Approved by order
Minister of Health and
Social Development
of the Republic of Kazakhstan
dated May 5, 2015 No. 320
Rules for the appointment and payment of state targeted social assistance and the provision of a guaranteed social package
Footnote. Rules as amended by the Order of the Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 05.01.2020 No. 3 (effective from 01.01.2020).
Chapter 1. General provisions
These Rules for the appointment and payment of State targeted social assistance and the provision of a guaranteed social package (hereinafter referred to as the Rules) are developed in accordance with paragraph 4 of Article 7 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan of July 17, 2001 "On State Targeted Social Assistance" (hereinafter referred to as the Law) and determine the procedure for the appointment and payment of state targeted social assistance for the provision of a guaranteed social package.
The following basic concepts are used in these Rules:
1) individual plan of assistance to a person (family) (hereinafter – individual plan) – a plan of measures to promote employment and (or) social adaptation, drawn up by the employment center together with the person who applied for targeted social assistance, and (or) members of his family;
2) assistant-an employee of the Employment Center who performs the functions of assisting the social work consultant and the mayor of a village, village, or rural district in conducting consultations, interviews, and monitoring the fulfillment of obligations under a social contract;
3) authorized organization for the payment of targeted social assistance – organizations that have a license of the authorized body for the regulation and supervision of the financial market and financial organizations for the relevant types of banking operations, or territorial divisions of the joint-stock company "Kazpost";
4) measures of social adaptation – a set of measures including measures of social rehabilitation of disabled persons, defined by Article 21 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated April 13, 2005 "On social protection of disabled persons in the Republic of Kazakhstan", special social services provided to persons in difficult life situations, in accordance with the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated December 29, 2008 "On special social services", as well as other measures of state support provided in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
5) social maladaptation-a violation of the interaction of the individual with the social environment;
6) social deprivation - restriction and (or) deprivation of the possibility of self-satisfaction by a person (family) of basic life needs;
7) social work consultant (hereinafter referred to as a consultant) – an employee of the Employment Center who assists in the appointment of targeted social assistance and the exit of a low-income person (family) from a situation caused by his (their) being below the poverty line;
8) social contract – an agreement defining the rights and obligations of the parties on participation in active measures to promote employment between a citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan or an oralman from among the unemployed, certain categories of employed persons defined by the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as other persons in cases provided for by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Employment of the Population" (hereinafter referred to as – The Law on Employment of the Population), and the employment center of the population, and in cases provided for by the Law on Employment of the Population, with individuals and legal entities involved in the organization of active measures to promote employment, as well as the provision of state targeted social assistance;
9) able-bodied person (able – bodied family member) - a person or family member aged from sixteen years to the age provided for in paragraph 1 of Article 11 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Pension Provision in the Republic of Kazakhstan", with the exception of persons with disabilities of the first or second group and (or) persons with diseases in which the period of temporary disability of more than two months can be established;
10) per capita income – the share of total family income per family member per month;
11) total income – the sum of the types of income taken into account when assigning targeted social assistance;
12) standard list of measures to promote employment and social adaptation (hereinafter – the Standard List) – a list of active measures to promote employment and social adaptation, approved by the central executive body in the field of social protection of the population, and recommended for use in the conclusion of a social contract;
13) guaranteed social package-assistance to low-income families with children aged from one to eighteen years in the types and amounts determined by the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
14) service provider – the local executive body of the cities of republican significance and the capital, districts and cities of regional and district significance;
15) public service standard – a list of the main requirements for the provision of public services, including the characteristics of the process, form, content and result of the provision, as well as other information, taking into account the specifics of the provision of public services;
16) low-income persons (families) – persons (families) who have an average per capita income per month below the poverty line established in the regions, cities of republican significance, the capital;
17) the authorized body – the local executive body of the city of republican significance, the capital, the district, the city of regional significance, the district in the city, the city of district significance, carrying out the appointment of state targeted social assistance (hereinafter-the authorized body);
18) precinct commission – a special commission established by the decision of the akims of the relevant administrative-territorial units to conduct a survey of the financial situation of persons (families) who applied for state targeted social assistance, in accordance with the Model Regulation on Precinct Commissions, approved by the Order of the Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated January 28, 2009 No. 29-p " On Approval of the Model Regulation on Precinct Commissions, as well as criteria for determining the need for state targeted social assistance based on the results of a survey of the applicant's financial situation" (registered in the Register of State Registration of Regulatory Legal Acts No. 5562);
19) district (city) commission on employment issues – the commission that coordinates the activities of state bodies and other organizations located on the territory of the district (city of regional significance), akims of cities of district significance, villages, settlements, rural districts on the implementation of measures to promote employment and social assistance, according to the Model Regulation on the district (city) commission on Employment, approved by the Order of the Minister of Health and Social Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated June 7, 2016 No. 482 "On Approval of certain Standard Documents" (registered in the Register of State Registration of Regulatory Legal Acts No. 13867) (hereinafter-Order No. 482);
20) regional commission on employment – a commission that coordinates the activities of state bodies and other organizations located in the territory of the region (a city of republican significance, the capital) on the implementation of measures to promote employment and social assistance, in accordance with the Model Regulation on the regional commission on Employment, approved by Order No. 482;
21) active measures to promote employment of the population – measures of social protection against unemployment and ensuring employment of the population, state support for citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan and oralmans from among the unemployed, certain categories of employed persons determined by the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as other persons in cases provided for by the Law on Employment of the Population carried out in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on employment of the population;
22) employment center (hereinafter referred to as the Center) – a legal entity established by the local executive body of the district, cities of regional and republican significance, the capital in order to implement active measures to promote employment, organize social protection against unemployment and other measures to promote employment.
Footnote. Paragraph 2 as amended by the Order of the Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 27.05.2020 No. 193 (entered into force after ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication).
Chapter 2. The procedure for assigning state targeted social assistance
State targeted social assistance (hereinafter referred to as targeted social assistance) is provided to a person or family with an average per capita income that does not exceed the poverty line established in the regions, cities of republican significance, the capital, in accordance with paragraph 1-2 of Article 2 of the Law in the form of unconditional or conditional monetary assistance.
For the purpose of providing targeted social assistance, the family composition is determined in accordance with paragraph 1 of Article 4 of the Law.