Official translation REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA LAW ON STATE SOCIAL ASSISTANCE BENEFITS 29 November 1994 – No. I-675 Vilnius (Last amended on 8 December 2009 – No. XI-533) CHAPTER ONE GENERAL PROVISIONS Ar

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of this Law who have lost: 75-100% of the capacity for work – in the amount equal to 2 basic pensions; 60-70% of the capacity for work – in the amount equal to 1.5 basic pensions; and 45-55% of the capacity for work – in the amount equal to 0.75 basic pension; 3) for the persons referred to in subparagraphs 3 and 4 of Article 5 of this Law who have lost 75-100% of the capacity for work – in the amount equal to 1.5 basic pensions, who attained the pensionable age or have lost 60-70% of the capacity for work – in the amount equal to 1 basic pension; 4) for the persons referred to in subparagraph 5 of Article 5 of this Law who have lost 75-100% of the capacity for work (who were recognised as persons with Group I disability prior to 1 July 2005) – in the amount equal to 1 basic pension, who have attained the pensionable age or have lost 60-70% of the capacity for work (who were recognised as persons with Group II invalidity prior to 1 July 2005) – in the amount equal to 0.9 basic pension. CHAPTER THREE ORPHAN’S SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PENSIONS Article 8. Persons Entitled to Receive an Orphan’s Social Assistance Pension 1. The right to receive a social assistance pension under the conditions set out in Article 9 of this Law shall belong to the following children (adopted children) of a deceased person or a person declared dead in the manner prescribed by law: 1) those aged under 18; 2) those aged between 18 and 24 who are full-time pupils or students of institutions of secondary, vocational, post-secondary or higher education, registered in the prescribed manner; 3) those aged 18 who were recognised as disabled persons (as invalids prior to 1 July 2005) before the day (inclusive) they reached age 18, provided that since their 18th birthday they have been incapable for work or partially incapable for work (invalids). 2. The orphans who have lost both parents (adoptive parents) shall be granted orphan’s social assistance pensions for each deceased parent (adoptive parent). The children (adopted children) of a deceased person, who are entitled to receive an orphan’s social assistance pension, shall retain such right even after their adoption. Article 9. Conditions for Granting and Payment of Orphan’s Social Assistance Pensions 1. Orphan’s social assistance pensions shall be granted and paid to the persons who are not entitled to larger or same-amount pensions and (

1. or)pension benefits, with the exception of the case set out in paragraph 2 of this Article. 2. Orphan’s social assistance pension shall be granted and paid to a person entitled to it regardless of the fact that such person is entitled to a state social insurance orphan’s pension and (
2. or)state orphan’s pension for another deceased parent (adoptive parent). 3. Orphan’s social assistance pensions shall be granted and paid regardless whether or not a person receives social assistance benefits specified in this Law, except relief compensations and social pension granted for that deceased breadwinner in respect of whom the person is entitled to receive the orphan’s social assistance pension. 4. Orphan’s social assistance pensions shall be granted and paid despite the fact that the deceased or the person declared dead in the manner prescribed by law, whose children (adopted children) are entitled to receive the orphan’s social assistance pension, was not a permanent resident of the Republic of Lithuania before the death or the declaratory judgement of death. Article 10. Amount of Orphan’s Social Assistance Pensions The orphan’s social assistance pension shall be granted and paid in the amount equal to 0.5 basic pension to each child. When 4 or more children (adopted children) of a deceased person have the right to receive such pension, the orphan’s social assistance pension in the amount equal to 1.5 basic pensions shall be granted and paid in equal shares to all children (adopted children) of the deceased person. CHAPTER FOUR TARGET COMPENSATIONS FOR NURSING OR ATTENDANCE (ASSISTANCE) EXPENSES Article 11. Persons Entitled to Receive Target Compensations for Nursing or Attendance (Assistance) Expenses The following persons shall be entitled to receive target compensations for nursing or attendance (assistance) expenses under the conditions set out in Article 12 of this Law: 1) disabled children to whom severe or moderate disability is established; 2) persons with incapacity for work or partial incapacity for work, who have lost 60% or more of the capacity for work and who were recognised as such before the day (inclusive) they reached the age of 24, as well as the persons who because of the effects of a sickness or injury suffered before the age of 24, have been recognised as persons with incapacity for work or partial incapacity for work, who have lost 60% or more of the capacity for work, after their 24th birthday, but not later than before the day (inclusive) they reach 26; 3) persons who have lost 60% or more of the capacity for work, who are not specified in subparagraph 2 of this paragraph; 4) persons who have attained the pensionable age. Article 12. Conditions of Granting and Payment of Target Compensations for Nursing or Attendance (Assistance) Expenses 1. Target compensations for nursing expenses shall be granted and paid to the disabled referred to in Article 11 of this Law, to whom the special need for permanent nursing has been established. 2. Target compensations for attendance (assistance) expenses shall be granted and paid to the disabled referred to in subparagraphs 2 to 4 of Article 11 of this Law, to whom the special need for permanent attendance or permanent assistance has been established. Target compensations for attendance (assistance) expenses shall be granted to the disabled children referred to in subparagraph 1 of Article 11 irrespective of whether the said special need has been established or not. 3. Target compensations for nursing or attendance (assistance) expenses shall be granted and paid only if the disabled referred to in this Article are being nursed or attended for at home. 4. Larger target compensations shall be granted and paid to the disabled children and the disabled who are entitled to the target compensation for nursing expenses and to the target compensation for attendance (assistance) expenses at the same time. 5. From 1 July 2005, target compensations for nursing expenses shall replace nursing allowances and target compensations for nursing expenses that were granted and paid before 1 July 2005, while target compensations for attendance (assistance) expenses shall replace target compensations for nursing expenses paid before 1 July 2005. Article 13. Amounts of Target Compensations for Nursing or Attendance (Assistance) Expenses 1. Target compensations for nursing expenses to disabled children, the disabled referred to in subparagraphs 2 and 3 of Article 11 of this Law who have lost 75-100% of the capacity for work, and the disabled referred to in subparagraph 4 of Article 11 of this Law, provided that the special need for permanent nursing has been established for these children and the disabled, shall amount to 2.5 basic pensions. 2. The amounts of target compensations for attendance (assistance) expenses to disabled children shall be as follows: 1) to disabled children to whom severe disability has been established – in the amount equal to 1 basic pension; 2) to disabled children to whom moderate disability has been established – in the amount equal to 0.5 basic pension. 3. The amounts of target compensations for attendance (assistance) expenses to the disabled

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of this Law, to whom the special need for permanent attendance or permanent assistance has been established, shall be as follows: 1) the disabled who have lost 75-100% of the capacity for work – in the amount equal to 1 basic pension; 2) the disabled who have lost 60-70% of the capacity for work – in the amount equal to 0.5 basic pension. 4. The amounts of target compensations for attendance (assistance) expenses to the disabled referred to in subparagraphs 3 and 4 of Article 11 of this Law, to whom the special need for permanent attendance or permanent assistance has been established, shall be as follows: 1) the disabled who have lost 75-100% of the capacity for work – in the amount equal to 1 basic pension; 2) the disabled who have lost 60-70% of the capacity for work and the disabled who have attained the pensionable age – in the amount equal to 0.5 basic pension. Article 14. Commencement of Granting and Payment of Target Compensations for Nursing or Attendance (Assistance) Expenses 1. Target compensations for nursing expenses in the amount specified in paragraph 1 of Article 13 of this Law to disabled children and the disabled referred to in subparagraphs 1 and 2 of Article 11 and target compensations for attendance (assistance) expenses in the amount specified in paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 13 of this Law shall be granted and paid from 1 July 2005. 2. The amount of target compensations for nursing expenses to the disabled referred to in subparagraph 3 of Article 11 of this Law, who have lost 75-100% of the capacity for work and to the disabled referred to in subparagraph 4 of Article 11 of this Law shall be equal to 1.5 basic pensions from 1 July 2005 and 2.5 basic pensions from 1 January 2007. 3. Target compensations for attendance (assistance) expenses to the disabled referred to in subparagraph 3 of Article 11 of this Law shall be granted and paid from 1 January 2007. 4. Target compensations for attendance (assistance) expenses to the disabled referred to in subparagraph 4 of Article 11 of this Law shall be granted and paid from 1 January 2006, provided that such persons do not receive state social insurance pension for the invalidity of Group I or a bonus in the amount of 0.5 of the state social insurance basic pension intended for meeting the special need for permanent nursing or permanent attendance (assistance) paid by territorial offices of the State Social Insurance Fund Board under the Ministry of Social Security and Labour. From 1 January 2008, the bonus intended for meeting the special need for permanent nursing or permanent attendance (assistance) shall be replaced by the target compensations for attendance (assistance) expenses provided for in this Law. Such compensations shall be paid irrespective of the type of pension received by a person. Persons for whom a special need for permanent nursing (prior to 1 July 2005 – total invalidity) is established shall, instead of the above-mentioned bonus from the date of termination of its payment, be granted and paid at municipal administrations a target bonus in the amount of 0.5 of the basic pension. CHAPTER FIVE RELIEF COMPENSATIONS Article 15. Persons Entitled to Receive Relief Compensation The following persons shall be entitled to receive relief compensation under the conditions laid down in Article 16 of this Law: 1) parents (adoptive parents) who for not less than 10 years preceding 1 January 1995 nursed at home invalid children or children recognised as persons of Group I or II invalidity since childhood or who became persons of Group I or II invalidity before the age of 18; 2) mothers who before 1 January 1995 gave birth to five or more children and brought up them until they reached the age of 8. Article 16. Conditions for Granting and Payment of Relief Compensations 1. Relief compensations shall be granted and paid to the persons indicated in Article 15 of this Law when they reach the age, which is five years less than the pensionable age, or are recognised as persons with incapacity for work or partial incapacity for work, who have lost 60% and more of the capacity for work. 2. Relief compensations shall be paid until their recipients become entitled to receive the pensions and (

1. or)pension benefits referred to in paragraph 7 of Article 2 of this Law, with the exception of the state social insurance survivor’s pension. If a recipient of the relief compensation does not become entitled to receive any of the said pensions and (
2. or)pension benefits, except the state social insurance survivor’s pension, the relief compensation shall be paid to him as long as he is recognised as a person with incapacity for work or partial incapacity for work, who has lost 60% and more of the capacity for work (for those who reached the pensionable age – for term of life). 3. Relief compensations shall be paid regardless of whether or not a person receives the state social insurance survivor’s pension. 4. Only one of the parents (adoptive parents) shall be granted and paid the relief compensation for the same invalid nursed at home. When a person nursed several invalids at home, only one relief compensation shall be granted and paid to such person. 5. At the choice of the persons entitled to receive several relief compensations, one relief compensation shall be granted and paid to the said persons. Article 17. Amount of the Relief compensation The relief compensation shall be in the amount equal to 1.5 basic pensions. CHAPTER SIX Procedure for granting and payING social assistance benefits Article 18. Institutions Granting and Paying Social Assistance Benefits Social assistance benefits shall be granted and paid by municipal administrations in pursuance of this Law and the regulations concerning state social assistance benefit granting and payment, approved by the Government. Article 19. Procedure for Granting and Paying Social Assistance Benefits 1. Social assistance benefits shall be granted and paid according to the place of residence in the Republic of Lithuania of the persons entitled to receive such benefits. 2. To the persons who are entitled to receive the pension and (
3. or)pension benefit the amount of which (the total sum thereof) is equal to the social assistance pension, orphan’s social assistance pension or relief compensation, or is less than them (less than the total sum of the social assistance benefits), the latter social assistance benefits shall not be granted and paid as long as the person receives the pension and (
4. or)pension benefit, with the exception of the case laid down in paragraph 3 of this Article. 3. To the persons, referred to in subparagraph 5 of Article 5 of this Law, who are entitled to receive the pension (with the exception of the state social insurance survivor’s pension) and (
5. or)pension benefit the amount of which (the total sum thereof) is less than the social assistance pension, shall be paid the difference of the social assistance pension and the pension and (
6. or)pension benefit (the total sum thereof). 4. Social assistance benefits shall be granted and paid regardless of whether or not their recipients are the persons specified in subparagraphs 1-9 of paragraph 1 of Article 2 of the Law on State Social Insurance Pensions, as well as farmers and their partners whose status is regulated by the Law on the Farmer’s Farm, with the exception of the case referred to in paragraph 5 of this Article. 5. Social assistance benefits shall not be granted and (
7. or)paid to the persons specified in subparagraph 5 of Article 5 of this Law, provided these are the persons referred to in subparagraphs 1-6, 8 or 9 of paragraph 1 of Article 2 of the Law on State Social Insurance Pensions, as well as farmers and their partners whose status is regulated by the Law on the Farmer’s Farm. 6. Social assistance pensions to the persons referred to subparagraph 4 of Article 5 of this Law and relief compensations to the persons

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of this Law shall be granted and paid only in the case if their children were not placed, reared and (

1. or)attended in infant’s homes or other residential care, educational or nursing institutions and (
2. or)if parental authority has not been restricted for the mother in the manner prescribed by law (she has not been deprived of the maternity right or the right of upbringing of children, or parental rights have not been restricted for her). 7. Target compensations for nursing or attendance (assistance) expenses shall be granted and paid regardless of the pensions and (
3. or)pension benefits, social assistance benefits received by the recipients of these social assistance benefits, as well as regardless of other income, with the exception of the case referred to in paragraph 4 of Article 14 of this Law. 8. It shall be possible to apply for the granting of social assistance benefit three months prior to the appearance of the right to receive such benefit or at any time after the appearance of the right to receive such benefit. 9. When applying for social assistance benefits, it shall be necessary to submit all the documents necessary in order to grant social assistance benefits, which are specified in the regulations concerning state social assistance benefit granting and payment. 10. The municipal administration must, within the time limits set out in the regulations concerning state social assistance benefit granting and payment, take a decision to grant social assistance benefits or to refuse to grant them, and to inform in writing the applicant about this. 11. Social assistance benefits shall be granted and paid to the persons who are entitled to receive such benefits, with the exception of the following cases: 1) social assistance benefits granted to the persons aged under 18, shall be paid to one of the disabled child’s (adopted child’
4. s)parents (adoptive parents), guardians or custodians; 2) orphan’s social assistance pensions granted to the deceased person’s children (adopted children) aged under 18 may be paid to one of the child’s (adopted child’
5. s)parents (adoptive parents), guardians or custodians; 3) social assistance benefits granted to the persons aged 18 for whom, in the manner and cases laid down by law, guardians or custodians have been appointed, shall be paid to the said guardians or custodians. If a custodian is appointed in the manner prescribed by law at the person’s request, a social assistance benefit shall be paid to the custodian only with the consent of the recipient of such social assistance benefit. 12. The amount of social assistance benefits, which has not been timely received through the fault of the municipal administration, shall be paid in the lump. 13. The person who has been granted a social assistance benefit, orphan’s social assistance pension, relief compensation or social pension, shall be issued an appropriate certificate. The form and an instruction of issuing of the said certificates shall be set out and approved by the Minister of Social Security and Labour. Where several social assistance benefits are granted to a person, he shall be issued only one certificate. 14. Social assistance benefits shall be adequately increased each time the new amount of a basic pension is approved, except for the case provided for in paragraph 5 of Article 26 of this Law. 15. A recipient of the social assistance benefit or one of his parents (adoptive parents), guardian or custodian must inform the municipal administration about the circumstances affecting the amount or payment of the social assistance benefit within 10 days from the occurrence of these circumstances. The municipal administration must inform a recipient of the social assistance benefit or one of his parents (adoptive parents), guardian or custodian which circumstances affect the payment of these benefits. If a recipient of the social assistance benefit or one of his parents (adoptive parents), guardian or custodian does not inform in due time the municipal administration about the said circumstances and the benefit is overpaid because of that, the overpaid amount shall be recovered from the recipient by the decision of the director of the municipal administration. Article 20. Time Limits of Granting and Payment of Social Assistance Benefits 1. Social assistance benefits shall be granted and paid from the appearance of the right to receive social assistance benefit, however, not exceeding the period of 12 months preceding the submission of all the documents relating to the granting of social assistance benefit to the municipal administration. 2. The date of appearance of the right to receive the social assistance benefit shall be the date when: 1) a person is recognised as a disabled child for the first time and severe, moderate or mild disability is established for him; 2) severe, moderate or mild disability is established for a child recognised as an invalid or a person aged between 16 and 18, who was recognised as a person of Group I, II or III invalidity prior to 1 July 2005; 3) a person is recognised as a person with incapacity for work or partial incapacity for work, and the percentage of the lost capacity for work is established for him; 4) a special need for permanent nursing or attendance (assistance) is established for a person; 5) a person reaches the pensionable age or the age which is 5 years less than the pensionable age; 6) a person whose child (children) is entitled to the orphan’s social assistance pension, dies; 7) other circumstances provided for in this Law arise which affect the granting and payment of social assistance benefits. 3. Social assistance benefits shall be granted for a period of time for the length of which a recipient of the social assistance benefit retains the right to receive it. The municipal administration must one month in advance inform a recipient of the social assistance benefit about the expiry of the term of granting of the social assistance benefit. The right to receive the social assistance benefit shall be retained by: 1) the persons whose right to receive the social assistance benefit depends on their disability or the level of capacity for work (percentage of the lost capacity for work) as well as on a special need for permanent nursing or permanent attendance (assistance) – accordingly as long as such persons are disabled, with incapacity for work or partial capacity for work, have lost certain percentage of capacity for work, or until the expiry of the validity of the findings regarding special needs (when these persons attain the pensionable age – for the rest of their lives), submitted by the institutions establishing special needs, specified in the Law on Social Integration of the Disabled; 2) the persons whose right to receive the social assistance benefit depends on their retirement age – for term of life; 3) orphans aged under 18 – until they reach the age of 18; 4) orphans whose right to receive the orphan’s social assistance pension depends on whether or not they study – as long as they continue studying, but not longer than until they reach the age of 24; 5) until other circumstances provided for in this Law appear because of which the persons lose the right to receive the social assistance benefit temporarily or permanently; 6) until the person appointed as a guardian or custodian in the manner prescribed by law is relieved of his duties, removed or dies. 4. When a different disability or different level of capacity for work (different percentage of the lost capacity for work) is established for a recipient of the social assistance benefit and, therefore, the amount of the social assistance benefit due to him changes, social assistance benefit in a new amount shall be started to be paid: 1) when a more severe disability is established for a disabled child or a lower level of capacity for work (higher percentage of the lost capacity for work) is established for a person with incapacity for work or partial incapacity for work – from the date of change of disability or a level of capacity for work (percentage of the lost capacity for work); 2) when a milder disability is established for a disabled child or a higher level of capacity for work (lower percentage of the lost capacity for work) is established for a person with incapacity for work or partial incapacity for work – from the first day of the month following the month when a milder disability or a higher level of capacity for work (lower percentage of the lost incapacity for work) is established. Article 21. Procedure for Terminating and Extending the Payment of Social Assistance Benefits 1. The payment of social assistance benefit shall be terminated from the first day of the month following the month when the term of granting of social assistance benefit expires. If the right to receive the social assistance benefit is retained by a person, but he applies for the payment of such benefit behind time due to the justified reasons, the social assistance benefit without interest shall be paid to him for the whole period, but not longer than for 3 years from the date when the payment of social assistance benefit was terminated. In the event of the absence of a justified reason, the social assistance benefit shall be started to be paid from the date of the submission of the documents relating to the extending of the payment of social assistance benefit. 2. Social assistance benefits shall be paid as long as their recipients permanently reside in the Republic of Lithuania. When a recipient of the social assistance benefit moves to another state for permanent residence, the payment of the granted benefit shall be terminated from the first day of the month following the month when the recipient of the social assistance benefit moves to another state for permanent residence, unless otherwise provided for in the international agreements of the Republic of Lithuania. Article 22. Specifics of Granting and Payment of Social Assistance Benefits 1. Persons aged under 18 who have acquired the right to receive social assistance pensions or (and) orphan’s social assistance pensions while staying or being nursed at residential care, educational or nursing institutions entirely financed with funds of the state or municipal budgets, shall not be granted and paid the said pensions, except for the cases provided for in paragraph 3 of this Article. 2. Persons aged under 18 who were granted social assistance pensions or (and) orphan’s social assistance pensions and later placed in residential care, educational or nursing institutions entirely financed with funds of the state or municipal budgets, or started to be nursed in such institutions, shall not be paid the said pensions from the day following the day when they were placed in such institutions or started to be nursed there. 3. When the persons referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article temporarily or permanently leave (are taken from) care, educational or nursing institutions which are entirely financed with funds of the state or municipal budgets, social assistance pensions or (and) orphan’s social assistance pensions shall, upon their own request or the request of one of their parents (adoptive parents), guardians or custodians, be granted and started to be paid from the day following the day on which they leave (are taken from) these institutions. If they return to the said institutions, social assistance pensions or (and) orphan’s social assistance pensions shall not be paid from the day following the day on which they are placed in these institutions or started to be nursed there. 4. Target compensations for nursing or attendance (assistance) expenses for the disabled staying or being nursed (attended) at residential care, educational or nursing institutions financed entirely with funds of the state or municipal budgets, shall not be granted and paid. When the said disabled temporarily or permanently leave (are taken from) these institutions, target compensations for nursing or attendance (assistance) expenses and nursing allowances shall, upon the request of a disabled person or one of his parents (adoptive parents), guardian or custodian, be granted and started to be paid from the day following the day on which they leave (are taken from) residential care, educational or nursing institutions. If they return to the said institutions, target compensations for nursing or attendance (assistance) expenses shall not be paid from the day following the day on which they are again placed or started to be nursed in the said institutions. 5. Social assistance benefits shall not be granted and if granted, shall not be paid during pre-trial detention (arrest), as well as to the persons sentenced to imprisonment and to the persons to whom, in the manner prescribed by the Criminal Code, compulsory medical measures of in-patient observation in specialised mental health care institutions or reformative sanctions are imposed by a court’s judgement. Social assistance benefits granted to such persons shall not be paid from the first day of the month following the month when they are arrested, sentenced, send for compulsory treatment or reformation. After their pre-trial detention (arrest) ends, or they are released from the place of imprisonment, the compulsory treatment institution, special reformatory institutions, the granted social assistance benefit shall, upon the receipt of an appropriate request, be started to be paid again from the day following the day of the release, provided that the person is entitled to receive the social assistance benefit. 6. In the event of death of the person to whom social assistance benefit had been granted, the social assistance benefit for the month in which the recipient of the social assistance benefit died shall be paid to the natural or legal persons who buried him (hereinafter referred to in this paragraph as “buriers”). The buriers shall also be paid the social assistance benefit for the previous month which the person had not received before he died. In the event of death of the recipients of social assistance pensions, orphan’s social assistance pensions, relief compensations and social pensions, the buriers shall also be paid the appropriate pension or relief compensation, due to the deceased person for the month of his death, in the amount of one month. When a deceased person is buried with funds of the state or municipal budgets, the amount of the social assistance pension, orphan’s social assistance pension, relief compensation and social pension for one month shall not be paid. Article 23. Deductions from Social Assistance Benefits 1. Deductions from the social assistance benefit shall be allowed in the case referred to in paragraph 15 of Article 19 of this Law and according to executive documents in the manner prescribed by law. 2. Deductions from the amount payable to a recipient of the social assistance benefit shall be carried on until the complete repayment of the recoverable amount: 1) when deducting overpaid sums in the case referred to in paragraph 15 of Article 19 of this Law – not more than 20 per cent of the amount of a payable social assistance benefit each month; 2) in all cases of the deduction – not more than 50 per cent of the amount of a payable social assistance benefit each month. 3. If the social assistance benefit is withdrawn, and the whole overpaid amount has not been recovered, the remainder of the debt shall be recovered from any other benefit paid by the municipal administration. If a person does not receive any benefits, the overpaid amount shall be recovered in judicial proceedings. CHAPTER SEVEN RETENTION OF THE RIGHTS ACQUIRED PRIOR TO 1 JULY 2005 Article 24. Retention of the Rights Acquired before the Age of 18 1. Persons under 18 years of age, who have been recognised as invalid children or persons with Group I, II or III invalidity before 1 July 2005, from the said date until the end of the invalidity period set for them, social assistance pensions and target compensations for nursing or attendance (assistance) expenses shall be granted and paid in the same amount and under the same conditions as to the persons referred to in subparagraph 1 of Article 5: 1) to invalid children for whom severe (total) disability has been established, as well as to persons with Group I invalidity – as to the disabled children for whom severe disability has been established; 2) to invalid children for whom moderate disability has been established, as well as to persons with Group II invalidity – as to the disabled children for whom moderate disability has been established; 3) to invalid children for whom mild disability has been established or with respect to whom no application for establishing invalidity level has been filed, as well as persons with Group III invalidity – as to the disabled children for whom mild disability has been established. 2. Target compensations for nursing expenses shall be granted and paid, without applying a requirement for establishing a special need for permanent nursing, to invalid children and persons with Group I invalidity, who are under 18 years of age, and for whom total disability was established prior to 1 July 2005. Target compensations for nursing expenses paid to such persons shall be equal to 2.5 basic pensions. Target compensations for nursing expenses shall be paid to invalid children who reach 18 years of age, provided that they are recognised as persons who have lost 75-100% of capacity for work and the special need for permanent nursing is established for them. 3. Persons aged between 16 and 18 who were recognised as persons with Group I, II or III invalidity prior to 1 April 2004 and who were placed, before this date, in residential care, educational or nursing institutions fully financed from the sate and (
6. or)municipal budgets, social assistance pensions shall be paid for the time period of their stay in these institutions in accordance with the procedure laid down by the regulations concerning state social assistance benefit granting and payment. Article 25. Retaining of Entitlement by Persons Who Have Attained 18 Years of Age 1. The following persons shall retain the entitlement to social assistance pension (subparagraphs 1-4 of this paragraph) or relief compensation (subparagraphs 5 and 6 of this paragraph) from 1 July 2005 until the end of the set invalidity period: 1) invalids for whom invalidity from childhood has been recognised as the reason of invalidity; 2) invalids who were recognised as invalids before the date (inclusively) on which they became 24 years of age, as well as persons who have been recognised as disabled persons due to the effects of an illness or injury that had occurred before they reached 24 years of age, however, not later than by the date (inclusively) when they became 26 years of age; 3) parents (adoptive parents), guardians or custodians, who have been recognised as persons with Group I or II invalidity and who for note less than 15 years have nursed at home invalid children, persons with Group I or II invalidity since childhood or persons who had become invalids of Group I or II before the age of 18, as well as persons with total invalidity; 4) mothers who gave birth to and brought up five or more children until they reached the age of 8 and who have been recognised as persons with Group I or II invalidity; 5) parents (adoptive parents) who have been recognised as persons with Group I or II invalidity and who prior to 1 January 1995 nursed at home for not less than 10 years invalid children, or children with Group I or II invalidity since childhood or persons who became invalids of Group I or II before the age of 18; 6) mothers who gave birth to five or more children before 1 January 1995 and brought them up until they reached the age of 8 and who have been recognised as persons with Group I or II invalidity. 2. Social assistance pensions and relief compensations shall be paid to the invalids referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article as follows: to persons with Group I invalidity including fully disabled invalids – as to persons who have lost 75-100% of capacity for work; to persons with Group II invalidity – as to persons who have lost 60-70% of capacity for work; to persons with Group III invalidity – as to persons who have lost 45-55% of capacity for work. 3. Social assistance pensions shall be paid to the invalids referred to in subparagraphs 1 and 2 of paragraph 1 of this Article in the same amount and under the same conditions as to the persons

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; to the invalids referred to in subparagraph 3 of paragraph 1 of this Article - as to the persons referred to in subparagraph 3 of Article 5; to the invalids referred to in subparagraph 4 of paragraph 1 of this Article - as to the persons referred to in subparagraph 4 of Article

1. Relief compensations shall be paid to the invalids referred to in subparagraphs 5 and 6 of paragraph 1 of this Article in the same amount and under the same conditions as to the persons referred to in Article
3. In case if payment of a social assistance pension to the persons referred to in subparagraphs 1 and 2 of paragraph 1 of this Article was terminated due to recovery of the capacity for work and a level of capacity for work is established for them again, and they are recognised as persons with incapacity for work or partial incapacity for work, social assistance pensions shall be granted and paid to them in accordance with the procedure laid down in paragraph 3 of this Article, irrespective of the person’s age at the time when a level of capacity for work is established.
4. Target compensations for nursing or attendance (assistance) expenses shall be granted and paid to the persons referred to in subparagraphs 1 and 2 of paragraph 1 of this Article, who have been recognised as fully disabled invalids or persons with Group I or II invalidity without applying the requirement to establish the special need for permanent nursing or permanent attendance (assistance), provided that full disability or the necessity of permanent nursing, or permanent attendance or permanent assistance has been established for them according to the conclusions issued by institutions responsible for establishing invalidity in accordance with the procedure that was in force before 1 July
5. Such target compensations shall be granted and paid to these invalids in the same amount and under the same conditions as to the disabled

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. In such cases, target compensations for nursing expenses shall be paid to fully disabled invalids and target compensations for attendance (assistance) shall be paid to persons with Group I or II invalidity. Upon the expiry of the fixed term of invalidity, such target compensations shall be granted and paid, provided that such persons are recognised as persons with incapacity for work or partial incapacity for work, who have lost 60% or more of the capacity for work, and the special need for permanent nursing or permanent attendance (assistance) is established for them. Article 26. Payment of Social Assistance Pensions Granted Prior to 1 April 2004 for Nursing Invalids at Home 1. The payment of social assistance pensions granted to one of the parents (adoptive parents), guardian or custodian according to the procedure valid prior to 1 April 2004 for nursing invalid children or persons with Group I invalidity since childhood, or persons who became invalids of Group I before the age of 18 (hereinafter referred to as “invalids nursed at home”), shall be continued until the term of the granting and payment of such social assistance pensions, set out in paragraph 2 of this Article, expires. 2. The term of the granting and payment of social assistance pensions, referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, to one of the parents (adoptive parents), guardian or custodian expires when: 1) the invalids referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article acquire the right to receive target compensation for nursing or attendance (assistance) expenses; 2) the term of invalidity fixed for invalids nursed at home expires; 3) invalid children under 16 years of age, who are nursed at home, reach the age of 16; 4) invalids nursed at home are no longer nursed at home, because they are placed or nursed in residential care, educational or nursing institutions entirely financed with funds of the state or municipal budgets. In these cases social assistance pensions shall not be paid for the duration of the stay of the said persons in residential care, educational or nursing institutions, and restarted to be paid in accordance with the procedure established in paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 22 of this Law after they leave (are taken from) the said institutions. 3. If, within the term of granting or payment of the social assistance pension, one of the parents (adoptive parents), guardian or custodian, to whom the social assistance pension referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article was paid, dies or if the person who has been appointed guardian or custodian in accordance with the procedure established by legal acts is relieved or removed from the guardian’s (custodian’

1. s)duties, the social assistance pension shall be paid to the other surviving parent (adoptive parent), another guardian or custodian. 4. Social assistance pensions referred to in this Article shall be paid to the recipients of such pensions regardless of the social assistance pensions or relief compensations due and paid to the said recipients, as well as regardless of the pensions and (
2. or)pension benefits received by them, as well as regardless of whether or not the recipients are the persons specified in subparagraphs 1-9 of paragraph 1 of Article 2 of the Law on State Social Insurance Pensions, as well as the farmers and their partners whose status is regulated by the Law on the Farmer’s Farm. 5. Social assistance pensions for nursing invalids at home shall be paid to one of the parents (adoptive parents), guardian or custodian in the amount valid in March 2004 and shall not be increased after the approval of a new amount of the basic pension. Article 27. Payment of Social Pensions 1. Social pensions shall be continued to be paid until the expiry of the term of the granting and payment of the said pensions or until the recipients of social pensions acquire the right to receive a social assistance pension, orphan’s social assistance pension or relief compensation the amount of which (the total amount thereof) is the same or bigger that the amount of the social pension. 2. Social pensions shall be continued to be paid regardless of whether or not their recipients receive state social insurance survivor’s pensions and (
3. or)social assistance pensions for the nursing of invalids, as well as regardless of whether or not they are the persons specified in subparagraphs 1-9 of paragraph 1 of Article 2 of the Law on State Social Insurance Pensions, as well as farmers and their partners whose status is regulated by the Law on the Farmer’s Farm. 3. Social pensions shall be indexed according to a ratio of the amounts of a newly approved basic pension and the basic pension, which was fixed before the approval. This provision shall apply for the first time upon the approval of a new amount of the basic pension after 1 April 2004. Article 28. Establishing of Nursing Periods While establishing the person’s entitlement to receive a social assistance pension under subparagraph 3 of Article 5 of this Law, the period of nursing at home the invalid children, persons with Group I or II invalidity since childhood or persons who became persons with Group I or II invalidity before they reached 18 years of age, as well as fully disabled invalids for whom full invalidity was recognised before 1 July 2005, shall be deemed to be equal to the period of nursing at home the disabled for whom the special need for permanent nursing or permanent attendance (assistance) has been established. Article 29. Provision of Information and Methodological Assistance 1. Legal and natural persons of the Republic of Lithuania must provide municipal administrations with information necessary for granting and paying social assistance benefits. This information shall, at the municipal administration’s request, be provided free of charge in accordance with the procedure laid down in the regulations concerning state social assistance benefit granting and payment. 2. Municipal administrations shall ensure confidentiality of received data in accordance with the procedure laid down by law. 3. Municipal administrations must, in accordance with the procedure established by the Minister of Social Security and Labour, in accordance with the procedure established by the Minister of Social Security and Labour, submit to the Ministry of Social Security and Labour information on the social assistance benefits which are being granted and being paid. 4. The Ministry of Social Security and Labour shall provide municipal administrations with methodological assistance on the issues of granting and payment of social assistance benefits. Article 30. Final Provisions Municipal administrations shall adopt a decision, without a special application by a person, to pay from l July 2005 target compensations for nursing expenses instead of the nursing allowances and compensations for nursing expenses, paid until the abovementioned date to fully disabled invalids, and targeted compensations for nursing or attendance (assistance) expenses instead of compensations for nursing expenses, paid until the abovementioned date to invalid children and persons with Group I or II invalidity.