Municipalities and Societies may take any of the measures listed in the following items with respect to any insured person who is under special circumstances and for whom it is found difficult to make co-payment to a health insurance-covered medical institution, etc. pursuant to the provisions of Article 42 or the preceding Article:
to reduce the amount of co-payment;
一部負担金を減額すること。
to exempt such insured person from making co-payment;
一部負担金の支払を免除すること。
to decide to collect co-payment directly from such insured person in lieu of co-payment to the Health Insurance-Covered Medical Institution, etc., and to suspend such collection.
保険医療機関等に対する支払に代えて、一部負担金を直接に徴収することとし、その徴収を猶予すること。
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 42 and paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, where the measure set forth in item (i) of the preceding paragraph has been taken with respect to an insured person, it shall be sufficient for said person to pay the amount of co-payment so reduced to the relevant Health Insurance-Covered Medical Institution, etc., and where the measure set forth in item (ii) or (iii) has been taken with respect to an insured person, said person shall not be required to make co-payment to the relevant Health Insurance-Covered Medical Institution, etc.
The provisions of Article 42-2 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the making of co-payment in the case set forth in the preceding paragraph.
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