Iceland - Public security services - CAN - Service agreement regarding specialized facility and provision of services for an individual with complex and specific support needs

The primary objective of this contract is to ensure that an individual with specific and complex service needs receives statutory services in accordance with Act No. 38/2018 and the judgment of the Court of Appeals (Landsréttur) dated 10th of February 2023. Under this contract, the service provider undertakes to provide the individual-who has complex and specialised support needs-with services and accommodation in a facility operated by the provider, in accordance with the Act on Social Services of Municipalities, No. 40/1991, the Act on Services for People with Disabilities with Long-Term Support Needs, No. 38/2018, and on the basis of the judgment of the Court of Appeals of 10th of February 2023, in case No. 831/2022. The judgment stipulates that the individual’s security supervision shall be such that he is permitted, in consultation with the Chief Physician of the Forensic Psychiatry Department of Landspítali National University Hospital, to reside in an appropriate housing arrangement where he shall be guaranteed the services to which he is entitled under Act No. 38/2018. This appropriate housing is specifically chosen in consultation of the Chief Physician in context of the judgment of the Court of Appeals. Justification for direct purchasing is related directly to this judgment and the fact that Andrastaðir is on medical grounds the only choice for the individual in question.