Supplementary Provisions, Article 18
第十八条
With regard to the amount of estimated medical expense contributions for the fiscal years listed in the left-hand column of the following table, the provisions of Article 16 of the Supplementary Provisions apply mutatis mutandis, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 55, paragraph (1) of the New Elderly Health Act. In this case, in accordance with the classification of fiscal years listed in that column, the phrases listed in the middle column of the table in the provisions of that Article are deemed to be replaced with the phrases listed in the right-hand column of the table, respectively.
| Fiscal year 2004 | October 1, 2003 | October 1, 2004 |
| 66 percent | 62 percent | |
| 62 percent | 58 percent | |
| April 1, 2003 | April 1, 2004 | |
| March 31, 2004 | March 31, 2005 | |
| Fiscal year 2005 | October 1, 2003 | October 1, 2005 |
| 66 percent | 58 percent | |
| 62 percent | 54 percent | |
| April 1, 2003 | April 1, 2005 | |
| March 31, 2004 | March 31, 2006 | |
| Fiscal year 2006 | October 1, 2003 | October 1, 2006 |
| 66 percent | 54 percent | |
| 62 percent | 6/12 | |
| April 1, 2003 | April 1, 2006 | |
| March 31, 2004 | March 31, 2007 |
次の表の上欄に掲げる年度の概算医療費拠出金の額については、新老健法第五十五条第一項の規定にかかわらず、附則第十六条の規定を準用する。この場合において、同欄に掲げる年度の区分に応じ、同条の規定中同表の中欄に掲げる字句は、それぞれ同表の下欄に掲げる字句に読み替えるものとする。
| 平成十六年度 | 平成十五年十月一日 | 平成十六年十月一日 |
| 百分の六十六 | 百分の六十二 | |
| 百分の六十二 | 百分の五十八 | |
| 平成十五年四月一日 | 平成十六年四月一日 | |
| 平成十六年三月三十一日 | 平成十七年三月三十一日 | |
| 平成十七年度 | 平成十五年十月一日 | 平成十七年十月一日 |
| 百分の六十六 | 百分の五十八 | |
| 百分の六十二 | 百分の五十四 | |
| 平成十五年四月一日 | 平成十七年四月一日 | |
| 平成十六年三月三十一日 | 平成十八年三月三十一日 | |
| 平成十八年度 | 平成十五年十月一日 | 平成十八年十月一日 |
| 百分の六十六 | 百分の五十四 | |
| 百分の六十二 | 十二分の六 | |
| 平成十五年四月一日 | 平成十八年四月一日 | |
| 平成十六年三月三十一日 | 平成十九年三月三十一日 |
Supplementary Provisions, Article 19
第十九条
With regard to the amount of fixed medical expense contributions for the fiscal years listed in the left-hand column of the following table, the provisions of Article 17 of the Supplementary Provisions apply mutatis mutandis, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 56, paragraph (1) of the New Elderly Health Act. In this case, in accordance with the classification of fiscal years listed in that column, the phrases listed in the middle column of the table in the provisions of that Article are deemed to be replaced with the phrases listed in the right-hand column of the table, respectively.
| Fiscal year 2004 | October 1, 2003 | October 1, 2004 |
| 66 percent | 62 percent | |
| 62 percent | 58 percent | |
| April 1, 2003 | April 1, 2004 | |
| March 31, 2004 | March 31, 2005 | |
| Fiscal year 2005 | October 1, 2003 | October 1, 2005 |
| 66 percent | 58 percent | |
| 62 percent | 54 percent | |
| April 1, 2003 | April 1, 2005 | |
| March 31, 2004 | March 31, 2006 | |
| Fiscal year 2006 | October 1, 2003 | October 1, 2006 |
| 66 percent | 54 percent | |
| 62 percent | 6/12 | |
| April 1, 2003 | April 1, 2006 | |
| March 31, 2004 | March 31, 2007 |
次の表の上欄に掲げる年度の確定医療費拠出金の額については、新老健法第五十六条第一項の規定にかかわらず、附則第十七条の規定を準用する。この場合において、同欄に掲げる年度の区分に応じ、同条の規定中同表の中欄に掲げる字句は、それぞれ同表の下欄に掲げる字句に読み替えるものとする。
| 平成十六年度 | 平成十五年十月一日 | 平成十六年十月一日 |
| 百分の六十六 | 百分の六十二 | |
| 百分の六十二 | 百分の五十八 | |
| 平成十五年四月一日 | 平成十六年四月一日 | |
| 平成十六年三月三十一日 | 平成十七年三月三十一日 | |
| 平成十七年度 | 平成十五年十月一日 | 平成十七年十月一日 |
| 百分の六十六 | 百分の五十八 | |
| 百分の六十二 | 百分の五十四 | |
| 平成十五年四月一日 | 平成十七年四月一日 | |
| 平成十六年三月三十一日 | 平成十八年三月三十一日 | |
| 平成十八年度 | 平成十五年十月一日 | 平成十八年十月一日 |
| 百分の六十六 | 百分の五十四 | |
| 百分の六十二 | 十二分の六 | |
| 平成十五年四月一日 | 平成十八年四月一日 | |
| 平成十六年三月三十一日 | 平成十九年三月三十一日 |
Supplementary Provisions, Article 20
第二十条
The Social Insurance Medical Fee Payment Fund under the Act on Social Insurance Medical Fee Payment Fund (Act No. 129 of 1948) must, without delay after the enforcement of this Act, change the amount of contributions to be paid for fiscal year 2002 and notify the changed amount of contributions.
社会保険診療報酬支払基金法（昭和二十三年法律第百二十九号）による社会保険診療報酬支払基金は、この法律の施行後遅滞なく、平成十四年度に係る納付すべき拠出金の額を変更し、変更後の拠出金の額を通知しなければならない。
The provisions of Article 59, paragraph (3) of the New Elderly Health Act apply mutatis mutandis to the case referred to in the preceding paragraph.
新老健法第五十九条第三項の規定は、前項の場合について準用する。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 21
第二十一条
With regard to the extinctive prescription of the right to receive payment of high-cost medical expenses under the provisions of Article 46-8 of the Former Elderly Health Act that arose before the enforcement of this Act, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
この法律の施行前に生じた旧老健法第四十六条の八の規定による高額医療費の支給を受ける権利の時効については、なお従前の例による。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 35Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions
第三十五条（罰則に関する経過措置）
With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before the enforcement of this Act (for the provisions prescribed in the proviso to Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions, those provisions) and to acts committed after the enforcement of the provisions prescribed in the proviso to Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions in the cases where the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of Article 8 of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
Supplementary Provisions, Article 36Delegation to Cabinet Order
第三十六条（政令への委任）
Beyond what is provided for in Article 3 through the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary in connection with the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.
附則第三条から前条までに規定するもののほか、この法律の施行に伴い必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。