Today, Prime Minister Mishustin delighted the recipients of child benefits and beneficiaries. Starting from 2022, money will come automatically. No more tedious collection of “papers” and standing in line. Benefits for temporary disability, pregnancy and childbirth, lump-sum payments at the birth of a child and other “social money” no longer require the filing of applications. Funds will be credited to cards. Also, payments for sick leave parents of children under 8 years of age are increasing, the payment will be 100% of the salary.
Starting next year, money will be credited without a declaration, that is, automatically in electronic form, which is much more convenient and simpler, the prime minister said. And he added that now “parents will be able to devote more time to the baby, and not waste their energy on collecting certificates and waiting in queues.”
Also, Mikhail Mishustin said that sick leave for caring for a child under 8 years old will be paid in a new way, the amount on sick leave will be 100% of the average parent’s earnings. “We have pledged the funds necessary for this, as well as for the provision and indexation of maternity capital and for compensation in case of accidents at work and occupational diseases,” the prime minister assured. The head of government also mentioned pensions and other compensations accrued from social funds. People with disabilities will also continue to receive technical means of rehabilitation, since “this is a question of the quality of life”.
But, as you know, to whom a lot is given, a lot will be asked from that. Back in the summer, deputies of the Kurgan Regional Duma submitted to the State Duma a bill banning the waste of child support for the purchase of alcohol and cigarettes. “The child support cannot be spent on the purchase of alcoholic and nicotine-containing products, tobacco products and other goods, works and services not intended for a child, the list of which is established by the government of the Russian Federation,” the deputies formulate. And they propose to amend the law “On State Benefits to Citizens with Children”.
Well, it won’t take long to change the law, we are not England, where laws are 200 or even 800 years old. The initiative is good, it “will help protect the rights and legitimate interests of minors.” But the technical part is lame.
Who will keep an eye on where the parents take the children’s money? How to understand whether they are drinking “muck for the sake of economy”, or “even in the morning, but on their own”? As a control mechanism, lawmakers propose to transfer benefits to a “social electronic account”, transactions from which will be monitored. Tracked by whom, how to tracked? The recent scandal with “Putin’s” 10 thousand, which were written off from the parents-creditors for debts, demonstrates the imperfection of the tracking system in principle.
Today, Senator Elena Mizulina, known for her fight against infernal manifestations, made not even one amendment, but a change in the whole Family Code. A defender of believers and patriarchy, to the point of decriminalizing beatings, defends the interests of children. The package of proposals made by the Federation Council and Mizulina, who holds the post of chairman of the subcommittee on civil and family law in the Federation Council, almost echoes the initiative of the Kurgan deputies. After all, we are talking about the procedure for the removal of children from drinking parents or, in other words, dysfunctional families. In the presented concept of changes in family legislation, there are 77 amendments.
The changes concern mainly the transfer of powers to remove children from disadvantaged children to the police instead of the guardianship authorities. Intervention by the police, and not by the guardianship, in the affairs of dysfunctional families with minors is argued by “a more accurate mechanism of interference in private life compared to the guardianship and guardianship authorities.”
On the one hand, juvenile affairs inspectors really work “on the ground” and know such families as little as the district ones. On the other hand … The police are the police, the power structure. However, the authors of the amendments dismissed all fears that the police are inclined to exceed their powers. “The list of cases for the application of interim measures of protection must be established by a government decree,” says Elena Mizulina. In some cases, “the parents can themselves appoint a guardian-custodian – a godfather or relative. Or they can agree to transfer the child to a social security organization. “
The mechanism of seizure itself is proposed to be divided into stages: the police check the “signal” from the guardianship and the seizure itself. It is also divided into subspecies: seizure by court with deprivation of parental rights (as it was before. – Auth.). “Temporary protection measures”, when a child from a “bad” family is sent to relatives or taken by social services, this measure is called the most operational. And “preventive measures of protection”, which are taken by the fined family itself, together with the guardianship authorities. This also happened before, but with the support of the police, who carried out regular raids on “bad apartments.”
Senator Mizulina calls the removal of a child from the family “an extreme measure” and declares “the presumption of the parents’ good faith.” The initiative itself is aimed at “urgent measures to protect the child”, if the need suddenly arises. Such protection is needed, the mechanism of pre-trial seizure to protect a child has really not been worked out in our country, experts say.
“I like the idea of dividing into two situations: a child left without parental care and a child in need of temporary protection, help,” says Elena Alshanskaya, president of the charitable foundation. – But an explanation is needed in what situation and what kind of help the family needs. It is also not clear how long the child will be under temporary protection. ” “Temporary measures can be applied when parents need a medical evacuation, but at the same time they cannot tell what to do with the child,” adds Anna Schwabauer, an expert on family protection.
All 77 amendments to the Family Code are divided into 4 directions, they are studied by lawyers, criminologists and other experts. “We will not make amendments with a single bill, but prepare bills as the points of the concept are agreed upon. Apparently, we will deposit and deposit all autumn, ”the senator summed up. In general, associations arise. There are also Danaans with gifts, with which one must keep an eye out and treat with caution. And the famous “they themselves will offer and they themselves will give everything” … And then they will come and take away – even Bulgakov himself thought of this. Whatever one may say, the camp maxim works best in Russia. “Do not trust, do not fear, do not ask…”
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