①A Municipality, when an Insured In-Home Person Requiring Long-Term Care has received, from a person designated by the mayor of said Municipality or the mayor of another Municipality (hereinafter referred to as a "Designated In-Home Long-Term Care Support Provider"), In-Home Long-Term Care Support provided by a Business Office conducting the In-Home Long-Term Care Support Business pertaining to said designation (hereinafter referred to as "Designated In-Home Long-Term Care Support"), pays to said Insured In-Home Person Requiring Long-Term Care an Allowance for In-Home Long-Term Care Service Plan for the expenses required for said Designated In-Home Long-Term Care Support.

②The amount of Allowance for In-Home Long-Term Care Service Plan is to be the amount of expenses calculated by standards as prescribed by the Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare after considering the average expenses necessary for the Designated In-Home Long-Term Care Support, calculated after considering the area, etc., where the provider that performs the Designated In-Home Long-Term Care Support Business is located (in a case when said calculated amount exceeds the actual expenses necessary for the Designated In-Home Long-Term Care Support, the amount of Allowance for In-Home Long-Term Care Service Plan is to be the actual expenses necessary for said Designated In-Home Long-Term Care Support.)

③The Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare, when intending to specify standards as prescribed in the preceding paragraph, must hear the opinions of the Social Security Council in advance.

④When an Insured In-Home Person Requiring Long-Term Care receives Designated In-Home Long-Term Care Support from a Designated In-Home Long-Term Care Support Provider (limited to a case when said Insured In-Home Person Requiring Long-Term Care has notified the Municipality in advance to receive said Designated In-Home Long-Term Care Support pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare), the Municipality may pay to said Designated In-Home Long-Term Care Support Provider on behalf of said Insured In-Home Person Requiring Long-Term Care the expenses required for said Designated In-Home Long-Term Care Support that said Insured In-Home Person Requiring Long-Term Care should pay to said Designated In-Home Long-Term Care Support Provider.

⑤When the payment pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is paid, it is to be deemed that an Allowance for In-Home Long-Term Care Service Plan is paid to the Insured In-Home Person Requiring Long-Term Care.

⑥A Municipality, when requested to pay an Allowance for In-Home Long-Term Care Service Plan by a Designated In-Home Long-Term Care Support Provider, conducts an examination according to standards provided by the Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare as set forth in the paragraph (2) and the standards of business management of a Designated In-Home Long-Term Care Support Provider as prescribed in Article 81, paragraph (2) (limited to the part regarding the handling of Designated In-Home Long-Term Care Support).

⑦The provisions of Article 41, paragraph (2), paragraph (3), paragraph (10) and paragraph (11) apply mutatis mutandis to the payment of an Allowance for In-Home Long-Term Care Service Plan and the provisions of paragraph (8) of the same Article apply mutatis mutandis to the Designated In-Home Long-Term Care Support Provider. In this case, the necessary technical replacement of terms in these provisions is specified by a Cabinet Order.

⑧In addition to the provisions of each preceding paragraph, other necessary matters for the payment of Allowance for In-Home Long-Term Care Service Plan and for requesting an Allowance for In-Home Long-Term Care Service Plan from a Designated In-Home Long-Term Care Support Provider are prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare.

①A Municipality, in the following cases, pay an Allowance for an Exceptional Allowance for In-Home Long-Term Care Service Plan to an Insured In-Home Person Requiring Long-Term Care:

②A Municipality, in establishing the Municipal Ordinance set forth in item (i) of the preceding paragraph, is to establish the following matters in accordance with the standards determined by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, and is to take into consideration the standards determined by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare for other matters:

③The amount of Allowance for an Exceptional Allowance for In-Home Long-Term Care Service Plan is specified by the Municipality based on the expenses calculated by standards determined by the Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare as set forth in paragraph (2) of the preceding Article for said Designated In-Home Long-Term Care Support or equivalent service (in a case said calculated amount exceeds the amount of actual expenses of said Designated In-Home Long-Term Care Support or equivalent service, the base amount is to be the actual expenses required for said Designated In-Home Long-Term Care Support or equivalent service).

④A Municipality, when it determines the necessity for payment of an Exceptional Allowance for In-Home Long-Term Care Service Plan, may order a person that has been in charge of the Designated In-Home Long-Term Care Support pertaining to said payment or equivalent service (herein referred to as "Person, etc., in Charge of Designated In-Home Long-Term Care Support" in this paragraph) to report, submit, or present record books and documents, appear, or direct its personnel to question the relevant person and to enter the Business Office of the provider of said Person, etc., in Charge of Designated In-Home Long-Term Care Support pertaining to said payment in order to inspect said books, documents, and other items.

⑤The provisions of Article 24, paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis to questions or inspections as prescribed in the preceding paragraph, and the provisions of paragraph (4) of the same Article apply mutatis mutandis to the authority granted as prescribed in the preceding paragraph.

①A Municipality, when an Insured Person Requiring Long-Term Care receives the following Facility Service (herein referred to as "Designated Facility Service, etc."), pays to said Insured Person Requiring Long-Term Care an Allowance for Long-Term Care Facility Service of the expenses required for said Designated Facility Service, etc. (excluding the expenses necessary to provide meals, residence, and other necessary expenses for daily life as determined by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare; the same applies in this Article), however, provided that this provision does not apply to a case that said Insured Person Requiring Long-Term Care who is designated pursuant to the provisions of Article 37, paragraph (1), received Facility Service other than the type pertaining to said designation:

②The amount of allowance for Long-Term Care Facility Service is to be 90 percent of the amount of expenses calculated by type of Facility Service with standards as prescribed by the Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare after considering the average expenses (excluding the expenses necessary to provide meals, residence, and other necessary expenses for daily life as determined by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) necessary for the Designated Facility Service, etc., that are calculated by considering the categories of Condition of Need for Long-Term Care, the area where the Facility Covered by Long-Term Care Insurance that provides the Designated Facility Service, etc., pertaining to the type of said Facility Service is located, etc. (in a case when said calculated amount exceeds the actual expenses necessary for the Designated Facility Service, etc., the amount of Allowance for Long-Term Care Facility Service is to be the actual expenses necessary for said Designated Facility Service, etc.).

③The Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare, when intending to specify standards as prescribed in the preceding paragraph, must hear the opinion of the Social Security Council in advance.

④When an Insured Person Requiring Long-Term Care receives Designated Facility Service, etc., from a Facility Covered by Long-Term Care Insurance, the Municipality may pay to said Facility Covered by Long-Term Care Insurance on behalf of said Insured In-Home Person Requiring Long-Term Care the expenses required for said Designated Facility Service, etc., that said Insured Person Requiring Long-Term Care should pay to said Facility Covered by Long-Term Care Insurance as an Allowance for Long-Term Care Facility Service within the maximum amount to be paid to said Facility Providing Insured Health Benefits of Long-Term Care.

⑤When a payment pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is paid, it is to be deemed that an Allowance for Long-Term Care Facility Service is paid to said Insured Person Requiring Long-Term Care.

⑥A Municipality, when a Facility Covered by Long-Term Care Insurance requests an Allowance for Long-Term Care Facility Service, pays said allowance after conducting an examination according to the standards determined by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare as set forth in paragraph (2) and the standards concerning facilities and management of a Designated Facility Covered by Public Aid Providing Long-Term Care to the Elderly prescribed in Article 88, paragraph (2) (limited to the part concerning the handling of Designated Facility Service for Long-Term Care Covered by Public Aid), the standards concerning facilities and management of a Long-Term Care Health Facility prescribed in Article 97, paragraph (3) (limited to the part concerning the handling of Long-Term Care Health Facility Service), or the standards concerning facilities and management of an integrated facility for medical and long-term care prescribed in Article 111, paragraph (3) (limited to the part concerning the handling of service at an integrated facility for medical and long-term care).

⑦The provisions of Article 41, paragraph (2), paragraph (3), paragraph (10), and paragraph (11) apply mutatis mutandis to payment of an Allowance for Long-Term Care Facility Service, and the provisions of paragraph (8) of the same Article apply mutatis mutandis to a Facility Covered by Long-Term Care Insurance. In this case, the necessary technical replacement of terms in these provisions is provided by a Cabinet Order.

⑧In addition to the provisions as prescribed in the preceding paragraphs, other necessary matters for payment of an Allowance for Long-Term Care Facility Service and a request for an Allowance for Long-Term Care Facility Service of a Facility Covered by Long-Term Care Insurance are determined by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare.

①A Municipality, in the following cases, pay to an Insured Person Requiring Long-Term Care an Exceptional Allowance for Long-Term Care Facility Service:

②The amount of Exceptional Allowance for Long-Term Care Facility Service is to be specified by the Municipality based on 90 percent of the amount equivalent to the expenses calculated with regard to said Facility Service according to the standards as prescribed by the Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare (in a case when said calculated expenses exceed the actual expenses required for said Facility Service (excluding the expenses necessary to provide meals, residence, and other necessary expenses for daily life as determined by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare), the base amount is to be the actual expenses required for said Facility Service).

③The mayor of a Municipality, when he or she determines the necessity for payment of an Exceptional Allowance for Long-Term Care Facility Service, may order a person that has been in charge of the Facility Service pertaining to said payment or equivalent service (herein referred to as "Person, etc., in Charge of Facility Service" in this paragraph) to report, submit or present record books and documents, appear, or direct its personnel to question the relevant person or enter the Business Office of the provider of said Person, etc., in Charge of Facility Service pertaining to said payment in order to inspect said equipment, books, documents, and other items.

④The provisions of Article 24, paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis to questions and inspections pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph and the provisions of paragraph (4) of the same Article apply mutatis mutandis to the authority granted pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.