4 provisions changed · 1 provision added · 3 provisions in the supplementary provisions
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a person who has received approval from made a request to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, a health insurance society, or a mutual aid association to the effect that the person will become an insured person of National Health Insurance by not becoming an insured person of health insurance (limited to the period in which the person should be covered by National Health Insurance due to not being covered by other health insurance); or
Article 70 · (Responsibilities of Medical Institutions Providing Services Covered by Health Insurance or Pharmacies Providing Services Covered by Health Insurance)第七十条（保険医療機関又は保険薬局の責務）
In order to improve the quality of medical care received by citizens and ensure its appropriate and efficient provision, a medical institution providing services covered by health insurance is to endeavor to take measures for streamlining its operations and improving the working environment of its employees.
In addition to the expenses prescribed in Article 151 and the preceding Article, the national treasury subsidizes every fiscal year the amount obtained by multiplying, by the rate specified by Cabinet Order prescribed in the preceding Article, the amount obtained by multiplying by the following ratio the sum (or, if there is a young-old subsidy, the amount obtained by deducting from that sum the amount obtained by multiplying the amount of that young-old subsidy by the benefit expense ratio) of the amount of expenses required for payment of benefits for medical treatment pertaining to specially-insured day laborers and of dietary treatment expenses for inpatients, living support expenses for inpatients, medical expenses combined with treatment outside insurance coverage, medical expenses, medical expenses for home-nursing, transport expenses, injury and sickness allowance, childbirth allowance, dependent's medical expenses, dependent's medical expenses for home-nursing, dependent's transport expenses, special medical expenses, high-cost medical expenses and expenses for high-cost medical treatment combined with long-term care (in the case of benefits for medical treatment, an amount equivalent to the amount of co-payment is to be deducted), from among the expenses required for the execution of health insurance services, the amount obtained by multiplying the amount of expenses required for payment of the young-old payment by the benefit expense ratio (meaning the ratio of the estimated benefit expenses subject to adjustment to the total amount of the estimated benefit expenses subject to adjustment and the estimated amount of aid for the old-old pertaining to the young-old prescribed in Article 34, paragraph (1), item (i), (a)(2) of the Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People; the same applies hereinafter in this Article), and the amount of expenses required for payment of the contribution for securing medical care in the early phase of an epidemic: the ratio obtained by dividing the total number of payment days of insurance premiums relating to specially-insured day laborers paid in the relevant fiscal year by employers other than employers who establish a health insurance society (including insurers of national health insurance providing national health insurance to persons who have obtainedmade the approvalrequest referred to in Article 3, paragraph (1), item (viii); the same applies in Article 171, paragraphs (2) and (3)) by the total number of payment days of insurance premiums relating to specially-insured day laborers paid in that fiscal year.
An insurer providing national health insurance for persons to a person who have been approvedhas made a request pursuant to Article 3, paragraph (1), item (viii) is deemed to be a health insurance society, and the provisions from Article 173 through the preceding Article apply.
approvalacceptance of a request pursuant to the provisions of Article 3, paragraph (1), item (viii);
第三条第一項第八号の規定による承認申出の受理
3 changes in the supplementary provisions (附則)
Supplementary Provisions, Article 47 · Transitional Measures and Points to Note Concerning Introduction of Children and Child-rearing Support Levy附則第四十七条（子ども・子育て支援納付金の導入に当たっての経過措置及び留意事項）
the amounts of the share of the national treasury under Article 70, paragraph (1) of the National Health Insurance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 8 (hereinafter in this item referred to as the "New National Health Insurance Act"), the adjustment grants under Article 72, paragraph (1) of the New National Health Insurancesame Act, and the amounts transferred in under Article 72-2, paragraph (1) of the New National Health Insurancesame Act (limited to the part pertaining to the costs required for payment of the children and child-rearing support levy), and the amounts transferred in under Article 72-3, paragraph (1), Article 72-3-2, paragraph (1), Article 72-3-3, paragraph (1) and Article 72-4, paragraph (1) of the New National Health Insurancesame Act and the amount of the subsidy under Article 73, paragraphparagraphs (1) of the New National Health Insuranceand (6) of the same Act (limited to the part specified by Cabinet Order as the part pertaining to the costs required for payment of the children and child-rearing support levy);
the provisions of Article 6 (excluding, within that Article, the provision amending Article 3, paragraph (2), item (iv) of the Act on Promotion of Comprehensive Securing of Medical and Long-Term Care in Communities (limited to the part replacing "the medical care plan prescribed in Article 30-4, paragraph (1) of the Medical Care Act" with "the regional medical care vision prescribed in Article 30-3-3, paragraph (1) of the Medical Care Act (hereinafter referred to as the ‘regional medical care vision’) and the medical care plan prescribed in Article 30-4, paragraph (1) of that Act", and "）及び" (and) with "）並びに" (and, joining the larger group)), the provision amending Article 4, paragraph (2), item (ii) and paragraph (3) of that Act, and the provision deleting Article 7-2 and Article 7-3 of that Act); the provision, in Article 7, amending the Table of Contents of the Health Insurance Act, the provision amending Article 7-2, paragraph (3), Article 77, paragraph (3), and Article 150-2, paragraph (1) of that Act, the provision amending Article 150-10 of that Act (excluding the amending provision listed in item (v)), the provision, in Chapter VI, renumbering that Article as Article 150-13 of that Act, the provision amending Article 150-9 of that Act (excluding the amending provision listed in that item), the provision renumbering that Article as Article 150-12 of that Act, the provision amending Article 150-8 of that Act, the provision renumbering that Article as Article 150-11 of that Act, the provision amending Article 150-7, paragraph (1) of that Act, the provision renumbering that Article as Article 150-10 of that Act, the provision adding three Articles after Article 150-6 of that Act, and the provision amending Article 151, Article 153, Article 154, paragraph (1), Article 155, paragraph (1), Article 160, paragraph (3) and paragraph (14), Article 173, paragraph (1), Article 176, Article 207-3, and Article 213-2 of that Act, and the provision amending Article 2, paragraph (1) and Article 4-2 of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act; the provision, in Article 8, amending Article 112, paragraph (2), Article 114, paragraph (1), and Article 121, paragraph (2) of the Mariners Insurance Act, and the provision amending Article 7 of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act; the provision, in Article 9, amending Article 69, Article 70, paragraph (1), Article 73, paragraphs (1) and (2), Article 75, Article 75-7, paragraph (1), Article 76, paragraphs (1) and (2), and Article 81-2, paragraph (1011) of the National Health Insurance Act; the provisions of Article 10 (excluding the amending provision listed in item (iii)); the provision, in Article 11, amending Article 16-2, paragraph (1) and Article 16-8 of the Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People, the provision renumbering that Article as Article 16-11 of that Act, the provision amending Article 16-7, paragraph (1) of that Act, the provision renumbering that Article as Article 16-10 of that Act, the provision adding three Articles after Article 16-6 of that Act, the provision amending Article 17 of that Act (limited to the part replacing "use or provision under the provisions of Article 16-2, paragraph (1)" with "use and provision under the provisions of Article 16-2, paragraph (1) and Article 16-7, paragraphs (1) and (2)"), the provision adding two paragraphs to that Article, the provision amending Article 17-2, paragraph (1) of that Act (limited to the part replacing "the preceding Article" with "paragraph (1) of the preceding Article"), the provision adding one paragraph to that Article, the provision amending Article 34, paragraphs (1), (3), (4), and (6), Article 35, paragraphs (1), (3), (4), and (6), Article 38, paragraphs (1) and (2), Article 39, paragraphs (1) and (2), Article 61, paragraph (3), Article 72, paragraph (2), Article 81, paragraph (2), and Article 93, paragraphs (1) and (2) of that Act, the provision amending Article 100, paragraph (1) of that Act (excluding the amending provision listed in item (v)), the provision amending paragraph (2) of that Article and Article 104, paragraphs (1) and (3), Article 116, paragraph (2), Article 120, paragraph (1), Article 134, paragraph (3), Article 137, paragraph (3), Article 152, paragraph (2), and Article 161-3, paragraph (2) of that Act, and the provision amending Article 167-2 and Article 168, paragraph (3) of that Act; the provision, in Article 12, amending Article 115-47, paragraph (10) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act (limited to the part replacing "Article 118-10 and Article 118-11" with "Article 118-13 and Article 118-14"), the provision amending Article 118-3, paragraph (1) of that Act, the provision amending Article 118-11 of that Act (excluding the amending provision listed in that item), the provision renumbering that Article as Article 118-14 of that Act, the provision amending Article 118-10 of that Act (excluding the amending provision listed in that item), the provision renumbering that Article as Article 118-13 of that Act, the provision amending Article 118-9 of that Act, the provision renumbering that Article as Article 118-12 of that Act, the provision amending Article 118-8, paragraph (1) of that Act, the provision renumbering that Article as Article 118-11 of that Act, the provision adding three Articles after Article 118-7 of that Act, and the provision amending Article 205-3 and Article 206-2 of that Act; the provisions of Article 14 (excluding the amending provisions listed in that item and item (vi)); the provision, in Article 15, amending Article 24, paragraph (1) of the Immunization Act, the provision adding three Articles after Article 28 of that Act, the provision amending Article 29, paragraph (1) and Article 30 of that Act, the provision amending Article 31 of that Act (limited to the part replacing "use or provision of anonymized information related to immunization, etc. under the provisions of Article 24, paragraph (1)" with "use and provision of anonymized information related to immunization, etc. under the provisions of Article 24, paragraph (1), and the use and provision of pseudonymized information related to immunization, etc. under the provisions of Article 28-2, paragraphs (1) and (2)"), the provision adding two paragraphs to that Article, the provision amending Article 32, paragraph (1) of that Act (limited to the part replacing "the preceding Article" with "paragraph (1) of the preceding Article"), the provision adding one paragraph to that Article, the provision amending Article 33, item (i) and Article 43, item (i) of that Act, and the provision amending Article 48 and Article 59 of that Act; the provisions of Article 20; the provision, in Article 22, amending Article 89-2-3, paragraph (1) and Article 89-2-11 of the Act on Providing Comprehensive Support for the Daily Life and Life in Society of Persons with Disabilities, the provision renumbering that Article as Article 89-2-14 of that Act, the provision amending Article 89-2-10 of that Act, the provision renumbering that Article as Article 89-2-13 of that Act, the provision amending Article 89-2-9 of that Act, the provision renumbering that Article as Article 89-2-12 of that Act, the provision amending Article 89-2-8, paragraph (1) of that Act, the provision renumbering that Article as Article 89-2-11 of that Act, the provision adding three Articles after Article 89-2-7 of that Act, and the provision amending Article 109-2 and Article 109-3 of that Act; the provisions of Article 26; the provisions of Article 27 (excluding the amending provisions listed in item (v) and item (vi)), the provisions of Article 28 (excluding the amending provision listed in item (v)), and the provisions of Article 11, Article 15, Article 17, Article 27, and Article 29 of the Supplementary Provisions; the provisions of Article 35 (excluding the amending provisions listed in that item and item (vi)), Article 38 (excluding the amending provisions listed in item (v) and item (vi)), and Article 39 (excluding the amending provisions listed in item (v) and item (vi)) of the Supplementary Provisions; and the provisions of Article 43, Article 46, Article 47, and Article 52 of the Supplementary Provisions, and the provisions of Article 59 of the Supplementary Provisions (excluding the amending provision listed in the following item): the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding three years from the date of promulgation;
The provisions of Article 3, paragraph (1) (limited to the part pertaining to item (viii); the same applies hereinafter in this Article) and Article 204, paragraph (1) (limited to the part pertaining to item (i)) of the Health Insurance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 1 (excluding the amending provisions listed in Article 1, items (i), (ii) and (iv) of the Supplementary Provisions; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) apply to cases where a request is made on or after the Effective Date, and the provisions then in force continue to govern in cases where an application pertaining to the approval under Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Health Insurance Act prior to its amendment by the provisions of Article 1 is made before the Effective Date.