Penalty fee for reportable activities

The plan states that welfare is society's responsibility and that policy's task is to ensure that it functions and reaches everyone, and it wants to invest in higher quality in care. That requirements for compliance would be weaker when the municipality or state is the provider sits ill with this, and the plan generally wants greater public oversight where needed to address shortcomings. The position is however derived from general commitments and therefore uncertain.

• welfare is society's responsibilitydecisive»Välfärden är samhällets ansvar och borde styras demokratiskt. Det är politikens uppgift att se till att den fungerar, kommer alla till del och att de anställda ges inflytande.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Welfare is society's responsibility and should be run democratically. It is policy's task to ensure that it functions, reaches everyone and that employees are given influence.”
• higher quality in care»Vi vill investera i högre kvalitet i omsorgen för äldre och personer med funktionsnedsättning för att få en bättre rollfördelning mellan professionell omsorg och anhöriga.« (party programme ↗)“We want to invest in higher quality in care for the elderly and people with disabilities to get a better division of roles between professional care and relatives.”
• oversight and compliance»Vi vill gå mot en större samhällelig insyn i företag där det behövs för att stävja fusk med till exempel skatter och anställningar.« (party programme ↗)“We want to move towards greater public oversight in companies where it is needed to prevent fraud with for example taxes and employment.”

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The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan states equal right for all to good healthcare through public provision and that welfare shall be directed by citizens' needs, not market logic. Requirements for compliance should then not be weaker for public providers than for private ones. The election manifesto also wants to increase oversight to guarantee quality. Investigating penalty fees also for municipal and state reporting activities is therefore supported.

• equal right to good healthcaredecisive»Lika rätt för alla till god hälso- och sjukvård genom samhällets försorg.« (party programme ↗)“Equal right for all to good healthcare through public provision.”
• increased oversight»Tillsynen av sjukvården ska växlas upp för att garantera kvaliteten.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Oversight of healthcare shall be increased to guarantee quality.”
• needs-directed welfare»Styrning och fördelning av välfärden utifrån medborgarnas behov, inte marknadens« (party programme ↗)“Direction and distribution of welfare according to citizens' needs, not the market's”
• democratic control over welfare»Demokratisk kontroll över välfärden och samhällsviktiga funktioner.« (party programme ↗)“Democratic control over welfare and societally important functions.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan establishes that children placed in care do not always receive the care they need and that welfare shall be built on solidarity with people's needs at the centre. That requirements for compliance shall be the same regardless of whether activities are run by municipality, state or private follows from the fact that quality, not the provider, is what should govern. The counter-proposal's demand that penalty fees for notification-required activities be investigated is therefore in line with the plan.

• secure care for childrendecisive»Barn som placeras i samhällets vård får inte alltid den omsorg« (party programme ↗)“Children placed in care do not always receive the care”
• solidarity-based welfare»Välfärden ska byggas utifrån solidaritet, inte marknadslogik.« (party programme ↗)“Welfare shall be built on solidarity, not market logic.”
• needs-driven care»Människor med störst behov ska prioriteras.« (party programme ↗)“People with the greatest needs shall be prioritized.”
• intensified oversight against untrustworthy actors»stoppa finansieringen av de kriminella gängen genom att stärka myndighetssamverkan« (2022 manifesto ↗)“stop the financing of criminal gangs by strengthening inter-agency cooperation”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan states that publicly funded welfare must maintain the same good quality for all regardless of whether it is delivered by municipalities, businesses or associations, and that the regulations shall be competition-neutral. That penalty fees can be levied on private providers but not on municipal and state providers violates this equal treatment. Investigating an expansion is therefore in line with the plan.

• equal treatment of providersdecisive»Oavsett om den offentligt finansierade välfärden utförs av kommuner, landsting, företag, kooperativ eller föreningar måste berörda människors behov och valfrihet stå i centrum.« (party programme ↗)“Regardless of whether publicly funded welfare is delivered by municipalities, county councils, businesses, cooperatives or associations, affected people's needs and freedom of choice must be central.”
• same quality standards for all»Det som det offentliga finansierar ska vara likvärdigt för alla och med samma goda kvalitet till alla.« (party programme ↗)“What the public finances must be equivalent for all and with the same good quality for all.”
• competition-neutral regulations»Viktigt är också att näringslivet får konkurrensneutrala regelverk« (party programme ↗)“It is also important that business gets competition-neutral regulations”
• high quality requirements and tightened oversight»Vi vill bland annat se höga kvalitetskrav för fortsatt verksamhet och vinstutdelning, och vi vill skärpa tillsynen av skolor och deras ägare.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We among other things want to see high quality requirements for continued operation and profit distribution, and we want to tighten oversight of schools and their owners.”

The plan establishes that private and public providers shall operate on equal terms and be subject to the same reimbursement rules and quality requirements, and that anyone who falls seriously short shall not be permitted to conduct activity in the welfare sector. The counter-proposal's demand to investigate sanction fees even for municipal and state mandated reporting activities is exactly an application of that equal treatment principle. The plan also wants oversight to be conducted in state management based on nationally established quality standards.

• equal terms for providersdecisive»Privata och offentliga utförare ska verka på lika villkor och ska omfattas av samma« (party programme ↗)“Private and public providers shall operate on equal terms and shall be subject to the same”
• sanctions for serious shortfalls»skyldig till allvarliga brister ska inte ha tillstånd att bedriva verksamhet inom välfärdssektorn.« (party programme ↗)“liable for serious shortfalls shall not be permitted to conduct activity in the welfare sector.”
• state oversight based on national standards»Tillsynen ska ske i statlig regi utifrån nationellt fastställda kvalitetsnormer.« (party programme ↗)“Oversight shall be conducted in state management based on nationally established quality standards.”
• same requirements regardless of provider type»som fristående, som inte klarar kvalitetskraven ska stängas.« (party programme ↗)“as independent, which do not meet quality requirements shall be closed.”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The party programme establishes that welfare services in private provision must be given the same conditions as activities in public provision, which presupposes that compliance requirements are the same regardless of provider. The counter-proposal's requirement to investigate penalty charges also for municipal and state-operated reportable activities is an application of that principle. The plan also emphasizes that quality control and monitoring are a central political task and that public, non-profit and private activities must complement each other.

• equal terms for all providersdecisive»ges lika förutsättningar som tjänster producerade i offentlig regi« (party programme ↗)“given the same conditions as services produced in public provision”
• quality control in welfare»kostnadsuppföljning och kvalitetskontroll är därför viktiga politiska uppgifter« (party programme ↗)“cost monitoring and quality control are therefore important political tasks”
• diversity of providers»Offentlig, ideell och privat verksamhet ska komplettera varandra.« (party programme ↗)“Public, non-profit and private activities must complement each other.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan rests on the principle that the same quality requirements shall apply regardless of who operates the activity; in schools, this is expressed as schools that do not function shall be closed regardless of management form, and the same requirements shall apply to social services. Investigating sanctions also for municipal and state-regulated activities follows from that equal treatment principle. The plan therefore supports the counter-proposal's requirement.

• equal requirements regardless of management formdecisive»fungerar – oavsett huvudman – ska stängas.« (party programme ↗)“function – regardless of management form – shall be closed.”
• same requirements on social services»Samma krav ska naturligtvis kunna ställas på äldreomsorgen, när den behövs på ålderns höst.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The same requirements can naturally be placed on elderly care, when needed in old age.”
• quality in healthcare»Svensk sjukvård ska präglas av kvalitet, tillgänglighet och« (party programme ↗)“Swedish healthcare shall be characterized by quality, accessibility and”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The party programme establishes that tax-financed private actors shall be equal to public actors and that no intrinsic value is placed in who operates the activity as long as quality is good. The counter-proposal's demand that sanction charges are also investigated for municipal and state reportable activities follows from that equal treatment principle. According to the plan, national quality requirements must not be undershooted regardless of operator.

• equal conditions for operatorsdecisive»Privata aktörer som är skattefinansierade ska vara jämställda offentliga aktörer.« (party programme ↗)“Private actors that are tax-financed shall be equal to public actors.”
• quality regardless of operating form»Vi lägger inget egenvärde i vem som driver sjukvården, vår ledstjärna är bästa möjliga vård per krona, oavsett om vården drivs i offentlig eller privat regi.« (party programme ↗)“We place no intrinsic value in who runs healthcare, our guiding star is the best possible care per krona, regardless of whether care is run in public or private operation.”
• national quality requirements»Nationella kvalitetskrav inom vård och omsorg måste finnas och får inte underskridas.« (party programme ↗)“National quality requirements in care and elderly care must exist and must not be undershooted.”
• results requirement»Begära tydliga resultat för varje offentlig satsning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Demand clear results for each public initiative”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.