6. CARE INSTITUTIONS FOR DISABLED PERSONS 6.a. Special issues that emerged in 2019 Care institutions for disabled persons face persistent organizational and functional problems. During our visit in the West Attica Treatment Center for Chronic Diseases (Agia Varvara), we found out that the Social Welfare Center of the Prefecture of Attica, under which the center fell, still had no Statute. 6.b. Remarks on inspected care institutions 6.b.1. West Attica Treatment Center of Chronic Diseases Law 4109/2013 stipulates that the West Attica Treatment Center of Chronic Diseases (now "West Attica Division of Disabled Persons") belongs to the new Social Welfare Center of the Prefecture of Attica (SWCPA) which is supervised by the Minister of 43 Labour. But during the time of the inspection the Statute of operation had not entered into force. 43 The former 1st Athens Treatment Center for Chronic Diseases (ATCCD), the former 2nd Athens Treatment Center for Chronic Diseases, the former 3rd Athens Treatment Center for Chronic Diseases and the former Rehabilitation Center for Hansen's disease patients were merged to a unified decentralized social care unit of the 3rd Attica Regional Healthcare and Welfare System. The new unit has a separate administrative structure and budget, its official name is "West Athens Treatment Center for Chronic Diseases" (L.3106/2003, 3172/2003 and 3209/2003) and is seated at the Municipality of Agia Varvara. The ARCCD was transformed to a legal entity of public law under the control and supervision of the 3rd Attica Health District Administration and, following the merge of several health districts (L.3527/2007), its control and supervision was transferred to the 2nd Pireus and Aegean Health District Administration. Ever since the Social Care Units have fallen under the control and supervision of the Ministry of Labour (article 9 of L.4052/2012, article 56 of L.4075/2012 and article 4 of the P.D 85/2012). Finally, the five legal entities of public law that fell under the supervision of the Region of Attica, namely the East Athens Treatment Center for Chronic Diseases, the West Athens Treatment Center for Chronic Diseases, the Attica Healing and Rehabilitation Unit for Disabled Children, Child Protection Center of Attica "Mother" and the "Michalineio" Children's Development Center of Attica were merged and formed a new legal entity of public law under the name " Social Welfare Centre of the Region of Attica" under the control and supervision of the Minister of Labour. (article 9, L.4109/2013). The same law (9 § 3, section 9) renamed the Athens Treatment Center for Chronic Diseases as "West Attica Disabled Persons Department" 63