Deputies proposed allowing SVO participants to receive medical care under compulsory medical insurance

The developers argued the rationale for creating the bill by the possibility of situations arising in which a serviceman "does not have the physical ability to reach specialized medical organizations due to their remoteness from his actual location." In this case, as the authors of the amendments note, a person in military service "will be forced to receive paid medical care." According to the parliamentarians, "such a situation is unacceptable."

The authors of the bill include the Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Labor, Social Policy and Veterans' Affairs Yaroslav Nilov, the Chairman of the Committee on Health Protection Sergei Leonov, the Chairman of the Committee on Regional Policy and Local Government Alexei Didenko and others.

Recently, regulators have been actively restructuring the system of providing medical care to the military. Thus, in August 2024, the Ministry of Health obliged clinics and regional authorities to coordinate with the branches of the fund for supporting participants of the SVO "Defenders of the Fatherland" the schedule of specialized procedures for combat veterans. Also, veterans, according to the thematic order, were given the opportunity to be examined in institutions where they receive primary health care, and at the location of mobile medical teams in the structure of these clinics.

In October 2024, the Russian Government approved a resolution giving the right to military personnel to receive outpatient medical care at the nearest state clinic during their vacation. Previously, due to the lack of compulsory medical insurance policies, military personnel could only seek medical services at hospitals subordinate to the Ministry of Defense. The changes were prepared , among other things, on the instructions of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Ministry of Defense.

In addition, in the same month, Putin approved changes to federal legislation, allowing targeted tranches from the federal budget to be sent to regions to pay for medical care for SVO participants. The adopted law also allows, upon request from subjects, compensation for medical and prosthetic-orthopedic care provided to military personnel in state clinics of regional subordination.

In January 2025, the Ministry of Health prepared a draft of new rules for the priority provision of medical care to veterans and disabled combat veterans under the state guarantees program in federal medical organizations. The draft states that assistance will be provided on the basis of a document confirming that the applicant belongs to one of the privileged categories of citizens.