13th pension to be financed from Solidarity Fund

The Sejm voted in favor of an act enabling financing of the so-called thirteenth retirement and disability pensions from the Solidarity Fund, currently known as the Solidarity Fund for the Support of People with Disabilities. Former opposition MPs were against this bill.
233 deputies voted in favor of the law prepared by Law and Justice (PiS), 215 were against and no abstentions. Earlier, the Sejm did not support the applications of the KO and the Left to reject the bill in its entirety, nor any minority applications. However, PiS amendments were accepted. They change, among others the date of entry into force of the Act – most of the provisions of the amendment will be effective from the day following the day of publication.
According to another amendment, the Solidarity Fund will also be able to finance health services related to the issuing of judgments for persons unable to live independently who apply for supplementary benefits (the so-called 500 plus for dependent persons). These funds will be transferred to the National Health Fund in the amount of 0.5 percent.
(Business Insider)