State Duma deputies want to allow maternity capital to be spent on child treatment.
In the explanatory note says that "Parents often face financial difficulties when treating their child.", "You can wait a very long time for a quota for a free operation" и "Parents are forced to turn to the media or social networks for help.".
The bill was introduced by a group of deputies, including the chairman of the committee for the protection of the family Nina Ostanina, the author of the idea to hold "The Day of the Beginning of the Secondary Educational Institution" in schools Yana Lantratova and others.
They propose allowing the certificate to be spent, in whole or in part, on paid treatment for a child and the cost of medications, the list of which will be determined by the government.
Adoption of the bill "will have a positive impact on the country's demographic development", the deputies are sure, because this is "an effective measure of state support for families".
Currently, maternity capital can be used for housing, a child's education, and certain other purposes. The maternity capital amount for a first child is 586,9 rubles.
Not all of the deputies' colleagues supported the initiative. Senator Airat Gibatdinov считает, that parents shouldn't be forced to choose between spending money on housing or their child's medical treatment. Providing children with high-quality and free medical treatment is, first and foremost, the state's responsibility, the senator emphasized. However, he didn't specify why the state isn't fulfilling this responsibility.