of December 28, 2013 No. ZR-154
About public welfare payments
Accepted by National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia on December 12, 2013
1. This Law governs the relations connected with provision in the Republic of Armenia of public welfare payments, establishes concept, types and procedure for provision of public welfare payment.
1. In the presence of the bases established by the law the citizens of the Republic of Armenia who are living and having the right to residence (the status of stay) in the Republic of Armenia foreign citizens, stateless persons, and also persons having the status of the refugee in the Republic of Armenia have the right to public welfare payment (further – the citizen).
2. The citizen of the Republic of Armenia with double citizenship has the right to public welfare payment on an equal basis with the citizen of the Republic of Armenia if the international treaty of the Republic of Armenia or this Law do not provide other.
1. Public welfare payment is monetary assistance, periodically or one-timely provided from means of the government budget.
2. The purpose of provision of public welfare payments is:
1) assistance to increase in living standards of unsecured families or suppression of its deterioration;
2) partial compensation of certain expenses of family or citizen;
3) improvement of demographic situation;
4) realization of right to social insurance.
1. The relations connected with provision of public welfare payments are regulated by this Law, other legal acts, and also international treaties of the Republic of Armenia.
1. This Law establishes the following types of public welfare payments:
2) social benefit;
3) emergency help;
4) lump-sum allowance in case of the child's birth;
5) child care allowance up to two years;
6) temporary disability benefit;
6. 1) benefit on motherhood;
7) old-age benefit;
8) disability benefit;
9) benefit on the occasion of loss of the supporter;
10) benefit for burial;
11) tutorial benefit.
2. The relations connected with provision of benefit, stipulated in Item 6 parts of 1 this Article are regulated by other laws.
1. For receipt of public welfare payment the citizen addresses to the body for provision of public welfare payment for the place of the accommodation authorized by the Government of the Republic of Armenia (further – the territorial center).
2. The applicant declares the data necessary for public welfare payment of this type in the territorial center, and submits required documents.
3. The public welfare payment is provided (appoints and will organize its payment) by the territorial center in the presence of the bases established by this Law.
4. The sizes of public welfare payments, procedure for their appointment and payment affirm the Government of the Republic of Armenia.
5. The state body in the sphere of social support authorized by the Government of the Republic of Armenia, according to the procedure, established together with the body performing methodical management and control of activities of bodies of civil registration receives from bodies of civil registration of the data on state registration of the act of civil status in the Republic of Armenia, necessary for purpose of public welfare payment (social assessment of family).
1. In purpose of public welfare payment refuses in cases:
1) lack of the basis (bases) established (established) by the law for purpose of this type of public welfare payment;
2) non-presentations by the applicant of all necessary documents in time, established by the law for purpose of this type of public welfare payment;
3) submissions of doubtful data by the applicant for receipt of public welfare payment.
1. Payment of public welfare payments is performed by means of the organizations which concluded with the authorized Government of the Republic of Armenia state body in the sphere of social assistance the service provision agreement on payment of public welfare payments, and (or) other representatives by the Government of the Republic of Armenia of the organizations (further – the paying organizations).
2. The approximate form of the service provision agreement on payment of public welfare payments is established by the Government of the Republic of Armenia.
3. Ceased to be valid according to the Law of the Republic of Armenia of 21.12.2022 No. ZR-503-N
4. The maternal benefit of unemployed person and lump-sum allowance on the child's birth established by this Law are paid by transfer into the account of lump money payments opened according to the procedure, established by the Civil code of the Republic of Armenia, addressed to person who was granted allowance. If within 12 months, beginning from month of transfer to databank, lump money payments, necessary for opening of the account, person does not represent the requirement established by part 3 of Article 928.8 of the Civil code of the Republic of Armenia, then the benefit amount credited into the account of lump money payments, according to the procedure and the terms established part - 4 Articles 928.8 of the Civil code of the Republic of Armenia, return to the government budget of the Republic of Armenia.
5. The family allowance, social benefit and the urgent help are paid by non-cash method, except as specified, specified by part 7 of this Article.
6. The family allowance, social benefit and the urgent help, according to part 5 of this Article, are paid by non-cash method to the single full age family member or the full age family member from written consent of all other full age family members (if in family composition there are more than one full age member).
7. The family allowance, social benefit and the urgent help based on the statement are paid by non-cash or cash method if the amount is paid to the full age family member (to the single full age family member or the full age family member receiving the amount from written consent of all other full age family members) who is person with restriction of deep or heavy degree of functionality, or to it 75 years were performed.
8. Payment of family allowance, social benefit and the urgent help by cash method is payment of the amount of benefit or the urgent help to the full age family member.
9. Payment of family allowance, social benefit by non-cash method is transfer of the amount to the account of social security opened according to the procedure, established by the Civil code of the Republic of Armenia, addressed to the single full age family member or the full age family member (the account holder of the social security) specified in written consent of full age family members in the form specified in part 6 of this Article.
10. Payment of the urgent help by non-cash method is transfer of the amount to the account of lump money payments opened according to the procedure, established by the Civil code of the Republic of Armenia, addressed to the single full age family member or the full age family member specified in written consent of full age family members in the form specified in part 6 of this Article.
Voided according to the Law of the Republic of Armenia of 20.12.2017 No. ZR-230
1. The family staying on the registry in system of social assessment of family having the family member aged up to 18 years which point of neediness is higher than the point established by the Government of the Republic of Armenia for limiting this year granting the right to family allowance has the right to family allowance.
1.1. Other conditions granting the right to family allowance can be established by the government of the Republic of Armenia.
2. The right to family allowance arises as of day of the address of the applicant, and the family allowance is paid since the month following after month of day of the address.
1. The size of family allowance is determined by addition to basic unit of family allowance of the allowance issued on each family member aged up to 18 years who is family composition and living at the place of residence of family.
2. The size of the allowance issued on the family member aged up to 18 years is differentiated in the procedure established by the Government of the Republic of Armenia proceeding from degree of neediness of this family, the place of its accommodation, number of family members aged up to 18 years.
1. The right to family allowance stops:
1) in case of lowering of point of neediness of family is lower than the limiting point of neediness of family granting the right to family allowance;
2) if it becomes clear that these (documents) provided by any family member, formed the basis for the decision on provision of family allowance, are not reliable;
3) ceased to be valid according to the Law of the Republic of Armenia of 21.12.2022 No. ZR-503-N
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