On Monday, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed bill No. 12178, which eliminated the medical and social expert commissions (MSEC) from next year.

It was returned on December 30 with the signature of the head of state, the bill's card, posted on the Verkhovna Rada's website, reads.

As reported, bill No. 12178, submitted to Parliament by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, was supported by 259 MPs at a meeting on December 19.

As the Ministry of Health explained on the Telegram channel, according to the law, from January 1, 2025, it will be expert teams of practitioners who will establish disability instead of outdated corrupt MSECs.

Expert teams will conduct an assessment in an electronic system that takes into account the real needs of a person.

The teams will be formed automatically based on the principle of randomness, and the data of doctors and patients will remain hidden until the assessment.

According to the document, the decision of the expert teams can be appealed to the Functional Assessment Center, which will include doctors from public health institutions from all over the country.

In addition, the Ministry of Health notes, the law lays the foundation for the use of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) in educational, social and other fields.

At the same time, it is emphasized that all certificates and documents issued by the MSEC before January 1, 2025, remain in force. In the future, they will be the basis for obtaining social guarantees, rights, benefits, pensions, compensations and other payments during the validity period of the documents.

In addition, the Ministry of Health clarifies that MSECs are required to ensure that all medical expert files and archival documents available to them are transferred to certain healthcare institutions.

Cases that have not been reviewed by the MSEC before the end of 2025 will be reviewed by expert teams, and the person will be notified of the date and new address where the assessment will be conducted.

For persons, whose re-examination period falls on January-June 2025, and who were unable to complete it in a timely manner, the disability period is extended until the date of the decision based on the results of the assessment of daily functioning, but no later than July 1, 2025.

For people with lifelong disabilities, there is no need to undergo an assessment, since all rights, documents, payments, benefits, social services and deferrals remain valid. Re-evaluation is possible only at the request of a person or by a court decision.

The Ministry of Health informs that statistical data on the assessment of daily functioning will be made public for public monitoring and prevention of corruption.