①After the promulgation of this Act, from the viewpoint of realizing a sustainable medical insurance system, the government is to promptly examine further reforms to ensure the appropriate implementation of necessary insurance benefits, etc. and fairness of burdens between and within generations, in response to changes in the socioeconomic situation and the needs of society, and take required measures based on the results.

②The government is to, with regard to the provisions of Article 63, paragraph (2), item (vi) and Article 86, paragraph (3), item (i) of the Health Insurance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 1 (limited to the amending provisions set forth in item (iv) of the preceding Article; the same applies in paragraph (1) of the following Article and Article 11 of the Supplementary Provisions) and the provisions of Article 64, paragraph (2), item (vi) and Article 76, paragraph (3), item (i) of the Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People as amended by the provisions of Article 8 (limited to the amending provisions set forth in item (iv) of the preceding Article; the same applies in paragraph (2) of the following Article and Article 25 of the Supplementary Provisions), examine how the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to make determinations under those provisions, etc., taking into account the conditions of efforts to deepen the understanding of the public concerning the taking of pharmaceuticals requiring guidance (meaning a pharmaceutical requiring guidance prescribed in Article 4, paragraph (5), item (iii) of the Act on Securing Quality, Efficacy and Safety of Products Including Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices (Act No. 145 of 1960); the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph) and over-the-counter pharmaceuticals (meaning an over-the-counter pharmaceutical prescribed in item (iv) of that paragraph) pertaining to minor illnesses, etc. (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as "pharmaceuticals requiring guidance, etc.") and to deepen the understanding of physicians, dentists and pharmacists concerning pharmaceuticals requiring guidance, etc., and the conditions of conversion into pharmaceuticals requiring guidance of pharmaceuticals that are to be used by a physician or dentist or used upon the issuance of a prescription by such a person, etc., and take required measures based on the results.

③In addition to the matters specified in the preceding paragraph, the government is to, with a target of five years after the enforcement of this Act, taking into account the conditions of enforcement, etc. of the respective Acts as amended by this Act (referred to as "the respective Acts as amended" in this paragraph), examine the provisions of the respective Acts as amended where it finds it necessary, and take required measures based on the results.