Tuesday, February 6 2024 19:43
Alexandr Avanesov

Ministry of Health of Armenia no longer deals with the return of  accumulated pensions

Ministry of Health of Armenia no longer deals with the return of  accumulated pensions

ArmInfo.In case of having diseases included in the list established by the RA Government, based  on the conclusion issued by the Ministry of Health, the participants have the right to submit a claim to receive the funds in their pension account in full any time, including before turning their pension age, the press service of the RA NA reports.

The RA Deputy Minister of Health Artak Jumayan noted that by the  decree of the Minister of Health the created professional commissions  carry out the function of match or non-match decision function of the  diseases included in the list and the citizens' diagnosing, which in  its turn causes additional documentation turnover and implementation  of function non-characteristic to the body, the Ministry of Health,  working out policy. The amendments to the law on Cumulative Pension  proposes to reserve that function to the Integrated Social Service of  the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, which carries out the  appointment and providing of pensions, allowances, monetary payments,  the implementation of the person's functionality assessment, the  decision of the degree of the loss of the person's professional  employability connected with professional disease, including the  function of providing professional conclusion.  The member of the  Standing Committee on Labor and Social Affairs Mariam Poghosyan  presented the endorsement of the Committee. She clarified that the  citizen will get the answer during 10 days after applying to the  Integrated Social Service of the Ministry of Labor and Social  Affairs.  The issue was debated at the NA sitting on February 6.