The Agency for the Quality of Social Services (AKSU) will also be able to inspect social services whose license has been refused, revoked or terminated. This way, the Agency will be able to monitor whether social services are being provided despite the lack of a license. This is provided for by changes to the Regulation on the Quality of Social Services, which the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy (MLSP) is proposing and which have already been published for public discussion.
The minister's actions began with massive inspections, which revealed dozens of illegal homes. People were kept in them in poor conditions.
The changes proposed now will solve a problem that was identified at the time - the complete refusal of the owners of facilities with revoked licenses to allow inspectors from AKSU. If the texts are adopted, the effectiveness of the control will also increase. The amendments are also intended to support the implementation of the changes in the Criminal Code, which criminalized the provision of social services without a license, as well as those in the Social Services Act, which increased the penalties.
The proposed changes to the Regulation also propose changes to the standards for certain social services in order to both improve their quality and make them more accessible to people. For people with dementia, an opportunity for easier access to social services is created. They will be able to use such services against a document with a specified diagnosis, issued by a Medical Advisory Commission, until the TELC's decision is issued.