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Social equipment no longer has double licensing
Social equipment no longer has double licensing
252 projects approved under PARES 3.0
Social support institutions will no longer have double licensing to be able to open doors. According to the Decree-Law No 126-A/2021, published today in the Diário da República, the Government simplifies licensing and the camera's license and prior communication are sufficient.
Thus, after the local authority licenses the work, the subsequent licensing by the Social Security that takes place today is eliminated, and the entity only has to give prior notification to the Social Security of the start of its operation. In the case of residential establishments for the elderly (ERPI) and residential homes, the authorization is granted within 30 days after the communication to the Social Security.
With this law, the Government eliminates various constraints, improves the articulation of the different actors and streamlines and dematerializes the legal procedures defined. Administrative acts and deadlines for social responses to start the activity are also reduced and the process is dematerialized, starting to run in its own licensing area in the Social Security Portal.
Innovative social responses are also possible.
For the Minister of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security, Ana Mendes Godinho, "these changes are decisive to end bureaucracy and processes that do not add value, allowing a faster response to the need to expand the network of social equipment and for innovation in social responses".
"This simplification is decisive for the implementation of the 252 projects approved under PARES 3.0 and for the timely implementation of the new investments foreseen in the Recovery and Resilience Plan, which mobilises a total of EUR 417 million to create 60,000 places in the various social responses in the coming years. Applications are now open for the first phase of this investment.
Source: Government Portal