Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 14.06.2006

Federal Law No. 87-FZ of June 12, 2006 on the Amendments to the Federal Law on the Budget of the Federal Fund of Obligatory Medical Insurance for the Year 2005

The amendments reduce expenses for medicines provided to individual categories of citizens. The reduction of financing of these expenses is stipulated by the fact that medicines provided to individual categories of citizens required lower amount as compared to what was envisaged earlier (Rbl 50.8 bn was allocated, but only Rbl 20 bn spent). Part of the resources (Rbl 2.5 bn) was handed over to pay for sanatorium and resort treatment and travel of individual categories of citizens to the place of treatment in the federal specialised medical institutions.

Reduction of resources of the federal budget for the measures of social support of individual categories of citizens pertaining to provided medicines was earlier found in the federal budget for the year 2005.

Federal Law No. 86-FZ of June 12, 2006 on the Amendments to the Federal Law on the Budget of the Social Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation for the Year 2005

The amendments envisage an increase of expenses for the measures of social support of individual categories of citizens pertaining to sanatorium and resort treatment and coverage of travel to the place of treatment and back in 2005 by Rbl 2,500,043.9 thousand.

Federal Law No. 85-FZ of June 12, 2006 on the Amendment to Article 4 of the Federal Law on the Central Bank of the Russian Federation (Bank of Russia)

According to the amendment, the Bank of Russia is empowered with authority to endorse the graphic depiction of the rouble as a special sign.

Federal Law No. 84-FZ of June 12, 2006 on the Amendments to the Federal Law on the State Regulation in the Sphere of Production and Use of Coal, on the Particulars of Social Protection of Employees of Organisations of the Coal Industry

Extends the list of employees of the coal industry entitled for the social support and amends the notion of "social obligations".

For individual categories of dismissed employees of the coal industry and members of their families, envisages one more measure of social support - free rations of coal in cases of sale of the federally owned stocks of organisations producing (processing) coal (slates) if these organisations are not liquidated.

Item 2 of Article 21 omits the mention of collective contracts (agreements) pertaining to free rations of coal. The Government of the Russian Federation is offered to fix the minimum volume of social guarantees.

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 839-r of June 7, 2006

Works out the concept of the federal targeted program "Development of the Criminal Execution System (Years 2007-2016)" intended to provide for a further development of the criminal execution system, observation of the rights and legal interests of detained suspects and the accused, as well as create conditions for implementation of provisions of international standards of treating of those under investigation and the convicts.

Suggests termination of implementation within the first 3 years of the program of construction and reconstruction of objects of preliminary investigation isolation wards began in the framework of the federal targeted program "Reformation of the Criminal Execution System for the Years 2002-2006", as well as the projects of 8 preliminary investigation isolation wards with detention conditions meeting international standards.

In subsequent years, reconstruction of 97 preliminary investigation isolation wards is planned to provide detention conditions for those under investigation in compliance with the legislation of the Russian Federation, as well as design works for 18 preliminary investigation isolation wards and construction of 26 preliminary investigation isolation wards with detention conditions meeting international standards.

On the whole, the program of construction and reconstruction of corrective institutions suggests designing, reconstruction and construction of 575 objects of corrective institutions.

The planned volume of financing of the program for the ten-year period makes Rbl 54,588.2 million.