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What it is

Bill so sisters in a nursing home are not counted as one household

Admitted step 2 of 7 · Unfinished

It is a members’ bill. Introduced by parliamentary groups, the Senate, regional governments or citizens. It was introduced on 7 September 2017. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario Socialista.

Official title: Private member's bill on amending the regulation of the household unit in certain situations, for the purpose of accessing and maintaining non-contributory Social Security pensions.

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Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 122/000124· updated 11 Nov

Automatic summary, not yet reviewed

  1. The bill would amend the General Social Security Law so that relatives related by blood in the second or third degree living in an assisted or residential center for the elderly are not considered an economic coexistence unit.
  2. Once the law takes effect, cases where a non-contributory pension was ended because these relatives living in a residence were treated as one economic unit would be reviewed, either on the administration's own initiative or at the request of those affected.
  3. The explanatory statement says the current rule led to ending the pension of an elderly woman because her sister moved into the same nursing home: adding both incomes exceeded the limit, and she had to leave the facility.
  4. The law would take effect the day after its publication in the Official State Gazette and is enacted under Article 149.1.17 of the Constitution.

Who it affects

  • Elderly people living with relatives in residences or assisted centers: They could keep their non-contributory pension even if a second- or third-degree relative lives in the same facility.
  • People whose pension was already ended for this reason: They could request a review of their case once the law takes effect.
  • Second- or third-degree blood relatives: Their income would no longer be added to the pensioner's if they live in a residence.

Words worth knowing

Pensión no contributiva (non-contributory pension)
A Social Security pension for people with disabilities or elderly people without enough income, even if they never paid social security contributions.
Unidad económica de convivencia (economic coexistence unit)
A group of people living together whose incomes are added together to decide whether someone qualifies for the pension.
Consanguinidad (blood relationship)
Kinship by blood, such as siblings or uncles and nephews.
Revisión de oficio (review on the administration's own initiative)
The administration reviews a case on its own, without the affected person asking for it.
Proposición de ley (bill)
A text proposing a law that is being processed in Congress; it is not an approved law yet.

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Where it stands

How far did it get?

It took 2 of 7 steps. It reached Admitted, and today it is unfinished.

  1. Introduced7 September 2017Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
  2. Admitted12 September 2017The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
  3. Amendmentsnot reachedGroups propose changes.
  4. Committeenot reachedA committee goes through the text in detail.
  5. Plenarynot reachedAll 350 deputies vote.
  6. Senatenot reachedThe Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
  7. BOEnot reachedIt is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.
See the 6 official steps on a timeline
Dec 2017Dec 201811. 7 September 2017: Presentación22. 12 September 2017: Boletín Oficial de las Cortes Generales Publicación desde 12/09/2017 hasta 15/09/201733. 12 September 2017: Calificación44. 15 September 2017: Gobierno Contestación desde 15/09/2017 hasta 24/10/2017 Nota: (Mesa 24/10/2017 - concluida - decaída por comunicación disconformidad Gobierno).55. 9 January 2019: Pleno Toma en consideración desde 09/01/2019 hasta 05/03/2019 Nota: (En ejecución de Sentencia del Tribunal Constitucional 139/2018, de 17/12/2018).66. 5 March 2019: Concluido - (Caducado) desde 05/03/2019 hasta 27/03/2019

Was there a plenary vote?

We have no plenary vote linked to this law in the Congreso’s data.

What happens next

What happens now?

The legislature ended before it finished. To go on, someone would have to introduce it again in the new Cortes.

It has not been presented again yet.

Sources

Where does all this come from?

  • The data comes from the open files of the Congreso, the Senate and the BOE, unaltered.
  • Each deputy’s province is the one of their seat on the day of the vote.
  • We only say “passed” or “rejected” when the majority needed is certain; otherwise we say which side had more votes.

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