Table 15.4. Legal entitlement to social...

Table 15.4.

Legal entitlement to social care for children with complex care needs in European countries.

	Social Care Legislation	Special Provision for Children with Complex Care Needs within Social Care Legislation	Measure to Promote the Welfare of Children with Complex Care Needs within Child Protection Legislation	Financial Entitlement in Social Care Legal Framework	Home Help OR Personal Care Entitlement in Social Care Legal Framework (HH) (PC)	Family Support Entitlement in Social Care Legal Framework	Educational Entitlement in Social Care Legal Framework	Psychosocial Entitlement in Social Care Legal Framework
Austria	Yes (Federal)^ab	Yes^ab	No^a	No^a	Yes (HH)^a	Yes^a	No^a	Yes^a
Croatia	Yes^ab	Yes^ab	No^a	Yes^a	Yes (HH)^a	Yes^a	Yes^a	Yes^a
Cyprus	Yes (across different laws)^ab	Other ^ab	No^a	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Czech Republic	Yes ^ab	Yes^ab	Other (recommendation applicable to children with physical disabilities)	Yes ^ab	Yes (HH) ^ab	Yes ^ab	Yes ^ab	Yes^ab
Estonia	Yes ^ab	Yes ^ab	Yes ^ab	Yes^a	No ^a	No ^a	No ^a	No^a
Finland	Yes ^ab	No ^ab	No ^ab	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Germany	Yes^ab	Yes^ab	No^a	No^ab	Yes (HH)^ab	No^ab	Yes^ab	Yes^ab
Greece	Yes^ab	No^ab	No^a	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Hungary	Yes (across different laws)^a	No^a	No^a	Yes^ab	No^ab	Yes^ab	Yes^ab	Yes^ab

	Social Care Legislation	Special Provision for Children with Complex Care Needs within Social Care Legislation	Measure to Promote the Welfare of Children with Complex Care Needs within Child Protection Legislation	Financial Entitlement in Social Care Legal Framework	Home Help OR Personal Care Entitlement in Social Care Legal Framework (HH) (PC)	Family Support Entitlement in Social Care Legal Framework	Educational Entitlement in Social Care Legal Framework	Psychosocial Entitlement in Social Care Legal Framework
Austria	Yes (Federal)^ab	Yes^ab	No^a	No^a	Yes (HH)^a	Yes^a	No^a	Yes^a
Croatia	Yes^ab	Yes^ab	No^a	Yes^a	Yes (HH)^a	Yes^a	Yes^a	Yes^a
Cyprus	Yes (across different laws)^ab	Other ^ab	No^a	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Czech Republic	Yes ^ab	Yes^ab	Other (recommendation applicable to children with physical disabilities)	Yes ^ab	Yes (HH) ^ab	Yes ^ab	Yes ^ab	Yes^ab
Estonia	Yes ^ab	Yes ^ab	Yes ^ab	Yes^a	No ^a	No ^a	No ^a	No^a
Finland	Yes ^ab	No ^ab	No ^ab	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Germany	Yes^ab	Yes^ab	No^a	No^ab	Yes (HH)^ab	No^ab	Yes^ab	Yes^ab
Greece	Yes^ab	No^ab	No^a	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Hungary	Yes (across different laws)^a	No^a	No^a	Yes^ab	No^ab	Yes^ab	Yes^ab	Yes^ab

	Social Care Legislation	Special Provision for Children with Complex Care Needs within Social Care Legislation	Measure to Promote the Welfare of Children with Complex Care Needs within Child Protection Legislation	Financial Entitlement in Social Care Legal Framework	Home Help OR Personal Care Entitlement in Social Care Legal Framework (HH) (PC)	Family Support Entitlement in Social Care Legal Framework	Educational Entitlement in Social Care Legal Framework	Psychosocial Entitlement in Social Care Legal Framework
Iceland	Yes^ab	Yes^ab	*	Yes^ab	No^ab	Yes^ab	Yes^ab	Yes^ab
Ireland	Yes (across different laws)^ab	Other^ab	Yes^ab	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Italy	Yes^ab	No^ab	No^ab	Not applicable^ab	Not applicable^ab	Not applicable^ab	Not applicable^ab	Not applicable^ab
Latvia	Yes^ab	Yes^ab	Yes^ab	Yes^a	Yes (HH)^a	No^a	No^a	Yes“
Lithuania	Yes^ab	Yes^ab	Yes^ab	Yes^ab	No^ab	Yes^ab	No^ab	Yes^ab
Malta	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Netherlands	Yes (across different laws)^ab	No^ab	No^ab	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Norway	Yes^ab	Other^ab	Other (the law allows the social welfare board to instigate a treatment order for children with disabilities or who need extra help if parents fail to ensure they receive necessary services) ^ab	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable

	Social Care Legislation	Special Provision for Children with Complex Care Needs within Social Care Legislation	Measure to Promote the Welfare of Children with Complex Care Needs within Child Protection Legislation	Financial Entitlement in Social Care Legal Framework	Home Help OR Personal Care Entitlement in Social Care Legal Framework (HH) (PC)	Family Support Entitlement in Social Care Legal Framework	Educational Entitlement in Social Care Legal Framework	Psychosocial Entitlement in Social Care Legal Framework
Iceland	Yes^ab	Yes^ab	*	Yes^ab	No^ab	Yes^ab	Yes^ab	Yes^ab
Ireland	Yes (across different laws)^ab	Other^ab	Yes^ab	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Italy	Yes^ab	No^ab	No^ab	Not applicable^ab	Not applicable^ab	Not applicable^ab	Not applicable^ab	Not applicable^ab
Latvia	Yes^ab	Yes^ab	Yes^ab	Yes^a	Yes (HH)^a	No^a	No^a	Yes“
Lithuania	Yes^ab	Yes^ab	Yes^ab	Yes^ab	No^ab	Yes^ab	No^ab	Yes^ab
Malta	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Netherlands	Yes (across different laws)^ab	No^ab	No^ab	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Norway	Yes^ab	Other^ab	Other (the law allows the social welfare board to instigate a treatment order for children with disabilities or who need extra help if parents fail to ensure they receive necessary services) ^ab	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable

Poland

Yes (across different laws)^ab

Other^ab

Yes (Recent introduction of a law called Za życiem (For Life), which gives additional support to parents of children who have incurable, life-threatening conditions)^a

Yes^ab

No^ab

Yes^ab

Portugal

Yes^ab

No^ab

Not applicable

Romania

Yes^ab

Yes (HH)^ab

No”^b

No^ab

Yes^ab

Slovakia

Yes^ab

Yes (HH)^ab

No^ab

Yes^ab

Spain

Yes (Regional)^ab

Yes^ab

No^ab

Yes^ab

Sweden

Yes^ab

No^ab

Yes^ab

Yes (HH)^ab

No^ab

Yes^ab

UK (England (as a part of the United

Yes^ab

Not applicable

Notes: ^aCountry agent response, ^bPolicy documentation, ^cResearch literature, ^dOther external information sources. *Insufficient information provided.

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