According to the provisions of art. 42, para. (4) of Law no. 448/2006 republished, with subsequent amendments and completions, “the parents or, as the case may be, the legal representatives of the child with severe disabilities, the person or family who has received in placement a child with severe disabilities, adults with severe disabilities or their legal representatives, except for those with severe visual disabilities, may choose between a personal assistant and receiving a monthly allowance.”

The payment of the allowance is made for the duration of the validity of the certificate of classification in the severe degree of disability, issued by child protection commissions or by commissions for the evaluation of adults with disabilities, as the case may be, and is provided by the town halls within whose territorial area the person with disabilities has their domicile or residence.

The allowance is granted starting from the month following the submission of the application and ceases with the month following the one in which the person with disabilities no longer fulfills the conditions that led to the establishment of the right, according to the legal provisions in force.

In order to obtain the right to the monthly allowance, the eligible persons shall submit the following documents: