triple amount of the guaranteed minimal income for each member of the family.
Art. 22. (amend. SG 97/01) (1) The disabled with permanently reduced working capacity over 90 percent, the military disabled and the children under 16 years of age with permanent disorders shall have the right to expedient aid once a year for balneological treatment and food up to the triple size of the guaranteed minimal income.
(2) The right under para 1 shall also be exercised by the escorts of the persons for whom another's help is determined.
(3) (suppl. SG 40/03) The aid under para 1 shall be provided upon presentation of an expense document for balneological treatment and food in one month term after the final date of the stay.
Art. 23. The rights under Art. 21 and 22 shall be provided if the persons do not exercise them on other grounds.
Art. 24. (amend. SG 97/01) Right to a monthly expedient aid amounting to 20 percent of the guaranteed minimal income for using analogue or digital telephone shall have:
1. the disabled over 16 years of age with reduced working capacity over 90 percent with determined another's help;
2. the children under 16 years of age with over 90 percent of permanently reduced possibility of social adaptation with determined another's help.
(2) The aid under para 1 shall be paid on condition that the telephone post has been opened in the name of the entitled, to a member of his family or to a person living together with him.
Art. 25. (1) (amend. SG 42/99, SG 26/02, SG 40/03) The monthly, the purposed and one-time support, by the judgement of the head of the directorates “Social support”, shall be provided in kind in the cases when:
(3) (new, SG 42/99) The persons and the families refused to receive the determined support in kind shall be deprived from it for the corresponding month.
Art. 26. (1) (suppl. SG 40/03) The social support shall be conceded on the basis of application-declaration in a form, filed by the person of age to the directorates “Social support” and after presenting of personal card or personal passport.
2. medical certificate, record of PCC, expert order of TEMC or NEMC and expert order of the REMCC or of the Central expert medical consultative commission (REMCC);
5. military card for reference.
(5) If necessary the municipal offices for social support can require other documents.
(6) (suppl. SG 40/03) When processing the applications for social support required by official order shall be the necessary information from the territorial structures if the tax administration, from the directorates “Employment bureaux”, from the territorial departments "Social assurance" and from other state and municipal institutions as well as by individuals and they shall be obliged to provide it within 14 days from the date of its request.
Art. 28. (amend. SG 40/03) (1) In 7 days term after the presenting of the social report the director of directorate “Social support” or an official, authorised by him shall issue an order according to appendix No 3.
(2) In 7 days term after the issuing of the order the interested person shall be notified in writing.
Art. 30. (amend. SG 40/03) The directorates “Social support” shall monthly prepare a list of the persons and the families who have acquired right of monthly social support which shall be announced in a visible place in the building of the directorates “Social support”.
Art. 32. (1) (prev. text of art. 32 - SG 97/01, amend. SG 40/03) The monthly support shall be discontinued with an order by the director of directorate “Social support” or an official, authorised by him from the first day of the month, following the month during which the grounds for granting it has been dropped.
(2) (new – SG 97/01, amend. SG 40/03) The monthly aid shall be changed, stopped and renewed by the chief of the directorates “Social support” or by an official authorised by him.
(2) Social services, provided in the community, are:
6. centre for social rehabilitation and integration;
7. centre for temporary accommodation;
8. accepting care;
9. crisis centre;
10. centre for accommodation of family type;
11. protected homes;
12. public canteens.
(3) Specialised institutions for conceding of social services are:
1. homes for children or youths with damages;
2. homes for elderly people with damages;
3. social education-professional establishments;
4. homes for elderly people;
5. asylums;
6. homes for temporary accommodation.
Art. 36a. (new – SG 40/03) (1) The executive director of the Agency for social support shall permit opening or closing of specialised institution for conceding of social services, on proposal by the director of the regional directorate for social support.
1. motivated order of the municipal council for opening or closing of the specialised institution, pointing out the capacity, the number of the staff, the resources for salary, the material maintenance and the date of opening or closing of the specialised institution;
2. copy of a document for ownership of the building, in which the services will be conceded.
(3) In 14 days term after receiving of the proposal of para 1 the executive director of the Agency for social support shall permit or refuse with an order the opening or the closing of the specialised institution for conceding of social services.
(4) The refusal for issuing of the permission of para 3 shall be subject to appeal by the order of the Law of the administrative procedures.
Art. 37. (amend. SG 40/03) (1) The mayor of the municipality can assign the management of the specialised institutions and the conceding of social services in the community after conducting of competition.
1.the conditions for participation and the requirements to the candidates;
(3) The order shall be subject to appeal by the order of the Law of the administrative procedures.
1. the director of directorate “Social support” – for the social services, which are state activity;
1. a copy of identification document;
3. (amend. SG 40/03) a copy of order of PCC, TEMC, RECC, NEMC, CEMCC if there is such.
(4) On the basis of the submitted application and the attached documents the body para 1, items 1 – 3, shall implement social assessment of the needs of the person for social services, which shall be reflected in a report-proposal.
Art. 40a. (new – SG 40/03) (1) The accommodation at specialised institutions and the conceding of social services in the community, when they are state activity, shall be implemented with an order by the director of directorate “Social support”, issued on the basis of the report of art. 40, para 4.
Art. 40b. (new – SG 40/03) The refusal of the bodies of art. 40a of accommodation in specialised institution or conceding of social services in the community shall be appealed by the order of the Law of the administrative procedures.
Art. 40c. (new – SG 40/03) The provider of social services shall be obliged to concede to the potential users draft of contract for conceding of social services and written information about:
Art. 40d. (new – SG 40/03) (1) The suppliers of social services in specialised institutions and the providers of long term conceded social services in the community shall prepare individual plan after assessment of the needs of each user and formulation of the objectives, which must be achieved.
(5) The providers of social services shall assess the fulfilment of the plan of para 1 at each 6 months and if necessary update it.
Art. 40e. (new – SG 40/03) (1) The providers of social services at the specialised institutions shall keep register of the accommodated persons.
1. the name, the permanent and/or the present address, the date of birth and the family status of the accommodated persons;
2. the act for accommodation of the persons at the specialised institution;
3. the name, the permanent and/or the present address and the telephone number of guardian, trustee or close relative of the accommodated persons;
4. the name, the address and the telephone number of the personal physician of the accommodated persons;
5. the date of accommodation;
7. the date, the hour and the reason for the death in the cases when the accommodated person has deceased at the specialised institution.
Art. 40f. (new – SG 40/03) The social services, conceded at specialised institutions, and the services of art. 36, para 2, items 5 – 10, must meet the following standards and criteria for location and material base:
1. ensured correct feeding regime, accounting for the requirements of the Law of public health and the normative acts for its implementation;
2. ensured high quality, healthy and nutrient food accounting for the nutrition needs and the personal choice or the users and observing the requirements of the Law of the public health and the normative acts for its implementation;
3. compliance of the premises, in which are preserved food products, with the requirements, defined by the specialised control bodies.
3. planing of cultural, spot and other activities and encouragement of the users of social services to participate in them;
4. organising of cultural activities and excursions.
1. compliance of the number, the experience and the qualification of the staff with he kind of the conceded service;
2. periodical assessment of the fulfilment of the tasks by the staff;
Art. 42. (amend. SG 40/03) At the Agency for social support a register shall be kept of the individuals, registered under the Commercial law, and of the corporate bodies, who can concede social services.
Art. 43. (amend. SG 40/03) (1) The persons of art. 42 shall submit for entering in the register application to the executive director of the Agency for social support according to the model of appendix No 5, to which shall be attached certified copies of:
1. the decision for initial court registration;
2. the certificate for updated status, issued by the competent court;
3. the card for identification in register BULSTAT;
4. certificate for tax registration.
(2) The persons of art. 42, who will concede social services for children up to 18 years of age shall attach to the application for entering in the register also a certified copy of the license for this.
(3) In the register shall be entered the following circumstances:
1. data about the person – number and file of the court registration, number of the company file, name, headquarters, unified identification code in register BULSTAT, number of NTR, kind of the person;
2. data about the representation of the person under court registration – name, UCN, permanent and/or present address;
(3) The refusal of para 1 shall be subject to appeal by the order of the Law of the administrative procedures.
4. at not implementing of activity for conceding of social services by the registered person in a period of one year;
2. "The family" includes the spouses and the underage children with exception of the married ones.
3. "Single parent" is a person who, due to widowhood, divorce or without marriage raise alone children under 18 years of age.
6. (amend. SG 40/03) "Unemployed" are all physically and psychologically fit for work persons in labour capacity age who are registered at the directorates “Employment bureaux” and actively seek jobs.
b) (amend. SG 97/01) the extra to the support for the disabled with reduced working capacity over 90 percent with a right of another's help;
c) (suppl. SG 46/02) one-time support for birth according to Art. 1 of the Decree for encouraging child bearing by March 31, 2002, including according to art. 6 of the Law for the family allowances for children;
k) (new – SG 40/03) the labour remuneration, received during the last month from participation in the National programme “From social support to ensuring of employment”;
l) (new – SG 40/03) the scholarships, received from the National programme “From social support to ensuring of employment”.
12. (new – SG 97/01) "Age under working ability" is the age under 16 and over the age for acquiring right to pension for insurance service and age determined by the Code for the obligatory public insurance.
14. (new – SG 40/03) “Programmes for employment” are programmes, which are realised under the conditions and by the order of art. 31 of the Law of encouragement of employment.
15. (new – SG 40/03) “Providers of social services” are the state and the municipalities as well as the individuals, registered under the Commercial law and corporate bodies, entered in the register of the Agency for social support.
16. (new – SG 40/03) “Users of social services” are the persons and the families, who use social services in the community and in specialised institutions.
17. (new – SG 40/03) “Personal assistant” is a person, taking permanent care of a child or elderly person with durable damage or for grave ill, for satisfying of his every day needs.
18. (new – SG 40/03) “Social assistant” is a person, conceding a complex of services, directed to social work and consultations of the users and connected with satisfaction of the needs for organisation of the free time and implementing of contacts.
19. (new – SG 40/03) “Home assistant” is a person, conceding services in home conditions, directed to the hygiene of the used home, shopping and preparing of food, washing and other communal – household activities.
20. (new – SG 40/03) “Home social patronage” is a complex of social services, conceded at the homes, connected with supply of food; maintaining of the personal hygiene and the hygiene of the home premises, inhabited by the user; co-operation for supply with the necessary technical auxiliary means for users with damages; household services etc.
21. (new – SG 40/03) “Day centre” is a complex of social services, which create conditions for overall servicing of the users during the day, connected with conceding of food, satisfying of the every day, the health, the education and the rehabilitation needs, as well as need for organisation of the free time and the personal contacts.
22. (new – SG 40/03) “Centre for social rehabilitation and integration” is a complex of social services, connected with implementing of rehabilitation, social-legal consultations, educational and professional training and orientation, preparing of individual programmes for social integration.
23. (new – SG 40/03) “Centre for temporary accommodation” is a complex of social services, conceded to homeless persons, directed to satisfaction of their every day needs, for a term not longer than 3 months.
24. (new – SG 40/03) “Receiving care” is bringing up and education in family environment of a child, who is accommodated by the order of the Law of protection of he child in a family of spouses or at a separate person on the basis of a contract.
25. (new – SG 40/03) “Crisis centre” is a complex of social services, conceded to persons, suffered from violence or victims of traffic, and directed to satisfaction of their every day needs and preparing of individual programmes for social integration.
26. (new – SG 40/03) “Centre for accommodation of family type” is a complex pf social services, which are conceded in environment, close to the family one, for a limited number of children -–not more than 15.
27. (new – SG 40/03) “Protected homes” are forms of social services, in which the people lead independent way of life, supported by professionals.
28. (new – SG 40/03) “Public canteens” are social services, directed to satisfying of the need for food of people, who cannot ensure it by themselves.
29. (new – SG 40/03) “Long term services” are the services, conceded for a term longer than 3 months.
30. (new – SG 40/03) “Short term services” are the services, conceded for a term up to 3 months.
(2) (new – SG 97/01) The persons living together as family shall be supported as a family.
§ 2. (amend. SG 97/01, SG 40/03) The persons with permanent disorders whose reduced working capacity has been established upon the age of acquiring right to pension for insurance service or age or they have accomplished it within the period by a order of PCC/NPCC shall exercise their rights under the regulations for life regardless of the period determined by the expert order.
§ 3. The monthly expedient support for heating for 1998 against applications, filed within one month from the promulgation of the regulations in the State Gazette shall be granted as of November 1.
§ 4. (new, SG 97/01) For the Bulgarian citizens of age over 70 who have not replaced their identification documents the address registration shall be considered permanent address.
§ 5. (Prev. § 4 - SG 97/01) The regulations are adopted pursuant to § 3 of the concluding provisions of the Law for the social support.
§ 6. (new, SG 98/00; prev. § 5 - SG 97/01) The fulfilment of the regulations is assigned to the Minister of Labour and Social Policy.
(SG No 98/00)
The decree shall enter into force on November 1, 2000.
(SG 97/01)
§ 23. The resources necessary for payment of the expedient support for heating for November 2001 shall be provided by the Minister of Finance by the order of art. 34 of the Law for the structure of the state budget, and in the presence of conditions - by the order of art. 35, para 2 of the same law as well.
§ 24. The decree shall enter into force on November 1, 2001.
(SG 46/02)
§ 6. The resources necessary for fulfilment of the decree shall be provided by the Minister of Finance by the order of art. 34, para 1 of the Law for the structure of the state budget.
§ 7. The Minister of Finance, upon proposal of the Minister of Labour and Social Policy shall introduce the changes to the central budget ensuing from the decree, as well as to the budget relations of the municipalities with the republican budget for 200
(SG 118/02)
§ 3. The coefficients determined by § 1, item 2 for supplementing art. 9, para 3 by items 13 - 17 shall not apply in determining the right of the persons to a monthly expedient aid for heating according to art. 15 for the heating season 2002 - 2003.
§ 4. The decree shall enter into force on January 1, 2003.