Supplementary Provisions, Article 8

①A medical care plan that, before the date of enforcement of the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions (hereinafter in this Article and Article 40 of the Supplementary Provisions referred to as the "item (ii) Effective Date"), was determined pursuant to the provisions of Article 30-4, paragraph (1) of the Medical Care Act prior to its amendment by the provisions of Article 3 (limited to the amending provisions set forth in that item) (hereinafter in this Article referred to as the "item (ii) Former Medical Care Act") or was changed pursuant to the provisions of Article 30-6 of the item (ii) Former Medical Care Act is deemed to be a medical care plan determined pursuant to the provisions of Article 30-4, paragraph (1) of the Medical Care Act after its amendment by the provisions of Article 3 (limited to the amending provisions set forth in that item) (hereinafter in this Article referred to as the "item (ii) New Medical Care Act") or changed pursuant to the provisions of Article 30-6 of the item (ii) New Medical Care Act, during the period from the item (ii) Effective Date to March 31, 2015 (where that medical care plan is changed pursuant to the provisions of Article 30-6 of the item (ii) New Medical Care Act, or a medical care plan is determined pursuant to the provisions of Article 30-4, paragraph (1) of the item (ii) New Medical Care Act, until it is so changed pursuant to the provisions of Article 30-6 of the item (ii) New Medical Care Act or determined pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph).

②A medical care plan that, before the date of enforcement of the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (iii) of the Supplementary Provisions (hereinafter referred to as the "item (iii) Effective Date"), was determined pursuant to the provisions of Article 30-4, paragraph (1) of the item (ii) Former Medical Care Act or changed pursuant to the provisions of Article 30-6 of the item (ii) Former Medical Care Act, or was determined pursuant to the provisions of Article 30-4, paragraph (1) of the item (ii) New Medical Care Act or changed pursuant to the provisions of Article 30-6 of the item (ii) New Medical Care Act, is deemed to be a medical care plan determined pursuant to the provisions of Article 30-4, paragraph (1) of the item (iii) New Medical Care Act or changed pursuant to the provisions of Article 30-6 of the item (iii) New Medical Care Act, during the period from the item (iii) Effective Date to March 31, 2018 (where that medical care plan is changed pursuant to the provisions of Article 30-6 of the item (iii) New Medical Care Act, or a medical care plan is determined pursuant to the provisions of Article 30-4, paragraph (1) of the item (iii) New Medical Care Act, until it is so changed pursuant to the provisions of Article 30-6 of the item (iii) New Medical Care Act or determined pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph).

③With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 30-6 of the item (ii) New Medical Care Act to a medical care plan determined or changed during the period from the item (ii) Effective Date to March 31, 2018, the term "three years" in paragraph (1) of that Article and the term "six years" in paragraph (2) of that Article are deemed to be replaced with "five years".

④The provisions of Article 7, paragraph (5), Article 7-2, paragraph (7), Article 27-2, Article 29, paragraph (3), items (v) through (vii) and paragraph (4), items (v) through (vii), Article 30-12, Articles 30-14 through 30-18, and Article 73, item (iii) (limited to the part pertaining to Article 30-15, paragraph (6) of the item (iii) New Medical Care Act) of the item (iii) New Medical Care Act do not apply until a medical care plan is determined pursuant to the provisions of Article 30-4, paragraph (1) of the item (iii) New Medical Care Act or changed pursuant to the provisions of Article 30-6 of the item (iii) New Medical Care Act.