Article 20Drawing Down of Reserves

A health insurance society must not draw down its reserves except to make up a shortfall in the expenses required for insurance benefits (including the expenses required for paying the young-old payments, etc. under the provisions of the Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People (Act No. 80 of 1982) (hereinafter referred to as "young-old payments, etc."), the aid for the old-old, the contribution for administrative expenses related to the old-old and the contribution for administrative expenses related to childbirth and childcare under the provisions of that Act (hereinafter referred to as "aid for the old-old, etc."), the contributions under Article 173 of the Act (hereinafter referred to as "day laborer contribution"), the Levy under the provisions of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act (Act No. 123 of 1997) (referred to as "long-term care payment" in Article 29 and Article 46), the contribution for securing medical care in the early phase of an epidemic, etc. under the provisions of the Act on the Prevention of Infectious Diseases and Medical Care for Patients with Infectious Diseases (Act No. 114 of 1998) (hereinafter referred to as "contribution for securing medical care in the early phase of an epidemic, etc."), and the children and child-rearing support levy under the provisions of the Act on Support for Children and Child-rearing (Act No. 65 of 2012) (hereinafter referred to as "children and child-rearing support levy")).