Article 76Insurance Premiums

①A Municipality must collect insurance premiums from the Householder of the household to which an insured person belongs (limited to a Householder who has a domicile within the area of the Municipality) in order to cover the expenses required for paying payments for national health insurance services expenses borne by the special account of the Municipality relating to national health insurance (including the expenses required for paying young-old payments, etc., old-old aid, etc., the long-term care payment, the contribution for securing medical care in the early phase of an epidemic, etc. and the children and child-rearing support levy borne by the special account relating to national health insurance of the prefecture to which the Municipality belongs; the same applies hereinafter), the expenses required for paying the financial stabilization fund contribution and other expenses required for national health insurance services; provided, however, that this does not apply when national health insurance tax is imposed pursuant to the provisions of the Local Tax Act.

②A Society shall collect insurance premiums from Society members to be allocated to the cost incurred in providing benefits for medical treatment, etc. and other expenses for national health insurance services (including expenses incurred in paying young-old payments, etc., old-old aid, etc., the long-term care payment, the contribution for securing medical care in the early phase of an epidemic, etc. and the children and child-rearing support levy and, in the case of a Society set forth in Article 179 of the Health Insurance Act, including expenses incurred in paying day worker contributions under the provisions of the same Act).

③Of the insurance premiums under the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, those to be allocated to expenses incurred in paying the long-term care payment shall be imposed with respect to insured persons who fall under the category of insured person as set forth in Article 9, item (ii) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act.