Long-Term Care Insurance Act

An Association conducts the following business in addition to the business pursuant to the provisions of the National Health Insurance Act:

pursuant to the provisions of Article 41, paragraph (10) (including a case applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 42-2, paragraph (9), Article 46, paragraph (7), Article 48, paragraph (7), Article 51-3, paragraph (8), Article 53, paragraph (7), Article 54-2, paragraph (9), Article 58, paragraph (7) and Article 61-3, paragraph (8)), examination and payment concerning a demand of Allowance for In-Home Long-Term Care Service, Allowance for Community-Based Long-Term Care Service, Allowance for In-Home Long-Term Care Service Plan, Allowance for Long-Term Care Facility Service, Allowance for Long-Term Care Service to A Person Admitted to A Specified Facility, Allowance for Preventive Long-Term Care Service, Allowance for Community-Based Preventive Long-Term Care Service, Allowance for Preventive Service Plan for Long-Term Care, and Allowance for Preventive Long-Term Care Service to a Person Admitted to a Specified Facility that are entrusted by a Municipality;

examination and payment concerning a demand for category 1 project payment entrusted by a Municipality pursuant to the provisions of Article 115-45-3, paragraph (6), and such examination and payment concerning decisions on payment of expenses necessary for the implementation of the Comprehensive Project for Long-Term Care Prevention and Daily Life Support entrusted by a Municipality pursuant to the provisions of Article 115-47, paragraph (7) as is specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in consideration of commonality with the content of the business listed in the preceding item and other circumstances;

investigation of the improvement of quality of Designated In-Home Service, Designated Community-Based Service, Designated In-Home Long-Term Care Support, Designated Facility Service, etc., Designated Preventive Long-Term Care Service, Designated Community-Based Preventive Long-Term Care Service, and Designated Support for Prevention of Long-Term Care, and the necessary instruction and advice to a Designated In-Home Service Provider, Designated Community-Based Service Provider, Designated In-Home Long-Term Care Support Provider, Long-Term Care Insurance Facility, Designated Provider of Preventive Long-Term Care Service, Designated Provider of Community-Based Preventive Service of Long-Term Care, and Designated Provider of Support for Prevention of Long-Term Care.

affairs concerning the disbursement of subsidies entrusted by a prefecture pursuant to the provisions of Article 115-50, paragraph (2).

An Association, in addition to those operations listed in each item of the preceding paragraph, may conduct the businesses listed in the following items, in order to contribute to efficient operation of an Insured Long-Term Care Project:

affairs of collection or payment of compensation for damages to a third party that is conducted based on the entrustment of a Municipality pursuant to the provisions of Article 21, paragraph (3);

operation of the business of Designated In-Home Service, Designated Community-Based Service, Designated In-Home Long-Term Care Support, Designated Preventive Service of Long-Term Care, Designated Community-Based Preventive Long-Term Care Service, and a Long-Term Care Insurance Facility;

examination and payment concerning decisions on payment of expenses necessary for the implementation of the Comprehensive Project for Long-Term Care Prevention and Daily Life Support entrusted by a Municipality pursuant to the provisions of Article 115-47, paragraph (7) (excluding that listed in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph);

in addition to the operations listed in the preceding three items, business that contributes to the efficient operation of an Insured Long-Term Care Project.

With regard to business that an Association conducts pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article (hereinafter referred to as "Business Relevant to A Long-Term Care Insurance Project"), notwithstanding the provisions of Article 29 of the National Health Insurance Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 86 of the same Act, a special provision concerning voting rights may be provided by the constitution.

An Association, with regard to accounting procedures pertaining to Business Related to A Long-Term Care Insurance Project, must separate said records from other accounting records.