Financial benefits for young mothers and mothers of twins will be kept for the future, and will not be reduced in value, Labour and Social Policy Minister Totyo Mladenov told Bulgarian Private Broadcaster (bTV) on November 11 2009. His statement came in the aftermath of a proposed new healthcare bill which triggered controversy in local media.

The minister said that a "technical error was committed in the formulation of the budget because its text stated that, come 2010,  mothers of twins, aged up to one year old, would receive a one-off financial grant amounting to 1200 leva for each child, whereas student-mothers would be given a one-off grant of 2880 leva."

Mladenov said during his television statement for bTV that Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov would be made aware of the "error" in the proposed healthcare bill which was to be subsequently amended. Mladenov said that financial benefits for young mothers in the country would amount to a maximum of 1.5 million leva which was "not crucial for the budget".

"I think that the issue will be resolved. I will talk with the Prime Minister personally, if necessary, because 1.5 million leva will not sink the budget," Mladenov said.

On November 9 2009, deputy Labour and Social Policy minister Hristina Mitreva announced that the proposed bill of the 2010 state budget envisaged maternity benefit for twins to be slashed by as much as a half, from 1200 to 600 leva, while simultaneously assistance for student-mothers was to be reduced as well.

At the time, Mitreva said that the new draft bill was essentially dictated from the Ministry of Finance and not the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy.