The Provincial Council of Soria changes public prices to fees in social services

The Provincial Council of Soria has repealed the public prices that governed accommodation in its elderly residences and the home care service, replacing them with two tax ordinances for fees. The agreement was adopted by the Plenary of the corporation in the session of November 6, 2026, with the regulatory quorum established, and is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Soria no. 129, of November 11, 2026 (reference BOPSO-129-11112026/2142, page 4052). Interested parties have 30 business days to examine the files and file a claim.

From public price to fee

The change in legal nature affects virtually the entire portfolio of social services provided directly by the provincial institution. Until now, both residential stays and home care were charged as public prices; with the modification, they are now regulated by a tax ordinance for fees, a figure included in articles 17 and 18 of Royal Legislative Decree 2/2004, of March 5, which approves the Recast Text of the Law Regulating Local Treasuries.

The two blocks agreed upon by the Plenary are:

• Repeal of the Regulation governing the public price for accommodation and comprehensive care in residences for elderly people, care centers, and the occupational center dependent on the Provincial Council of Soria, including services provided in contracted places with other residential and/or care centers.
• Approval of the Tax Ordinance regulating the fee for stays in residential centers of the Council of Soria and contracted care centers.
• Repeal of the Regulation governing the public price for the provision of the home care service, laundry service, and home-delivered meals.
• Approval of the Tax Ordinance regulating the fee for the provision of the home care service, laundry, and home-delivered meals.

Who is affected

The scope of application is provincial and reaches all users of the institution’s care network for elderly people: residents in its own centers, users of places contracted with external entities, people attended to in care centers and in the occupational center, and beneficiaries of the home care service, which includes laundry and home-delivered meal benefits. The announcement does not detail the amounts of the new rates, which appear in the text of the ordinances available for consultation.

Deadlines and claim process

The processing complies with the public information procedure provided for in the local treasury regulations, with three explicit criteria:

• Period for exhibition and admission of claims: thirty days starting from the next business day following the date of publication of the announcement in the BOP.
• Filing office: General Registry of the Provincial Council.
• Body before which claims are filed: the Plenary Corporation.

During this period, the files remain on display on the Notice Board of the Provincial Corporation so that legitimate interested parties may examine them and submit any allegations they deem appropriate. The announcement was signed in Soria on November 9, 2026, by the president of the institution, Benito Serrano Mata.

The relevance of the announcement is twofold: administrative, because it consolidates the financing of services that until now were charged as a public price within the local tax framework, and practical, because it establishes the calendar in which users, family members, and sector groups can challenge the new rates before the Plenary before the ordinances are definitively approved.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Soria, no. 129, November 11, 2026, Local Administration, page 4052 (official reference: BOPSO-129-11112026/2142).