On 25 September 2025, the Standing Committee of the Council of Ministers adopted a draft bill prepared by the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy on personal assistance for people with disabilities. Minister Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk and Łukasz Krasoń, the government's representative for people with disabilities, took part in the deliberations.  

The draft bill on personal assistance is a complex and innovative project – its assumptions set a new standard for the approach to independent living for persons with disabilities in Poland. 

Law on personal assistance is urgently needed 

The draft law on personal assistance is an initiative of the government's representative for persons with disabilities and the Deputy Minister for the Labour, Łukasz Krasoń. Today, some municipalities in Poland have annual programmes in place, however, they do not fully meet the needs of those concerned. There is also a lack of continuity in the support provided. 

Statutory assistance is a systemic and stable support system that will give people with disabilities the opportunity to live more independently, both socially and professionally.  

From the second year of the Act's entry into force, personal assistance will also be available to young people from the age of 13. Ultimately, approximately 100,000 persons with disabilities are expected to benefit from this support, which will also provide real relief for approximately half a million of their relatives. 

Key assumptions of the project: 

• support determined for a maximum of five years, not on a short-term basis (as is currently the case in the project system), 

• more support hours than the current solutions provide – ultimately from 20 to 240 hours per month (up to 200 hours in the first year and up to 220 hours in the second year),  

• guarantee of implementation of the Act in every district, 

• freedom of choice for persons with disabilities to select the entity providing assistance services (district, NGO), as well as a guarantee of freedom of choice of the assistant himself/herself, 

• introduction of a mechanism for the full individualisation of support for persons with disabilities, 

• guarantee of high-quality services and their close alignment with needs, including the possibility of supporting persons with disabilities in medical activities after specialist instruction by the assistant.