Parliament has allocated 437 million BGN for a disability policy next year – Politics

Parliament approved 436,997,600 million BGN for a disability policy in the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy (MLSP) budget for 2019. This amount corresponds to the BGN 150 million promised for mothers with disabilities. disabled children. The deputies approved the text at second reading of the draft budget law of the State for the following year, relating to the budgets of the various ministries.

The Chair of the Budget Committee, Menda Stoyanova, indicated that the disability funds for 2018 amounted to BGN 282,703,900. the money for next year is 150 million leva more. On his proposal, the BGN 71.5 million provided for in the central budget for persons with disabilities was transferred to the budget of the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy and the amount foreseen for the disability policy in the budget. is BGN 437 million.

Stoyanova noted that the BGN 71.5 million was originally announced in the central budget because it was not clear how the personal badistants would be funded. She explained that she was making this proposal because mothers of disabled children did not see the promised 150 million leva and 71.5 million less promised, and that there was a lack of trust in the fact that funds intended to finance personal badistance be given. The 150 million promised by the Prime Minister are a fact in the budget of the MLSP, she was adamant.
Anton Kutev / BSP for Bulgaria / said that he supposed that these 150 million leva would be paid, but the question was what. He warned against the evidence that the laws were only partially secured financially.

We can not put ribbons on any amount – it's for a personal badistant, that's for other social badistance, commented Menda Stoyanova, quoted by BTA. She pointed out that there would be no money in the law on personal badistance, it is true, and that the money is in the budget.
Hasan Ademov / DPS / explained that funding for badistance will continue until now, until 1 September of next year. He stressed that all those who need it will receive personal help in 2019, but only those who suffer from a severe disability.

Budgeted expenditure by the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy for 2019 amounts to BGN 1 364 993 900. For employment policy, 106,473,100 BGN are earmarked for social protection and equal opportunities – BGN 198,827,900 for the social inclusion policy – BGN 597,988,700.