Rada adopts law on liquidation of MSECs from 1 January 2025
The Verkhovna Rada supported draft law No. 12178, which would eliminate the MSEC.
This was announced by MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak, Censor.NET reports.
The decision was supported by 259 MPs.
"Instead, starting from 1 January 2025, the establishment of expert commissions in cluster and supercluster hospitals (a modern system for assessing the functioning of a person) will be introduced," the statement said.
Liquidation and reform of the MSEC
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a plan to combat corruption and other offences among medical and social expert commissions (MSECs).
As a reminder, on 20 November, the Verkhovna Rada supported in the first reading draft law No. 12178 on the liquidation of medical and social expert commissions.
On 28 November, deputies of the Kharkiv Regional Council terminated the work of the Regional Centre for Medical and Social Expertise by merging it with the regional hospital.
What preceded it?
On 5 October, the SBI reported that the head of the State Medical Examination Commission in Khmelnytskyi, Krupa, was found to have $6 million in cash during searches.
It was also reported that the head of the Khmelnytskyi regional centre of the MSEC was detained and notified of suspicion of illegal enrichment.
Currently, the SBI is studying the lists found in the office of the head of the Khmelnytskyi MSEC Krupa. They contain names and fictitious diagnoses.
On Monday, 7 October, the Pecherskyi District Court imposed a pre-trial restraint in the form of detention on the head of the Khmelnytskyi Regional MSEC, Tetiana Krupa.
On 10 October, Oleksandr Krupa, the son of Tetiana Krupa, resigned at his own request from the post of head of the Pension Fund in Khmelnytskyi region.
On 16 October, the Editor-in-Chief of Censor.NET, Yurii Butusov, published information that 49 prosecutors of the Khmelnytskyi region, headed by the regional prosecutor Oliinik, had received disability by "covering up" the corruption scheme of the servant of the people Krupa in the MSEC and the Pension Fund. In particular, the journalist provided a list of the names of all prosecutors and described the criminal scheme used.
A list of 30 heads of regional prosecutor's offices who receive the highest pensions has also been published.
