Public Assistance Act

The type of public assistance shall be as follows:

Livelihood assistance

Education assistance

Housing assistance

Medical assistance

Long-term care assistance

Maternity assistance

Occupational assistance

Funeral assistance

The assistance set forth in the items of the preceding paragraph shall be provided singly or in combination according to the needs of the person requiring public assistance.

Livelihood assistance shall be provided within the scope of the following matters to a person who is unable to maintain a minimum standard of living due to poverty:

Clothing, food and any other things necessary for satisfying the demands of daily life

Transportation

Education assistance shall be provided within the scope of the following matters to a person who is unable to maintain a minimum standard of living due to poverty:

Textbooks and other school supplies necessary in line with compulsory education

School-commuting supplies necessary in line with compulsory education

School meals and any other things necessary in line with compulsory education

Housing assistance shall be provided within the scope of the following matters to a person who is unable to maintain a minimum standard of living due to poverty:

Residence

Repairs and other things necessary for maintaining the housing

Medical assistance shall be provided within the scope of the following matters to a person who is unable to maintain a minimum standard of living due to poverty:

Medical examinations

Medicines or therapeutic materials

Medical treatment, surgery and any other therapy and treatment

In-home medical care management as well as care-taking and any other nursing pertaining to in-home medical care

Admission to a hospital or clinic as well as care-taking and any other nursing pertaining to medical care in the hospital or clinic

Transportation

Long-term care assistance shall be provided within the scope of the matters listed in items (i) to (iv) and item (ix) to a person requiring long-term care (which means a person requiring long-term care prescribed in Article 7, paragraph (3) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act [Act No. 123 of 1997]; the same shall apply in paragraph (3)) who is unable to maintain a minimum standard of living due to poverty, shall be provided within the scope of the matters listed in items (v) to (ix) to a person requiring support (which means a person requiring support prescribed in paragraph (4) of the same Article; the same shall apply hereinafter in this paragraph and paragraph (6)) who is unable to maintain a minimum standard of living due to poverty, and shall be provided within the scope of the matters listed in items (viii) and (ix) to a person equivalent to an Insured In-Home Person Requiring Support, etc. (which means an Insured In-Home Person Requiring Support, etc. prescribed in Article 115-45, paragraph (1), item (i) of that Act) who is unable to maintain a minimum standard of living due to poverty (excluding persons requiring support):

In-home care services (limited to those carried out based on an in-home care support plan)

Welfare equipment

Home renovation

Facility care services

Care prevention services (limited to those carried out based on a care prevention support plan)

Welfare equipment for care prevention

Home renovation for care prevention

Care prevention and daily life support (limited to that provided on the basis of a care prevention support plan or of assistance equivalent to assistance through the category 1 Preventive Long-Term Care Support project prescribed in Article 115-45, paragraph (1), item (i), (d) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act)

Transportation

In-home care services prescribed in item (i) of the preceding paragraph means home-visit care services prescribed in Article 8, paragraph (2) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act, home-visit bathing services prescribed in paragraph (3) of the same Article, home-visit nursing prescribed in paragraph (4) of the same Article, home-visit rehabilitation prescribed in paragraph (5) of the same Article, in-home medical care management counseling prescribed in paragraph (6) of the same Article, day care services prescribed in paragraph (7) of the same Article, day rehabilitation prescribed in paragraph (8) of the same Article, short-stay care services prescribed in paragraph (9) of the same Article, short-stay medical care prescribed in paragraph (10) of the same Article, care services provided in specified facilities prescribed in paragraph (11) of the same Article, lending of welfare equipment prescribed in paragraph (12) of the same Article, Periodic Patrol and On-Demand Home-Visit Long-Term Care and Nursing prescribed in paragraph (15) of the same Article, nighttime home-visit care services prescribed in paragraph (16) of the same Article, Community-Based Outpatient Day Long-Term Care prescribed in paragraph (17) of the same Article, day care services for the elderly with dementia prescribed in paragraph (18) of the same Article, small-scale and multifunctional in-home care services prescribed in paragraph (19) of the same Article, care services provided in group homes for the elderly with dementia prescribed in paragraph (20) of the same Article, care services provided in community-based specified facilities prescribed in paragraph (21) of the same Article, and combined service prescribed in paragraph (23) of the same Article, and any services equivalent thereto.

An in-home care support plan prescribed in paragraph (1), item (i) means a plan which, for the purpose of allowing a person requiring long-term care who leads his/her life at home to use, etc. appropriately in-home care services and any other health and medical services and welfare services that are necessary for leading a daily life at home (hereinafter referred to as "in-home care services, etc." in this paragraph), specifies such matters as the types and contents of the in-home care services, etc. to be used by said person requiring long-term care.

Facility care services prescribed in paragraph (1), item (iv) means care services provided at community-based long-term care welfare facilities for the elderly prescribed in Article 8, paragraph (22) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act, long-term care welfare facility services prescribed in paragraph (27) of the same Article, long-term care health facility services prescribed in paragraph (28) of the same Article and service at an integrated facility for medical and long-term care prescribed in paragraph (29) of the same Article.

Care prevention services prescribed in paragraph (1), item (v) means home-visit bathing services for care prevention prescribed in Article 8-2, paragraph (2) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act, home-visit nursing for care prevention prescribed in paragraph (3) of the same Article, home-visit rehabilitation for care prevention prescribed in paragraph (4) of the same Article, in-home medical care management counseling for care prevention prescribed in paragraph (5) of the same Article, day rehabilitation for care prevention prescribed in paragraph (6) of the same Article, short-stay care services for care prevention prescribed in paragraph (7) of the same Article, short-stay medical care for care prevention prescribed in paragraph (8) of the same Article, care services for care prevention provided in specified facilities prescribed in paragraph (9) of the same Article, lending of welfare equipment for care prevention prescribed in paragraph (10) of the same Article, day care services for the elderly with dementia for care prevention prescribed in paragraph (13) of the same Article, small-scale and multifunctional in-home care services for care prevention prescribed in paragraph (14) of the same Article, and care services for care prevention provided in group homes for the elderly with dementia prescribed in paragraph (15) of the same Article, and any services equivalent thereto.

A care prevention support plan prescribed in paragraph (1), items (v) and (viii) means a plan which, for the purpose of allowing a person requiring support who leads his/her life at home to use, etc. appropriately care prevention services and any other health and medical services and welfare services that contribute to relieving or preventing from worsening the conditions where, due to physical or mental disabilities, said person requires constant care with regard to all or part of the basic activities of daily life such as bathing, excretion and eating or has trouble leading his/her daily life (hereinafter referred to as "care prevention services, etc." in this paragraph), specifies such matters as the types and contents of the care prevention services, etc. to be used by said person requiring support, and which has been prepared by any person specified by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare set forth in Article 8-2, paragraph (16) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act from among the employees of a community general support center prescribed in Article 115-46, paragraph (1) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act and the workers of an office that provides Designated In-Home Long-Term Care Support prescribed in Article 46, paragraph (1) of that Act.

Care prevention and daily life support prescribed in paragraph (1), item (viii) means support equivalent to support through the category 1 home-visit project prescribed in Article 115-45, paragraph (1), item (i), (a) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act, the category 1 day service project prescribed in (b) of that item and the category 1 daily life support project prescribed in (c) of that item.

Maternity assistance shall be provided within the scope of the following matters to a person who is unable to maintain a minimum standard of living due to poverty:

Assistance with delivery

Treatment prior to and after delivery

Absorbent cotton, gauze and other sanitary supplies

Occupational assistance shall be provided within the scope of the following matters to a person who is unable to or is likely to become unable to maintain a minimum standard of living due to poverty; provided, however, that this shall be limited to the case where such provision is likely to be able to increase the income of said person or promote the self-support for said person:

Funds, instruments or materials necessary for an occupation

Acquisition of skills necessary for an occupation

Things necessary for work

Funeral assistance shall be provided within the scope of the following matters to a person who is unable to maintain a minimum standard of living due to poverty:

Postmortem examination

Transportation of the corpse

Cremation or burial

Cineration and any other things necessary for a funeral

In any of the following cases, if there is a person who intends to conduct the funeral, funeral assistance set forth in the items of the preceding paragraph may be provided to said person:

Where, in the case of the death of a public assistance recipient, there is no person responsible for his/her support who intends to conduct his/her funeral

Where, in the case of the absence of a person responsible for support who intends to conduct the funeral of a deceased, it is not possible to cover the expenses necessary for conducting the funeral with the money and goods left behind by the deceased