Moldovan government approves new mechanism of establishing disability

Chisinau, 12 March /MOLDPRES/ - The government today approved a regulation on the organization and work of the National Council for Establishment of Disability and Labour Capacity concerning the determination of the disability degree, in the context of the reformation of the system of establishing the disability. The draft’s goal is to improve the process of establishing the disability degree, through providing its correctness and transparency, the government’s communication and protocol department has reported.     

Prime Minister Pavel Filip thanked everybody who worked for the document’s elaboration, in conditions when the change of the process of establishing the disability degree was an urgent need, in order to guarantee the transparency of the system and remove corruption. At the same time, Pavel Filip stressed that the process of determining the disability would not be focused only on the medical part, but also on the psycho-social aspect. “Each person can find his/her sector of activity, each one can be useful for the society,” the PM said.    

The regulation approved provides for the formation of territorial structures of the Council in each district/city and district of the Chisinau district, which provide locally the preparation and submission of files for establishing the disability degree, without the persons moving to other administrative and territorial units. At the same time, the presence of the citizens at the procedure of establishing the disability degree will no longer be compulsory, which will remove the expenses dealing with the movement and corruption risks.   

The set of documents could be submitted also online or by the representative nominated. The documents are to be examined by teams of specialists, made up of experts in establishing the disability degree. Fifteen teams will work in all, of which 12 for determining the disability degree in adults and three ones – in children. Also, to consider the correctness of the establishment of the disability degrees and notifications on behalf of authorities and citizens, three control services will be created.    

The impartiality in the process of determining the disability degree will be provided through the aleatory distribution of files to the special teams and control services. The application of the electronic circulation of files will be made through the Social Assistance Automated Information System (SIAAS).