The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan has developed a draft order of the head of the department "On amendments and additions to some orders". The document is aimed at increasing the availability of technical means of rehabilitation for persons with disabilities (hereinafter referred to as LSI), which will have a positive impact on their quality of life and socialization into society. The draft order is posted on the Open NPAs portal for public discussion until November 29, 2024.
Thus, the document provides for a reduction in the time needed to replace wheelchairs. To a large extent, these amendments will affect children's wheelchairs. So, for children under 7 years old, all types of wheelchairs are planned to be replaced after three years. For children over the age of 7: indoor – after 5 years, universal – after 4 years. Also, the replacement period for indoor wheelchairs for adults will be reduced by one year, they will be changed every 6 years.
By the way, today, in accordance with current legislation, uniform replacement periods have been established for children and adults traveling in wheelchairs: 7 years for indoor wheelchairs, 4 years for strollers.
Also among the significant changes is the provision of prosthetic and orthopedic shoes for all groups of people with disabilities, shoes for devices (prostheses), therapeutic and preventive means at the expense of budgetary funds.
To date, these LSI services are provided depending on the disability group with payment at their own expense of 50% or 100% of the cost.
In addition, the adoption of the draft order will eliminate restrictions on providing laptops with a webcam, as well as screen access software and speech synthesis, portable typhoid computers with speech synthesis, with built-in Braille input/output, for persons with disabilities who have reached retirement age. To date, the above-mentioned technical means is provided exclusively to people of working age.
To improve the quality of life of a visually impaired person, it is planned to replace the player with a specialized tifloflashplayer, which provides great technical capabilities.
For people with disabilities who have been on bed rest for a long time, it is provided with an anti-bedsore mattress and a functional mechanical medical bed.
Along with this, medical indications for the provision of sign language specialist services in an online format (contactless) have been revised, which will ensure equal access to them.
The adoption of the draft order will not entail negative socio-economic and/or legal consequences.
More information about the document can be found on the portal "Open NPAs" at the link https://legalacts.egov.kz/npa/view?id=15293212

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/enbek/press/news/details/883924