Supplementary Provisions, Article 23Preparations before Enforcement of Provisions Concerning Dietary Treatment Expenses for Inpatients
第二十三条（入院時食事療養費に関する規定の施行前の準備）
When the Minister of Health and Welfare intends to specify the standard co-payment amount prescribed in Article 31-2, paragraph (2) of the New Elderly Health Act, the Minister may consult the Elderly Health Council before the Effective Date. In this case, the report from the Elderly Health Council in response to that consultation is deemed to be a report from the council specified by Cabinet Order prescribed in Article 7 of the New Elderly Health Act.
厚生大臣は、新老健法第三十一条の二第二項に規定する標準負担額を定めようとするときは、施行日前において老人保健審議会に諮問することができる。この場合において、当該諮問に係る老人保健審議会からの答申は、新老健法第七条に規定する政令で定める審議会からの答申とみなす。
When the Minister of Health and Welfare intends to specify the standards prescribed in Article 31-2, paragraph (2) of the New Elderly Health Act and the standards concerning the treatment and taking charge of medical treatment pertaining to dietary treatment expenses for inpatients prescribed in paragraph (4) of that Article, the Minister may hear the opinion of the Central Social Insurance Medical Council even before the Effective Date.
厚生大臣は、新老健法第三十一条の二第二項に規定する基準並びに同条第四項に規定する入院時食事療養費に係る療養の取扱い及び担当に関する基準を定めようとするときは、施行日前においても中央社会保険医療協議会の意見を聴くことができる。