Social service at home and in semi-stationary institutions
The article examines the issues of legal regulation of social services in such forms as semi-stationary institutions and at home. The author identifies two types of legal regulation (at the federal level and at the level of the federation entities), which allow us to speak of the unity and differentiation of the legal regulation of these relations. The author raises the question of equality of service recipients, the procedure for providing services and their cost, which varies in different regions of the federation and depends on the economic situation and the needs of the population for services. Based on the analysis of the current legislation in the field of social services, the circle of recipients of services, the procedure of determining the recipient’s need for such services, the possibility of their free receipt is determined. The author believes that the guaranteed minimum of services is determined by the federal law, and the variety of services provided by the federation entity can only improve the legal status of beneficiaries with respect to the established guaranteed minimum. Regarding per capita income, which gives the right to free social services, it is concluded that in most entities of the federation it significantly exceeds the minimum established by the federal legislation, which indicates an increase in the availability of free social services at home and in the semi-stationary conditions.