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CHAPTER V Funding of the system and contribution by beneficiaries
- Article 32. Funding of the System by Public Administrations.
- Article 33. Participation by beneficiaries in the cost of the benefits.
Article 32. Funding of the System by Public Administrations.
1. The funding of the System shall be sufficient in order to guarantee compliance with the duties that correspond to the competent Public Administrations and shall be determined on an annual basis in the corresponding Budgets.
2. The General State Administration shall take full responsibility for the cost derived from the terms of article 9.
3. In the context of the inter-administrative cooperation foreseen in article 10, the Conventions that are entered into between the General State Administration and each of the administrations of the Autonomous Communities shall determine the obligations undertaken by each of the parties for funding the services and benefits in the System. These Conventions, which may be annual or pluriannual in nature, shall include distribution criteria considering factors such as the dependent population, geographical dispersion, insularity, returned emigrants and other factors and shall be liable for review by the parties.
The contribution of the Autonomous Community shall for each year be at least equal to that of the General State Administration as a consequence of the terms of this and the previous item.
Article 33. Participation by beneficiaries in the cost of the benefits.
1. The beneficiaries of the dependency benefits shall participate in the funding of the latter, according to the type and cost of the service and to their personal economic ability.
2. The beneficiary’s economic ability shall also be taken into account in determining the amount of the financial benefits.
3. The Territorial Council of the System for Autonomy and Care for Dependency shall decide on the criteria for the application of the terms of this article, which shall be implemented in the Conventions referred to in article 10.
In order to decide on the beneficiary’s participation, the differentiation between services of assistance and maintenance and hotel services shall be taken into account.
4. No citizen shall be left out of the System for failing to have economic resources.
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