The Social Assistance Act in view of the Amendment of 19 July 2019: selected issues pertaining to county self-governments

• Authors: Soćko, Michał

Abstracts

EN

The subject matter of this article is the analysis of the new provisions introduced in the Act on social assistance by the amendment of 19 July 2019 on the amendment to the Act on social assistance and the Act on mental health protection, in particular from the point of view of the activities of county (powiat) self-government. At the beginning, the reasons and scope of the changes are outlined. Subsequently – to a broader extent – the article examines the provisions introducing the possibility to limit leaving the nursing homes independently by their residents and new sanctions in the form of limiting the amount or size of the benefit in the event of the lack of cooperation of the person or family in resolving their difficult life situation. All considerations are summarized in the last section of the article. Due to the fact that the subject matter of the article is current legal solutions, the basic method of research is the dogmatic and legal method, consisting of a juridical analysis of the relevant legal provisions. The study of legal texts has been enriched to an appropriate extent by presenting views of doctrine and jurisprudence.

Keywords

EN

Act on social assistance; a nursing home; the possibility to limit leaving nursing home independently

• Publisher: Akademia Pedagogiki Specjalnej im. Marii Grzegorzewskiej. Wydawnictwo APS
• Journal: Praca Socjalna
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 35(4)
• Pages: 68-89

Dates

published

2020-08-24

Contributors

author

Soćko, Michał

Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0014.3619