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

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 Exceptional Allowance for Preventive Long-Term Care Service Plan is to be specified by a 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 Preventive Long-Term Care Support or equivalent service (in a case said calculated amount exceeds the amount of actual expenses of said Preventive Long-Term Care Support or equivalent service, the base amount is to be the actual expenses required for said Preventive Long-Term Care Support or equivalent service).

④The mayor of a Municipality, when he or she determines the necessity for the payment of an Exceptional Allowance for Preventive Long-Term Care Service Plan, may order a person that is or was in charge of the Preventive Long-Term Care Support pertaining to said payment or equivalent service (herein referred to as "Person, etc., in Charge of Preventive Long-Term Care Support, etc." 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 Preventive Long-Term Care Support, etc., pertaining to said payment in order to inspect said record books and 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.

①In the case of applying the provisions determined in each of the following items to the Prevention Benefit listed in those items that is received by an Insured In-Home Person Requiring Support who is a Primary Insured Person and whose amount of income calculated as determined by Cabinet Order is equal to or more than the amount determined by Cabinet Order (excluding an Insured In-Home Person Requiring Support prescribed in the following paragraph), the phrase "90 percent" in these provisions is to be deemed to be replaced with "80 percent":

②In the case of applying the provisions determined in each of the items of the preceding paragraph to the Prevention Benefit listed in those items that is received by an Insured In-Home Person Requiring Support who is a Primary Insured Person and whose amount of income calculated as determined by Cabinet Order is equal to or more than the amount determined by Cabinet Order that exceeds the amount determined by Cabinet Order in that paragraph, the phrase "90 percent" in these provisions is to be deemed to be replaced with "70 percent".

①In a case when a Municipality applies the provisions determined in each item of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article to a Prevention Benefit listed in those items that an Insured In-Home Person Requiring Support receives, for whom it is deemed to be difficult to pay necessary expenses for Preventive Long-Term Care Service (including equivalent services; the same applies hereinafter in this Article), Community-Based Service for Preventive Long-Term Care (including equivalent services; the same applies hereinafter in this Article), or Home Modification due to a disaster or other special reasons as determined by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (excluding a case when they are applied with the terms replaced pursuant to the provisions of that Article), the term "90 percent" in these provisions is to be deemed to be replaced with "the percentage provided by a Municipality within the range exceeding 90 percent and 100 percent or less".

②In a case when a Municipality applies the provisions determined in each item of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article to a Prevention Benefit listed in those items that an Insured In-Home Person Requiring Support receives, for whom it is deemed to be difficult to pay necessary expenses for Preventive Long-Term Care Service, Community-Based Service for Preventive Long-Term Care, or Home Modification due to a disaster or other special circumstance as determined by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (limited to a case when they are applied with the terms replaced pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph), the phrase "80 percent" in these provisions applied with the terms replaced pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph is to be deemed to be replaced with "the percentage provided by a Municipality within the range exceeding 80 percent and 100 percent or less".

③In a case when a Municipality applies the provisions determined in each item of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article to a Prevention Benefit listed in those items that an Insured In-Home Person Requiring Support receives, for whom it is deemed to be difficult to pay necessary expenses for Preventive Long-Term Care Service, Community-Based Service for Preventive Long-Term Care, or Home Modification due to a disaster or other special circumstance as determined by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (limited to a case when they are applied with the terms replaced pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of that Article), the phrase "70 percent" in these provisions applied with the terms replaced pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of that Article is to be deemed to be replaced with "the percentage provided by a Municipality within the range exceeding 70 percent and 100 percent or less".

①When the amount that is obtained by deducting from the amount calculated pursuant to the provisions of a Cabinet Order as the total amount of each expense required for Preventive Long-Term Care Service (including equivalent service) or Community-Based Service for Preventive Long-Term Care (including equivalent service) that an Insured In-Home Person Requiring Support receives, the total amount of Allowance for Preventive Long-Term Care Service, Exceptional Allowance for Preventive Long-Term Care Service, Allowance for Community-Based Preventive Long-Term Care Service, and Exceptional Allowance for Community-Based Preventive Long-Term Care Service that are actually paid for said expenses (herein referred to as "User Charge for Preventive Long-Term Care Service" in paragraph (1) of the following Article) is significantly large, a Municipality pays an Allowance for High-Cost Preventive Long-Term Care Service to said Insured In-Home Person Requiring Support.

②In addition to the provisions as set forth in the preceding paragraph, requirements for payment of an Allowance for High-Cost Preventive Long-Term Care Service, the amount of said allowance, and other matters necessary for payment of an Allowance for High-Cost Preventive Long-Term Care Service are prescribed by a Cabinet Order after considering the impact on the household budget from the burden of the expenses necessary for Preventive Long-Term Care Service or Community-Based Service for Preventive Long-Term Care.

①A Municipality, when the total of the User Charge for Preventive Long-Term Care Service of an Insured In-Home Person Requiring Support (in a case when an Allowance for High-Cost Preventive Long-Term Care Service under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article is paid, the amount obtained by deducting the amount equivalent to the amount of said allowance paid), the amount of the co-payment, etc. prescribed in Article 115, paragraph (1) of the Health Insurance Act pertaining to said Insured In-Home Person Requiring Support (in a case when high-cost medical expenses under that paragraph are paid, the amount obtained by deducting the amount equivalent to the amount of said payment), and other amounts determined by Cabinet Order as amounts equivalent to these as prescribed in the Medical Insurance Acts or the Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People, is significantly large, pays an Allowance for High-Cost Medical and Preventive Long-Term Care Service Combined to said Insured In-Home Person Requiring Support.

②The provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to payment of an Allowance for High-Cost Medical and Preventive Long-Term Care Service Combined.