ArmInfo. The current regulations in the field of medical and social expertise are unsatisfactory. This was stated by the head of government Karen Karapetyan on February 15 during the next meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of the country.
The prime minister noted that in the process of ensuring the targeting and fairness of services rendered in the sphere of social protection services, the commission conducting medical and social expertise plays an important role. Despite the earlier measures, as Karen Karapetyan noted, the current regulations and efficiency of these commissions are unsatisfactory. In particular, as the head of the Cabinet pointed out, the activities of the commissions do not minimize the impact of subjective factors. In addition, the procedure for registering a disability group is incomprehensible and unpredictable, since the system for organizing and monitoring the process for recognizing a citizen as an invalid is inadequate. With this in mind, Karen Karapetyan instructed the Minister of Health Levon Altunyan and the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Artem Asatryan to jointly develop in the government apparatus of the republic within a month's time the proposals aimed at qualitative changes in the sphere of medical and social expertise.
According to the head of government, the issue was preliminary discussed with the ministers. "The plan of action they propose will fundamentally change the quality in this area, so I'm sure that within a month we will be able to establish new rules of the game in this area," the premier concluded. Repeatedly by various experts the question was raised that the sphere is traditionally controversial and very "seductive" in terms of corruption risks.