NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF KOREA Submission to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – July 2022 deinstitutionalization of local governments, and deinstitutionalization and dehospitalization strategy for persons with disabilities living in other facilities such as homeless facilities and mental care facilities ㅇ The government should establish a legal basis for the deinstitutionalization roadmap, closely consult with persons with disabilities and encourage their participation as recommended by General Comments No.5 and No.7 of the Convention. 21 Activity Assistant Service □ Current status and problems ㅇ The Commission emphasized in the 2019 policy recommendation to prepare a deinstitutionalization, a foundation in the local community has to be established at the same time and welfare service including 24-hour activity assistant services and daytime protection services should be expanded. ㅇ However, the maximum time for activity assistant service provided by the state(central government) is 16 hours. Some local government provides 24-hour activity assistant service through additional support, but there are large regional gaps because it is not carried out by the state. ㅇ In addition, revision of the disability classification system led to an expansion of service applicants, but the newly introduced comprehensive service support survey showed a significant fall in the section of persons with the most severe disabilities. As for 14.5% of persons with disabilities applied for renewal of eligibility for activity assistance from the period from July 2019 to June 2021(8,333 out of 57,370), service time has decreased by an average of 22 hours a month(maximum 241 hours), and only 5 people have received 1 section(16 hours a day) during the same period. ㅇ As for the issue of suspension of activity assistance service and conversion to longterm care insurance for the aged after the age of 65, the government made a revision to enable receipt of activity assistant service even after the age of 65. 36