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Article 118第百十八条
Prefectural Insured Long-Term Care Service Plan(都道府県介護保険事業支援計画)
A prefecture, with regard to Basic Guidelines, is to provide a plan concerning efficient implementation of Insurance Benefits pertaining to an Insured Long-Term Care Project by specifying three years as one term (hereinafter referred to as "Prefectural Insured Long-Term Care Service Plan").
A Prefectural Insured Long-Term Care Service Plan is to provide the matters listed as follows:
都道府県介護保険事業支援計画においては、次に掲げる事項を定めるものとする。
Article 118, paragraph (2), item (i)(都道府県介護保険事業支援計画)(Prefectural Insured Long-Term Care Service Plan)Changed
the total necessary capacity of persons to utilize Daily Life Care of a Patient Admitted to a Specialized Long-Term Care Specified Facility, Daily Life Long-Term Care for a Person Admitted to a Community-Based Specified Facility, and Daily Life Long-Term Care for a Person Admitted to a Community-Based Facility for the Elderly Covered by Public Aid Requiring Long-Term Care in each fiscal year by each area provided by said prefecture, the total necessary capacity of persons that may be admitted to a facility Facility Covered by type of Facility Covered by Public Aid Providing Long-Term Care to the Elderly, a Long-Term Care InsuranceHealth Facility, and an integrated facility for medical and long-term care, and prospective quantity of other Service Covered by Long-Term Care Benefits, etc.;
Article 118, paragraph (2), item (ii)(都道府県介護保険事業支援計画)(Prefectural Insured Long-Term Care Service Plan)Changed
matters concerning measures that the prefecture ismedium- to undertake regarding support for the initiatives of Municipalities within the prefecture for supporting independent daily lifelong-term estimates of their Insured Persons in the community, preventing them from falling into a Condition of Need for Long-Term Care, etc., or reducing or preventing deterioration of a Condition of Need for Long-Term Care, etc., and ensuring the appropriatenessquantity by type of the expenses required forService Covered by Long-Term Care BenefitBenefits, etc.;
Article 118, paragraph (2), item (iii)(都道府県介護保険事業支援計画)(Prefectural Insured Long-Term Care Service Plan)Changed
matters concerning measures that the targets for the matters listed in the preceding item.prefecture is to undertake, from a medium- to long-term perspective, regarding ensuring a system to provide Service Covered by Long-Term Care Benefits, etc.;
Article 118, paragraph (2), item (iv)(都道府県介護保険事業支援計画)(Prefectural Insured Long-Term Care Service Plan)Added
matters concerning measures that the prefecture is to undertake regarding support for the initiatives of Municipalities within the prefecture for supporting independent daily life of their Insured Persons in the community, preventing them from falling into a Condition of Need for Long-Term Care, etc., or reducing or preventing deterioration of a Condition of Need for Long-Term Care, etc., and ensuring the appropriateness of the expenses required for Long-Term Care Benefit, etc. (including matters concerning the targets thereof);
Article 118, paragraph (2), item (v)(都道府県介護保険事業支援計画)(Prefectural Insured Long-Term Care Service Plan)Added
matters concerning measures that the prefecture is to undertake regarding promotion of initiatives aimed at realizing both the securing of the provision of high-quality Service Covered by Long-Term Care Benefits, etc. and the establishment of a stable management base for that provision, such as improving the efficiency and quality of operations and otherwise improving productivity in the provision of Service Covered by Long-Term Care Benefits, etc., and securing and improving the quality of Long-Term Care Support Specialists and other persons engaged in those operations (including matters concerning the targets thereof).
A Prefectural Insured Long-Term Care Service Plan is to endeavor to provide for the following matters, in addition to the matters listed in the items of the preceding paragraph:
matters concerning a project to promote improvement of the living environment at a Facility Covered by Long-Term Care Insurance and other facilities that are to provide Service Covered by Long-Term Care Benefits, etc;
matters concerning publication of Long-Term Care Service information;
介護サービス情報の公表に関する事項
Article 118, paragraph (3), item (iii)(都道府県介護保険事業支援計画)(Prefectural Insured Long-Term Care Service Plan)Changed
matters concerning projects that contribute to securing and improving the quality of Long-Term Care Support Specialists and other persons engaged in Service Covered by Long-Term Care Benefits, etc. and Community Support Projects;
Article 118, paragraph (3), item (iv)(都道府県介護保険事業支援計画)(Prefectural Insured Long-Term Care Service Plan)Changed
matters concerning projects that contribute to improving productivity, such as improving the efficiency of operations at Business Offices or facilities for the provision of Service Covered by Long-Term Care Benefits, etc. orin the implementation of a Community Support Project, and improving the quality of Long-Term Care Service;
matters concerning a project ensuring cooperation among organizations that are a Facility Covered by Long-Term Care Insurance and other projects for promoting the efficient provision of Service Covered by Long-Term Care Benefits, etc.;
matters concerning projects to conduct coordination among Municipalities regarding the Comprehensive Project for Long-Term Care Prevention and Daily Life Support and the projects listed in the items of Article 115-45, paragraph (2);
total capacity of residents of each of the Fee-Based Homes for the Elderly for which notification has been made pursuant to the provisions of Article 29, paragraph (1) of the Act on Social Welfare for the Elderly and the registered housing, in each area referred to in item (i) of the preceding paragraph.
A Prefectural Insured Long-Term Care Service Plan, in addition to matters listed in each item of paragraph (2) and matters listed in each item of the preceding paragraph, may provide the total necessary capacity of persons who utilize Daily Life Activities of a Long-Term Care Patient Admitted to a Combined Specified Facility in each fiscal year by area specified by said prefecture pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2), item (i).
A prefecture is to endeavor to prepare a Prefectural Insured Long-Term Care Service Plan, after analyzing information on the status of implementation of the Insured Long-Term Care Project, such as the results published pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the following Article, taking into account the results of that analysis.
A prefecture, in preparing a Prefectural Insured Long-Term Care Service Plan, is to pay attention to the importance of effective and efficient provision of medical care and long-term care, taking into account the physical, mental and social characteristics accompanying the aging of residents.
A Prefectural Insured Long-Term Care Service Plan must be prepared in conjunction with a Prefectural Welfare Plan for Elderly as prescribed in Article 20-9, paragraph (1) of the Act on Social Welfare for the Elderly.
Article 118, paragraph (8)(都道府県介護保険事業支援計画)(Prefectural Insured Long-Term Care Service Plan)Changed
A prefecture is to conduct investigation and analysis regarding the status of implementation of the measures prescribed in paragraph (2), item (iiiv) and the status of achievement ofitem (v), and the targets prescribed in item (iii)status of achievement of the same paragraphrespective targets, and to evaluate the performance of the Prefectural Insured Long-Term Care Service Plan.
Article 118, paragraph (9)(都道府県介護保険事業支援計画)(Prefectural Insured Long-Term Care Service Plan)Changed
A prefecture is to endeavor to publish the results of the evaluation under the preceding paragraph, and is to report said results and the results of the evaluation under paragraph (89) of the preceding Article by the Municipalities within the prefecture to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.
A Prefectural Insured Long-Term Care Service Plan must be one for which consistency has been ensured with the prefectural plan prescribed in Article 4, paragraph (1) of the Act on Promotion of Comprehensive Securing of Medical and Long-Term Care in Communities, and with the community healthcare vision prescribed in Article 30-3-3, paragraph (1) of the Medical Care Act and the medical care plan prescribed in Article 30-4, paragraph (1) of that Act.
A Prefectural Insured Long-Term Care Service Plan must maintain a harmonious balance with a Prefectural Community Welfare Support Plan as prescribed in Article 108, paragraph (1) of the Social Welfare Act, a Prefectural Plan for Securement of Stable Supply of Elderly Persons' Housing as prescribed in Article 4, paragraph (1) of the Act on Securement of Stable Supply of Elderly Persons' Housing, and plans pursuant to the provisions of other Acts that provide matters concerning health, medical care, welfare, or housing of Persons Requiring Long-Term Care, etc.
A prefecture, when providing or changing a Prefectural Insured Long-Term Care Service Plan, submit said plan to the Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare without delay.
Investigation and Analysis for the Preparation, etc. of Municipal Insured Long-Term Care Service Plans, etc.(市町村介護保険事業計画の作成等のための調査及び分析等)
Article 118-2, paragraph (1)
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, in order to contribute to the preparation, implementation and evaluation of Municipal Insured Long-Term Care Service Plans and Prefectural Insured Long-Term Care Service Plans, and to the maintenance and enhancement of the health of citizens and the maintenance and improvement of their abilities, is to conduct investigation and analysis of, and publish the results regarding, the matters listed in items (i) and (ii) out of the information concerning the following matters (hereinafter referred to as "long-term care insurance-related information"), and is to endeavor to conduct investigation and analysis of, and publish the results regarding, the matters listed in items (iii) and (iv).
status by region, by age, or by Certification of Needed Long-Term Care and Certification of Needed Support concerning the amount of expenses required for Long-Term Care Benefit, etc., and other matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare;
status of investigation in the Certification of Needed Long-Term Care and Certification of Needed Support of Insured Persons, and other matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare;
被保険者の要介護認定及び要支援認定における調査に関する状況その他の厚生労働省令で定める事項
Article 118-2, paragraph (1), item (iii)
mental and physical conditions, etc. of Persons Requiring Long-Term Care, etc. who use services specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, such as Home-Visit Long-Term Care and Home-Visit Bathing Long-Term Care, the content of said services provided to said Persons Requiring Long-Term Care, etc., and other matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare;
status of implementation of Community Support Projects and other matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
地域支援事業の実施の状況その他の厚生労働省令で定める事項
Article 118-2, paragraph (2)
A Municipality must provide the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare with the information on the matters listed in items (i) and (ii) of the preceding paragraph by the method specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, when deeming it necessary, may request prefectures, Municipalities, Long-Term Care Service Providers and persons that conduct a Specified Comprehensive Project for Long-Term Care Prevention and Daily Life Support to provide long-term care insurance-related information by the method specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
A Municipality may request Long-Term Care Service Providers and persons that conduct a Specified Comprehensive Project for Long-Term Care Prevention and Daily Life Support to provide information on the matters listed in paragraph (1), item (iii) by the method specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.