Supplementary Provisions, Article 3Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act
第三条（介護保険法の一部改正に伴う経過措置）
In the case of a Municipality (including special city wards; the same applies hereinafter) in which, at the time of enforcement of this Act, it is found to be difficult to secure the prospective volume of Preventive Long-Term Care Support (meaning the Preventive Long-Term Care Support prescribed in Article 8-2, paragraph (18) of the New Long-Term Care Insurance Act) because community general support centers (meaning the community general support centers prescribed in Article 115-39, paragraph (1) of the New Long-Term Care Insurance Act) are not established or for other reasons, the provisions of Article 18, item (ii), Article 19, paragraph (2), Article 32 through Article 34 and Section 4 of Chapter IV of the New Long-Term Care Insurance Act do not apply until the date specified by Municipal Ordinance within the period from the date of enforcement of this Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Effective Date") to April 1, 2008.
この法律の施行の際、地域包括支援センター（新介護保険法第百十五条の三十九第一項に規定する地域包括支援センターをいう。）が設置されないことその他の事情により、介護予防支援（新介護保険法第八条の二第十八項に規定する介護予防支援をいう。）の見込量の確保が困難であると認められる市町村（特別区を含む。以下同じ。）にあっては、この法律の施行の日（以下「施行日」という。）から平成二十年四月一日までの間において条例で定める日までの間、新介護保険法第十八条第二号、第十九条第二項、第三十二条から第三十四条まで及び第四章第四節の規定は、適用しない。
In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, with regard to the application of the provisions of Article 18 (excluding the part pertaining to item (ii)), Article 19, paragraph (1), Article 27, paragraphs (4) and (5), Article 42-2, paragraph (1) and Article 48, paragraph (1) of the New Long-Term Care Insurance Act to the Insured Persons of Long-Term Care Insurance provided by the Municipality concerned during the period from the Effective Date to the date specified by Municipal Ordinance as referred to in that paragraph, the phrase "the Condition of Need for Long-Term Care" in Article 18, item (i) of the New Long-Term Care Insurance Act is deemed to be replaced with "the Condition of Need for Long-Term Care (including Needed Support Condition)"; the phrase "Person Requiring Long-Term Care" in Article 19, paragraph (1) of the New Long-Term Care Insurance Act with "Person Requiring Long-Term Care (including Person Requiring Support)"; the phrase "Category of Condition of Need for Long-Term Care" in that paragraph with "Category of Condition of Need for Long-Term Care (including categories specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare pertaining to a condition in which it is expected that there will be difficulty in carrying out daily life due to physical or mental problems; the same applies in the following Section and Section 3)"; the phrase "with a Condition of Need for Long-Term Care" in each item of Article 27, paragraph (4) of the New Long-Term Care Insurance Act with "with a Condition of Need for Long-Term Care (including Needed Support Condition)"; the phrase "said Condition of Need for Long-Term Care" in those items with "said Condition of Need for Long-Term Care (including Needed Support Condition)"; the phrase "the Condition of Need for Long-Term Care" in item (i) of paragraph (5) of that Article with "the Condition of Need for Long-Term Care (including Needed Support Condition)"; the phrase "when an Insured Person Requiring Long-Term Care" in Article 42-2, paragraph (1) of the New Long-Term Care Insurance Act with "when an Insured Person Requiring Long-Term Care (limited, with regard to Communal Daily Long-Term Care for a Dementia Patient 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, to persons in a condition falling under a Category of Condition of Need for Long-Term Care specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; the same applies hereinafter in this Article and the following Article)"; and the phrase "when an Insured Person Requiring Long-Term Care" in Article 48, paragraph (1) of the New Long-Term Care Insurance Act with "when an Insured Person Requiring Long-Term Care (limited to persons in a condition falling under a Category of Condition of Need for Long-Term Care specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; the same applies hereinafter in this Article and the following Article)".
前項の場合において、施行日から同項の条例で定める日までの間、当該市町村が行う介護保険の被保険者に対する新介護保険法第十八条（第二号に係る部分を除く。）、第十九条第一項、第二十七条第四項及び第五項、第四十二条の二第一項並びに第四十八条第一項の規定の適用については、新介護保険法第十八条第一号中「要介護状態」とあるのは「要介護状態（要支援状態を含む。）」と、新介護保険法第十九条第一項中「要介護者」とあるのは「要介護者（要支援者を含む。）」と、「要介護状態区分」とあるのは「要介護状態区分（身体上又は精神上の障害があるために日常生活を営むのに支障があると見込まれる状態に係る厚生労働省令で定める区分を含む。次節及び第三節において同じ。）」と、新介護保険法第二十七条第四項各号中「要介護状態に」とあるのは「要介護状態（要支援状態を含む。）に」と、「要介護状態の」とあるのは「要介護状態（要支援状態を含む。）の」と、同条第五項第一号中「要介護状態」とあるのは「要介護状態（要支援状態を含む。）」と、新介護保険法第四十二条の二第一項中「、要介護被保険者」とあるのは「、要介護被保険者（認知症対応型共同生活介護及び地域密着型介護老人福祉施設入所者生活介護については、厚生労働省令で定める要介護状態区分に該当する状態である者に限る。以下この条及び次条において同じ。）」と、新介護保険法第四十八条第一項中「、要介護被保険者」とあるのは「、要介護被保険者（厚生労働省令で定める要介護状態区分に該当する状態である者に限る。以下この条及び次条において同じ。）」とする。