A prefecture may provide Long-Term Care Service Providers, Designated Providers, and other persons similar thereto specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare with necessary assistance such as the grant of subsidies for the expenses of securing persons engaged in Long-Term Care Services, category 1 projects, and other similar projects specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
A prefecture, when granting subsidies pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, may entrust to the Association the affairs concerning the grant of said subsidies (excluding the decision on the grant; the same applies in Article 176, paragraph (1), item (iv)).
都道府県は、前項の規定により補助金の交付を行う場合には、当該補助金の交付に関する事務（交付の決定を除く。第百七十六条第一項第四号において同じ。）を連合会に委託することができる。
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