Federal Participation Act

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Basic data
Title: Law to strengthen the participation and self-determination of people with disabilities
Short title: Federal Participation Act
Abbreviation: BTHG
Type: Federal law
Scope: Federal Republic of Germany
Legal matter: Social law
References : 860-9-3 / 1
Issued on: December 23, 2016
( Federal Law Gazette I p. 3234 )
Entry into force on: July 25, 2017 (level 1), 2018 (level 2), 2020 (level 3) and 2023 (level 4)
Last change by: Art. 2 G of November 30, 2019
( Federal Law Gazette I p. 1948, 1949 )
Effective date of the
last change: 		predominantly January 1, 2020
(Art. 13 G of November 30, 2019)
GESTA : G022
Weblink: Text of the law
Please note the note on the applicable legal version.

The Federal participation law ( BTHG ) is in the second by resignation of four reform steps into force federal law with which the legislature had set itself the goal, also in view of the UN Disability Convention (UN CRPD) a more contemporary design with better user orientation and accessibility , as well as to achieve greater efficiency in German integration assistance . Critics of the law, on the other hand, criticized the fact that the group of people entitled to benefits is to be restricted, the patronage by authorities is increasing, there is an obligation to save and the planned reduction in bureaucracy cannot be achieved through the design of the law.

Political goals

According to the coalition agreement of the 18th parliamentary term ("Shaping Germany's Future") under the Merkel III cabinet , the federal government wanted to achieve the following with the new federal participation law:

“We want to lead people who have only limited opportunities to participate in community life due to a significant handicap out of the previous“ welfare system ”and further develop integration assistance into a modern right to participate. The services should be based on personal needs and determined according to a nationwide procedure. Services should no longer be institution-centered, but rather person-centered. We will take into account the wishes and voting rights of people with disabilities in the sense of the UN Disability Rights Convention. People with disabilities and their associations are continuously and continuously involved in the legislative process. In the interests of children with disabilities and their parents, the interfaces in the benefit systems should be overcome in such a way that services can be provided from a single source, if possible. "

- Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs : gemeinschaft-einfach-machen.de

In addition, z. For example, the German municipalities "will be relieved of [the costs] of integration assistance to the extent of five billion annually". Even before the Federal Participation Act was passed in 2016, “an annual relief of the municipalities of one billion euros per year” should begin.

At a symposium on the BTHG in Potsdam on March 2, 2017, the speaker Marc Nellen, head of the Federal Participation Act project group in the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, highlighted two main goals of the BTHG:

  1. Improvement of the living situation of people with disabilities - implementation of UN-CRPD;
  2. No new spending dynamic.

History of the proposed law

After the publication of the first draft bill by the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs on April 26, 2016, disappointment, horror and sadness were expressed that there should be massive deteriorations and cuts. Among other things, according to the criticism, disabled people should be able to find themselves in the position again that they or their carers cannot do anything about placement in homes and psychiatric hospitals, as was the case up until the 1970s.

The first reading of the draft law in the German Bundestag took place on September 22, 2016. An application with extensive and fundamental changes was submitted by Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen . The session of the Bundestag was accompanied by a large number of demonstrations in Berlin and other German cities. The Federal Council also dealt with the draft on September 23, 2016.

After the 2nd and 3rd readings in the German Bundestag on December 1, 2016, the Bundestag passed the law; on December 16, 2016, the draft law passed the Federal Council without changes. The law was signed by the Federal President on December 23, 2016 and published in the Federal Law Gazette on December 29, 2016. The BTHG is to come into force in four "reform stages" from 2017 to 2023. The first reform stage came into force in early 2017; The second reform stage came into force in 2018; In 2020 the third reform stage and in 2023 the fourth and final reform stage (new criteria for determining entitlement to benefits, new version of Section 99 of Book IX of the Social Code) will come into force.

Legal changes by law

Fundamental changes

Overall, a “system change” is intended by the law, in the course of which “integration assistance” is to be removed from social assistance and a separate, corresponding right to benefits is to be established in Book 9 of the Social Code ( SGB ​​IX ). “This right to benefits, as a new part 2, now part of SGB IX, is characterized in particular by its person-centered orientation and a holistic needs assessment. The distinction between outpatient and inpatient types of services is abandoned. "

The Federal Participation Act is a very extensive article law .

  • It shifts all benefits of integration assistance for people with disabilities from social assistance (SGB XII) to the right of rehabilitation (SGB IX),
  • regulates the content of the integration assistance benefits,
  • changes the regulations for obtaining costs for people with disabilities and their relatives,
  • determines the procedure for applying for and determining the needs of the participation services,
  • reforms the contract law between the facilities / services and the payers of integration assistance,
  • changes the interface to health insurance and long-term care insurance (the Care Strengthening Act III is also regulated at the same time),
  • renews the right to participate in working life and
  • reforms the general part of the Social Security Code (SGB IX).

Individual determinations

The BTHG comes into force in four stages, which will be implemented in the period from 2017 to 2023. This is accompanied by extensive changes in the law on the rehabilitation and participation of disabled people according to SGB IX, “which guarantees that people with disabilities can participate in life in the community based on their individual needs. The aids required for this will in future be determined holistically and person-centered. "

Stage 1 (2017):

  • On December 30, 2016, Art. 2 BTHG came into force as a preliminary act, in particular to amend the law for severely disabled persons (Part 2) in accordance with Art. 26 Para. 2 BTHG.
  • The employment subsidy for the approx. 300,000 employees in the workshops for people with disabilities (WfbM) has been doubled from 26 euros to 52 euros per month (new version of Section 43 SGB IX).
  • The tax exemptions for the crediting of income from self-employed and non-self-employed work as well as the property savings amounts have been increased. The allowance for earned income has been increased by up to 260 euros per month and for cash assets from 2,600 to 27,600 euros (through the newly inserted § 60a and § 66a SGB ​​XII ). From April 1, 2017, the savings amount for all aids according to SGB XII, including the subsistence benefits, will increase from € 2,600 to € 5,000. From 2020, the previous assessment and calculation system is to be replaced by a new procedure that is aligned with income tax law; the cash asset exemption limit will then be around 50,000 euros (only for integration assistance benefits under SGB IX).
  • There are new regulations for an improved participation of people with disabilities in workshops for people with disabilities. There will now also be a women's representative in the WfbM as a rule.
  • Work opportunities for voluntary representatives for severely disabled people in companies and departments are improved through various measures: For example, the threshold value for the exemption of the shop steward is reduced from the current 200 severely disabled people in the company to 100, the employer also pays the costs of an office worker for the representative body for the severely disabled to the extent necessary and The termination of a severely disabled person, which the employer gives without the involvement of the severely disabled person's representative, is ineffective.
  • In the area of ​​the severely handicapped ID card, there is the mark “Tb” for “deaf-blind” if a severely handicapped person has a degree of disability of at least 70 due to a disorder of the hearing function and a degree of disability of 100 due to a disorder of the eyesight. However, the introduction of the new “Tb” symbol is not associated with an expansion of the compensation for disadvantages compared to those that were already given separately when these two prerequisites were met. Severely disabled people, whose mobility-related limitation of participation is not in the orthopedic field, can more easily receive the compensation they are entitled to. Because in connection with the use of handicapped parking spaces it was made clear that an extraordinary walking disability (mark “aG”) can exist not only due to orthopedic, but also, for example, due to severe impairment of internal organs.
  • The Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs is advised on all health care matters by the Medical Advisory Board on Health Care Medicine. In particular, this advisory board prepares the further development of the health care principles, which, among other things, are decisive for the medical assessment of the degree of disability. The important perspective of those affected and their point of view on the impairment of participation are better taken into account through the involvement of two knowledgeable, active persons who have been nominated by associations of affected persons.

Stage 2 (2018):

  • On January 1, 2018, changes came into force in almost all books of the Social Security Code.
  • Although the complex “participation in working life” is to be removed from the context of regulations on social assistance, from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2019, the relevant provisions are still temporarily in Sections 140 to 145 of SGB XII.
  • As a result of the amended § 35a SGB ​​XI , people in need of care now also have a legal right to the provision of services within the framework of a personal budget vis-à-vis the care fund; the care fund no longer has discretion.
  • From the budget for work (BfA) employers nationwide can receive a wage subsidy of up to 75 percent for the employment of a person with significant disabilities (i.e. person entitled to integration assistance) i. S. d. Art. 1 § 61 SGB IX. When employing people with significant disabilities, employers receive wage subsidies of up to 75 percent of the wages paid. In addition, the costs for the necessary guidance and support at the workplace are covered.
  • With the opening of alternatives to visiting the WfbM through the creation of new offers "from other providers", participation in working life is expanded. For the participation planning anchored in Part 1 of SGB IX, these changes will come into effect on January 1, 2018.
  • The group of people entitled to benefits must be redefined, and the determination of the need for assistance must be based on ICF criteria in accordance with the principles of the UN- CRPD.
  • A " Supplementary Independent Participation Counseling (EUTB)" funded by the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs is intended to ensure comprehensive counseling for people with disabilities on the basis of Section 32 of Book IX of the Social Code and, above all, to support them in making decisions prior to contacting the service providers .
  • At the initiative of the federal states and municipalities, a new regulation for evaluating the technical and financial effects of the new law was added to the BTHG. In order to obtain the most reliable and detailed knowledge possible, model projects will be funded from 2017 to 2019, the evaluation of which is to be scientifically supported.
  • With the introduction of a new participation plan procedure, a single rehab application is sufficient to receive benefits from a single source, even if the social welfare office, integration office, pension insurance, Federal Employment Agency, accident, health and long-term care insurance fund are responsible for different services. With the consent or at the request of the beneficiaries, case conferences are held in which the applicants' individual support needs are discussed. This strengthens the participation of people with disabilities in the procedure if several types of benefits or responsibilities come into question.
  • The overall planning process ties in with the previously described regulations for participation planning and regulates the specifics of the integration aid. In addition to the service areas of the other rehabilitation providers, the responsible long-term care funds, the providers of care assistance and the providers of assistance for livelihoods must also be involved.
  • For the uniform and verifiable determination of individual rehabilitation needs, all rehabilitation providers are obliged from January 1, 2018 to use systematic work processes and standardized work equipment (instruments) that ensure individual and function-related needs assessment and must meet other legally defined minimum standards.
  • As of January 1, 2018, all rehabilitation providers must name contact points who provide barrier-free information on the use of services and advice on offers for applicants, employers and other authorities. This makes access to the rehabilitation providers much easier. Due to the obligation of the contact points to network with each other across jurisdiction boundaries, it will no longer be decisive in the future whether one speaks to the "right" authority. An amendment to Section 11 of the Act on Equal Opportunities for People with Disabilities ( Disabled Equal Opportunities Act - BGG) , which will come into effect on January 1, 2018, means that federal authorities should also issue notices, general directives, public law contracts and forms on request in simple, Explain in an understandable way, if necessary also in the form of a written translation into easy language .

Level 3 (2020)

  • Use of income and assets: New regulations for crediting income and assets in integration assistance in SGB IX. A property saving amount of approx. € 50,000 applies (in the care assistance it remains at an amount of € 25,000). In the future, the income and assets of the spouses or partners of integration assistance relatives should no longer be included in the needs assessment.
  • New types of services: The separation between outpatient, day-patient and inpatient services is being abandoned. There is a strict separation of specialist services and services that secure the livelihood; only the specialist services are then still the responsibility of the provider of integration assistance. The provisions of SGB XII then apply to people with and without disabilities in basically the same way for the living benefits.
  • Delimitation of the services in integration assistance and care: The procedure for clarifying the responsibilities of several rehabilitation providers is expanded and specified. The benefits of long-term care insurance according to SGB XI and the benefits of integration assistance according to SGB IX will continue to be of equal priority in the future. The demarcation of integration assistance according to SGB IX and assistance for care according to SGB XII should be based on the life situation model. This means: “Integration assistance includes domestic help for care before reaching the standard retirement age. This also applies after reaching the standard retirement age, provided that integration assistance benefits have been provided for the first time before this point in time. Since the integration assistance includes care assistance, the more favorable income and asset regulations for integration assistance also apply in this respect. For people who are entitled to integration assistance benefits for the first time before reaching the standard retirement age, this regulation also applies beyond the age limit, provided the integration assistance goals can be achieved. For people who are in need of long-term care and have a handicap after the regular retirement age, there is access to both benefits due to their equal status, but then the care help is provided as a social benefit in accordance with the provisions of social assistance. "
  • Full entry into force of the integration assistance according to SGB IX, Part 2, whereby some parts have already been brought forward to 2018: Contract law in Chapter 8 and determination of the responsible providers of integration assistance according to Section 94 (1) SGB IX.

Level 4 (2023)

  • Support through integration assistance should be limited to those people who need support in at least five of nine areas of life newly defined by the law, provided that a corresponding federal law is passed. (Newly inserted § 99 SGB IX; entry into force planned on January 1, 2023). Until January 1, 2023, the definition of the group of persons entitled to benefits continues to apply as it is already now (as of March 2017) from Section 53 (1) and (2) SGB XII i. V. m. Sections 1 to 3 of the Integration Assistance Ordinance result. On the basis of the version of a future Section 99 of Book IX of the Social Code resulting from Art. 25 a BTHG, the new definition is to be scientifically investigated and tested as a model so that a final specification can take place on January 1, 2023.

criticism

Under the hashtags #nichtmeingesetz and #TeilhabeStattAusbegrenzung a broad protest campaign with various actions started in advance of the adoption
. For example, in connection with “ benefits for participation in working life ”, there is talk of a necessary “minimum level of economic usability” for possible cooperation by those affected; According to the critics, there should continue to be an asset limit - albeit significantly higher than before - for recipients of integration assistance. Those affected and professional associations also feared that in the course of a "forced pooling" they would only be able to make use of certain support services while restricting their options and that considerably more instead of less bureaucracy would arise - contrary to the clear intention of the new edition. The restriction of support to those people who need support in at least five out of nine areas of life (newly inserted Section 99 of Book IX of the Social Code; entry into force planned for January 1, 2023) was rejected. The “ Federal Association for Living Aid for People with Disabilities ” started an action under change.org that by mid-December 2016 had collected a total of 71,625 supporter signatures.

The social association VdK Germany accused the federal government of maintaining disability policy “determined by the patronizing tradition of care ” ( paternalism ). In particular, it is unclear how a needs assessment based on the ICF should be compatible with the principle of personal focus in the sense of self-determination for those entitled to participate. If the interlocutors of the beneficiary or his confidante prior to a participation conference are aware of the ICF findings, the degree of disability and the degree of reduced earning capacity, the wishes of the beneficiary can only modify the process of determining needs, but not fundamentally. The category of the deficit is difficult to filter out from the ICF's point of view (approach: those who cannot do x, objectively need measure y as an aid). Ultimately, it is always possible to rate a service request as "inappropriate", especially if it threatens to exceed the usual budget.

Critics generally complain that despite the planned relief of the municipalities, the changes in the course of the reform of the "integration aid" are subject to the requirement of cost neutrality. “Cost savings and the usability of work performance are in the foreground, but not the self-determination and civil rights of people with disabilities. Apparently, a cost limitation law and less an inclusion law in the sense of the UN Disability Rights Convention is to be initiated here, ”said Ulrich Schneider, General Manager of the German Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband . The allegation of “underfunding” the reform was also raised in the Federal Council.

In general, it remains the case that integration assistance benefits require a need for assistance that leads to state-funded transfer benefits within the framework of the welfare principle. As before, the integration assistance remains in principle a subordinate service. For example, physiotherapy treatments in a workshop for disabled people would have to be billed to the health insurance company in the future, as insurance companies that are liable to pay benefits (here: according to SGB ​​V ) would have to be used primarily for financing. For subordinate benefits, however - despite the fact that most of the regulations that affect people with disabilities have been separated from SGB XII - the logic of social assistance is decisive. This can be seen from the fact that, in principle, the same rules for determining needs are applied to disabled people who live in dormitories as for Hartz IV recipients. According to the BTHG, there are exceptions to the principle of subordination only for benefits in accordance with SGB XI (i.e. for long-term care insurance benefits) that no longer have to be used as a priority.

Matthias Löb , Director of the Regional Association of Westphalia-Lippe (LWL), considered the draft law “despite the criticism a milestone in terms of disability policy”: “People with disabilities are no longer dependent on social assistance for their participation, there will be clear exemptions from income and assets . All service providers must work together - help as if from a single source. It is also correct that social participation does not stop with the issues of living and working. Culture, leisure time and mobility are also important issues. "Löb criticized, however, that people with disabilities are still worse off in long-term care insurance than non-disabled people and that the financial consequences for the municipalities are difficult to assess because the meaning of the term" Disability ”, as defined in the new law, has yet to be specified by authorities and courts. However, this has long been clarified: the UN-CRPD has been a federal law since it came into force in Germany. The BSG had therefore already repeatedly taken this (changed) understanding of the term into account when interpreting Section 2 (1) SGB IX. In this respect, the new legal regulation merely creates conceptual clarity in simple federal law. (Siefert, jurisPR-SozR 6/2017 note 1)

The "Platform for Action" and self-help initiative " Ability Watch " (dt. About watching on Can) (dt. "Organization of disabled people," DPO) a "Disabled People's Organization" presented in early May 2016 "the ten biggest weaknesses in the draft federal participation law " together. Various interest groups commented.

literature

  • Düwell / Beyer: The new law for disabled employees. Inclusion in the workplace - BTHG as a challenge for representations, employers and lawyers. NomosPraxis, ISBN 978-3-8487-3602-7 .

Web links

Individual evidence

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