COCEMFE hopes that the future General Law of disability does not involve any recoil

-this rule will provide the knowledge and compliance of all legislation in the field of disability

-COCEMFE hopes that the Third Sector law put an end to the uncertainty of disability associations

-La Confederation considers it necessary to coordinate the health services and social welfare

Madrid, March 2012.- the Spanish Confederation of people with physical disability and organic (COCEMFE) congratulates the Minister of health, social services and equality, Ana Mato, by the announcement during his hearing in the Committee on health and social services of the Senate of the presentation of a General disability law to harmonize and integrate all legislation in this field.

The President of COCEMFE, Mario Garcia, considered that is an important initiative that will certainly facilitate knowledge of all the rules in the field of disability and in turn help compliance with laws that have to do with people with disabilities, because it is once noted that it remains one of the unfinished business in our country ”.

Similarly, Mario García has claimed the Minister that in this integration and harmonization of legislation there is no recoil in the social conquests have both worked hard to achieve in recent decades ”.

Another of announcements made by Ana Mato in his appearance has been the presentation of a third Sector law, which aims to provide a framework of stability and trust entities for social action and allow them to continue as fundamental work for the society ”, said the own Minister.

As in all associations, entities of COCEMFE spent years suffering the effects of the economic crisis see the continuity of the services and support provided to people with physical and organic disabilities due mainly to delays in the payment of subsidies, and occasionally to the denial of which are awarded annually for consolidated programs committed.

For Mario Garcia, the debt owed by the entities of disability with the administrations becomes unsustainable ” and therefore hoped that the adoption of this Act is imminent so to stop the services provided to persons with disabilities living on a tightrope ”.

With regard to the implementation of a model public health in our country, COCEMFE considers it a necessary step to alleviate the shortcomings that have many people with disabilities precisely by the rigid separation between health services and social welfare in Spain.

Is essential to eliminate the lack of coordination between the two systems, as remainder effectiveness to the actions and affects in a negative way people who need both services together and simultaneously ”, notes García.

The Spanish Confederation of people with physical disability and organic (COCEMFE) is a non-governmental non-profit that was founded in 1980. It aims to unite, strengthen and form coordinate the efforts and activities of the entities working in favour of persons with disabilities physical and organic to defend their rights and improve their quality of life. The entity brings together more than 1,360 organizations divided into autonomous confederations, State entities and provincial federations, which in turn, grouped to different local associations.