The procedure for obtaining the pension, allowance or benefit by older persons or persons with special needs will be facilitated. According to a bill approved by the Cabinet, the secretary of the local council will be able to authenticate powers of attorney for representing persons for setting and recalculating pensions, benefits or allowances for disability degree or the successor’s pension, IPN reports.

Currently, the secretary of the local council can authenticate powers of attorney only for receiving pensions and allowances, not yet for representing persons at the local house of social insurance.

According to the sponsors, the bill was designed based on requests made by older persons and persons with special needs, primarily from rural areas, where there is no notary nearby and time and additional costs are needed for travelling to notary offices and local subdivisions of the National House of Social Insurance.