Persons liable for military service who have parents with disabilities of group I or II no longer need to establish the fact of caring for them. The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the relevant changes to the procedure for mobilization of persons liable for military service who care for or support sick or disabled persons. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Social Policy, UNN reports.
In accordance with of the adopted resolution , the following amendments were made to the legislation:
- documents confirming the right to deferment for persons who support or provide permanent care for relatives and friends have been revised.
From now on, these two categories of people and the packages of documents confirming the fact of maintenance or care are separated.
In addition, persons liable for military service who are caring for a sick wife/husband, child and/or their father/mother no longer need to indicate in the Application to the MCC of the JV information about the absence of other able-bodied family members, as well as submit documents confirming the impossibility of care by other family members.
Only persons liable for military service who care for their spouse's sick parents are required to provide this information. The MCCs of the JV will check it against the data of state registers.
Persons liable for military service who have parents with disabilities of group I or II no longer need to establish the fact of care.
According to Ukrainian law, adult children who have disabled parents with group I or II disabilities are obliged to support them and are entitled to a deferral.
- the mechanism for obtaining an act on the establishment of permanent care has been changed, the procedure and timeframe for its issuance have been regulated
In particular, from now on, in order to issue an Act on establishing the fact of permanent care, a person liable for military service no longer needs to go to the MCC and SP. The act can be obtained by submitting an application in any form to local governments (village, town, city, district council) and district state administrations. After submitting the application, the local government body must consider it within 10 calendar days.
- amendments were made to the act on establishing the fact of permanent care.
The requirement to issue an act of establishing the fact of care has been removed for those persons who already receive an allowance or compensation for care. For them, it is enough to present the relevant documents to the TCC and the JV. Now, the Act on Establishing the Fact of Permanent Care does not establish the absence of other family members who can provide permanent care and does not confirm the impossibility of providing such care.