Обещанието „2020“: закони за онези, които напускат Омелас
The Promise “2020”: Laws for Those Who Leave Omelas

Summary/Abstract: The article summarizes the main issues raised by the new regulations, proposed by the Bulgarian legislator at the end of 2018 and in the beginning of 2019as legal solutions to some of the problems of people with disabilities. Unfortunately, the search for these answers was not a legislative initiative itself, but a reaction to the “mothers protests” that lasted almost all throughout the 2018. Three laws were adopted: Disability Act: promulgated on 18.12.2018, in force since 1.01.2019; Personal Assistance Act: promulgated on 18.12.2018, in force since 1.01.2019; and the Social Services Act: promulgated on 22.03.2019, in force since 1.01.2020. The postponement of the most significant of the three laws – the Social Services Act, for the beginning of 2020 is the reason why the proposed legislative decisions should be referred to in this report as The Promise “2020”. An analysis is made of the new actors around which social services are organized and the state's efforts to ensure the protection of these rights, focusing on the regulatory lines that go through the everyday life of people with disabilities.

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