The Russian government has submitted to the State Duma a bill giving the right to receive maternity capital to men who have children of mothers carriers and who are married, reports the press service of the lower house of parliament. & nbsp;
The initiators of the bill believe that men duly recognized as the sole parent by the father of children born to him since January 1, 2007, as well as the first child born to him since January 1 January 2007, should be entitled to additional state support measures. On January 1, 2020, a surrogate mother who married and raised her children in a family with her adopted wife. & # 39; & # 39; Considering the average capital size of 550,000 rubles, about 10.5 million rubles will need to be allocated for these purposes from the federal budget.
The bill was registered in the Duma of & # 39; State and sent to its president on the morning of December 1. The date for the preliminary examination in parliament has not yet been set.
Previously, it was reported that the State Duma would consider a plan to expand capacity fathers to receive the mother's capital. Fathers who are raising two or more children alone may be entitled to the payment in the event of the death of their foreign mother.