Internal coordination of social security in Italy. Issue 2 (June 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bologna, Silvio
• Other Names: Pieters Danny guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: European journal of social security. Volume 21:Issue 2(2019)
• Page Start: 141
• Page End: 152
• Publication Date: 2019-06
• Subjects: Italy -- health care -- long-term care -- social assistance -- decentralisation -- internal coordination; Social security -- Europe -- Periodicals; Social security -- Law and legislation -- Europe -- Periodicals; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 362.9405
• DOI: 10.1177/1388262719847808
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2399-2948

Abstract

This contribution deals with the internal coordination of health care, long-term social care and social assistance schemes – covered by EU regulation no. 883/2004 – in Italy after the constitutional reform enacted in 2001, which significantly decentralised legislative and administrative machinery by strengthening the prerogatives of the Regions, especially in terms of organisation and funding of the services. This article seeks to demonstrate that, although the decentralisation of health care and long-term social care has been accompanied by mechanisms of internal coordination among the Regions (particularly in the field of inter-regional mobility), regional social assistance schemes providing money transfers lack any form of coordination.