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Article 89第八十九条
Article 89, paragraph (1)
When an insured person (excluding an insured person to whom Article 88-2, the preceding Article, paragraphs (1) and (2), and Article 90-2, paragraphs (1) through (3), apply) comes to fall under any of the following items, the insured person is not required to pay the premium, excluding a premium already paid, for the period from the month preceding the month that contains the day on which the person came to fall under that item to the month that contains the day on which the person ceases to fall under it.
When the person is entitled to receive a disability basic pension, or a benefit paid as a pension under the Employees' Pension Insurance Act for which disability is the ground for payment, or another benefit for which disability is the ground for payment that is specified by Cabinet Order (excluding a person entitled to receive the disability basic pension for whom three years have passed, counting from the day on which the person last ceased to be in a state of disability falling under the disability grade prescribed in Article 47, paragraph (2) of that Act (hereinafter in this item referred to as "state of disability"), without falling under a state of disability (limited to a person who is not currently in a state of disability), and any other person specified by Cabinet Order);
When the person receives livelihood assistance under the Public Assistance Act (Act No. 144 of 1950), or other assistance specified by Ministerial Order;
When, in addition to what is listed in the preceding two items, the person is admitted to a facility specified by Ministerial Order.
前二号に掲げるもののほか、厚生労働省令で定める施設に入所しているとき。
Article 89, paragraph (2)
With respect to a premium that is not required to be paid under the preceding paragraph, where an insured person or a person who had been an insured person (referred to as "insured persons, etc." in the following Article through Article 90-3) has made a request to pay the premium for each month in the period relating to that premium, the provisions of that paragraph do not apply, limited to the premium for the period for which that request was made.
Where a request is made by an insured person, etc. who falls under any of the following items, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may provide that the premium for the period the Minister designates (excluding a period to which paragraphs (1) through (3) of the following Article apply, and a period during which the person is, or has been, a high school student prescribed in Article 50 of the School Education Act (Act No. 26 of 1947), a university student prescribed in Article 83 of that Act, or another pupil or student specified by Cabinet Order (hereinafter referred to as "students")) is not required to be paid, excluding a premium already paid, and may, on and after the day on which the request was made, count the period relating to that premium as a full premium exemption period prescribed in Article 5, paragraph (3) (excluding, where a retroactive payment has been made under Article 94, paragraph (1), the period relating to that retroactive payment); provided, however, that this does not apply where neither the head of household nor the spouse falls under any of the following items.
When the income for the year preceding the year that contains the month for which the premium is to be treated as not required to be paid (for the premium for the months from January to the month specified by Ministerial Order, the income for the year before the preceding year; the same applies below in this Chapter) is equal to or less than the amount specified by Cabinet Order according to whether the person has dependents and similar persons and their number;
When the insured person, or another member of the household to which the insured person belongs, receives assistance other than livelihood assistance under the Public Assistance Act, or other assistance specified by Ministerial Order;
When the person is a person with a disability, a widow, or another person specified by Cabinet Order as a person on whom the municipal inhabitant tax is not imposed under the provisions of the Local Tax Act (Act No. 226 of 1950), as prescribed in that Act, and the income for the year preceding the year that contains the month for which the premium is to be treated as not required to be paid is equal to or less than the amount specified by Cabinet Order;
When there is a natural disaster or other cause specified by Ministerial Order as a case where payment of the premium is extremely difficult.
保険料を納付することが著しく困難である場合として天災その他の厚生労働省令で定める事由があるとき。
Article 90, paragraph (2)
When a disposition is made under the preceding paragraph, for the purpose of applying the provisions concerning the requirements for payment and the amount of a pension benefit, that disposition is deemed to have been made on the day on which the request was made.
Where an insured person who has received a disposition under paragraph (1) requests the rescission of that disposition, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may rescind that disposition with respect to the premium for each month on and after the month preceding the month that contains the day on which that request was made.
The scope of the income prescribed in paragraph (1), items (i) and (iii), and the method of calculating its amount, are specified by Cabinet Order.
第一項第一号及び第三号に規定する所得の範囲及びその額の計算方法は、政令で定める。
Article 90-2第九十条の二
Article 90-2, paragraph (1)
Where a request is made by an insured person, etc. who falls under any of the following items, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may provide that three-quarters of the premium for the period the Minister designates (excluding a period to which paragraph (1) of the preceding Article or the following paragraph or paragraph (3) applies, and a period during which the person is, or has been, a student) is not required to be paid, excluding a premium already paid, and may, on and after the day on which the request was made, count the period relating to that premium as a three-quarter premium exemption period prescribed in Article 5, paragraph (4) (excluding, where a retroactive payment has been made under Article 94, paragraph (1), the period relating to that retroactive payment); provided, however, that this does not apply where neither the head of household nor the spouse falls under any of the following items.
When the income for the year preceding the year that contains the month for which the premium is to be treated as not required to be paid is equal to or less than the amount specified by Cabinet Order according to whether the person has dependents and similar persons and their number;
When the person falls under item (ii) or (iii) of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article;
前条第一項第二号及び第三号に該当するとき。
Article 90-2, paragraph (1), item (iii)
When there is a natural disaster or other cause specified by Ministerial Order as a case where payment of the premium is extremely difficult.
保険料を納付することが著しく困難である場合として天災その他の厚生労働省令で定める事由があるとき。
Article 90-2, paragraph (2)
Where a request is made by an insured person, etc. who falls under any of the following items, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may provide that half of the premium for the period the Minister designates (excluding a period to which paragraph (1) of the preceding Article or the preceding paragraph or the following paragraph applies, and a period during which the person is, or has been, a student) is not required to be paid, excluding a premium already paid, and may, on and after the day on which the request was made, count the period relating to that premium as a half premium exemption period prescribed in Article 5, paragraph (5) (excluding, where a retroactive payment has been made under Article 94, paragraph (1), the period relating to that retroactive payment); provided, however, that this does not apply where neither the head of household nor the spouse falls under any of the following items.
When the income for the year preceding the year that contains the month for which the premium is to be treated as not required to be paid is equal to or less than the amount specified by Cabinet Order according to whether the person has dependents and similar persons and their number;
When the person falls under item (ii) or (iii) of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article;
前条第一項第二号及び第三号に該当するとき。
Article 90-2, paragraph (2), item (iii)
When there is a natural disaster or other cause specified by Ministerial Order as a case where payment of the premium is extremely difficult.
保険料を納付することが著しく困難である場合として天災その他の厚生労働省令で定める事由があるとき。
Article 90-2, paragraph (3)
Where a request is made by an insured person, etc. who falls under any of the following items, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may provide that one-quarter of the premium for the period the Minister designates (excluding a period to which paragraph (1) of the preceding Article or the preceding two paragraphs applies, and a period during which the person is, or has been, a student) is not required to be paid, excluding a premium already paid, and may, on and after the day on which the request was made, count the period relating to that premium as a one-quarter premium exemption period prescribed in Article 5, paragraph (6) (excluding, where a retroactive payment has been made under Article 94, paragraph (1), the period relating to that retroactive payment); provided, however, that this does not apply where neither the head of household nor the spouse falls under any of the following items.
When the income for the year preceding the year that contains the month for which the premium is to be treated as not required to be paid is equal to or less than the amount specified by Cabinet Order according to whether the person has dependents and similar persons and their number;
When the person falls under item (ii) or (iii) of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article;
前条第一項第二号及び第三号に該当するとき。
Article 90-2, paragraph (3), item (iii)
When there is a natural disaster or other cause specified by Ministerial Order as a case where payment of the premium is extremely difficult.
保険料を納付することが著しく困難である場合として天災その他の厚生労働省令で定める事由があるとき。
Article 90-2, paragraph (4)
The provisions of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis where an insured person who has received a disposition under the preceding three paragraphs requests the rescission of that disposition.
The scope of the income prescribed in paragraph (1), item (i), paragraph (2), item (i), and paragraph (3), item (i), and the method of calculating its amount, are specified by Cabinet Order.
If a fraction of less than 5 yen results in the remaining amount, other than the part of the amount that is not required to be paid under paragraphs (1) through (3), it is rounded down, and if a fraction of 5 yen or more but less than 10 yen results, it is rounded up to 10 yen.
Where a request is made by an insured person who is a student, or an insured person, etc. who has been a student, who falls under any of the following items, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may provide that the premium for the period the Minister designates (limited to a period during which the person is, or has been, a student) is not required to be paid, excluding a premium already paid, and may, on and after the day on which the request was made, count the period relating to that premium as a full premium exemption period prescribed in Article 5, paragraph (3) (excluding, where a retroactive payment has been made under Article 94, paragraph (1), the period relating to that retroactive payment).
When the income for the year preceding the year that contains the month for which the premium is to be treated as not required to be paid is equal to or less than the amount specified by Cabinet Order according to whether the person has dependents and similar persons and their number;