The Cabinet of Ministers has amended the Procedure for the mobilisation of persons liable for military service who care for or support sick or disabled persons. This was reported by Komersant ukrainskyi
with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine.
According to the resolution, the documents confirming the right to deferment for persons who support or provide permanent care for relatives and friends have been revised. From now on, these two categories of people and the packages of documents confirming the fact of maintenance or care are separated.
In addition, persons liable for military service who are caring for a sick wife/husband, child and/or their father/mother no longer need to indicate in the Application to the MCC of the SP the absence of other able-bodied family members, as well as to submit documents confirming the impossibility of care by other family members (the requirement was contained in paragraph 9 of Annex 5 of the Procedure).
This information is required only for persons liable for military service who are caring for their wife’s sick parents. The MCCs of the joint venture will check it against the data of the state registers (clause 581 of the Procedure).
In addition, persons liable for military service who have parents with disabilities of group I or II no longer need to establish the fact of care (the requirement was contained in paragraph 13 of Annex 5 of the Procedure). According to Ukrainian law, adult children who have disabled parents with group I or II disabilities are obliged to support them and are entitled to a deferral.
The Cabinet of Ministers has also changed the mechanism for obtaining a certificate of permanent care, regulating the procedure and timeframe for its issuance.
In particular, from now on, a person liable for military service no longer needs to go to a military commissariat or a joint venture to obtain a certificate of permanent care. The act can be obtained by submitting an application in any form to local governments (village, town, city, district council) and district state administrations. After submitting the application, the local government body must consider it within 10 calendar days (paragraph 581 of the Procedure).
In addition, the requirement to issue an act of establishing the fact of caregiving has been removed for those persons who already receive an allowance or compensation for caregiving. For them, it is enough to present the relevant documents to the TCC and the JV.
Now, the act of establishing the fact of permanent care does not establish the absence of other family members who can provide permanent care and does not confirm the impossibility of providing such care.