Chapter V Method of Public Assistance (Articles 34-2 to 37-2)
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Article 34-2第三十四条の二
Method of Long-Term Care Assistance(介護扶助の方法)
Article 34-2, paragraph (1)
Long-term care assistance shall be provided by way of performance in kind; provided, however, that when this method cannot be used, when it is not appropriate to use this method, or when it is necessary in order to achieve the purpose of public assistance, long-term care assistance may be provided by way of performance in money.
Out of the performance in kind prescribed in the preceding paragraph, in-home care services (meaning the in-home care services prescribed in Article 15-2, paragraph (2); the same applies hereinafter), the furnishing of welfare equipment, facility care services, care prevention services (meaning the care prevention services prescribed in paragraph (5) of that Article; the same applies hereinafter), the furnishing of welfare equipment for care prevention, and care prevention and daily life support (meaning the care prevention and daily life support prescribed in paragraph (7) of that Article; the same applies in Article 54-2, paragraph (1)) shall be provided by way of entrusting such assistance to a long-term care provider (which means a person who provides in-home care services as his/her business, a person who prepares in-home care support plans (meaning the in-home care support plans prescribed in Article 15-2, paragraph (3); the same applies in Article 54-2, paragraph (1) and Appended Table 2) as his/her business, a person who sells specified welfare equipment prescribed in Article 8, paragraph (13) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act as his/her business (referred to as a "specified welfare equipment dealer" in Article 54-2, paragraph (1) and Appended Table 2), a Community-Based Facility for the Elderly Covered by Public Aid Requiring Long-Term Care, a Facility Covered by Public Aid Providing Long-Term Care to the Elderly, a long-term care health facility and an integrated facility for medical and long-term care, a person who provides care prevention services as his/her business, a person who prepares care prevention support plans (meaning the care prevention support plans prescribed in Article 15-2, paragraph (6); the same applies in Article 54-2, paragraph (1) and Appended Table 2) as his/her business, a person who sells specified welfare equipment for care prevention prescribed in Article 8-2, paragraph (11) of that Act as his/her business (referred to as a "specified care prevention welfare equipment dealer" in Article 54-2, paragraph (1) and Appended Table 2), and a care prevention and daily life support provider (meaning a person who conducts, as his/her business, a category 1 project prescribed in Article 115-45, paragraph (1), item (i) of that Act; the same applies hereinafter); the same applies hereinafter) who has been designated pursuant to the provisions of Article 54-2, paragraph (1) (including one that is deemed to have received the designation under paragraph (1) of that Article pursuant to the provisions of the main clause of paragraph (2) of that Article).
The provisions of paragraphs (7) and (8) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to long-term care assistance.
前条第七項及び第八項の規定は、介護扶助について準用する。
Article 35第三十五条
Method of Maternity Assistance(出産扶助の方法)
Article 35, paragraph (1)
Maternity assistance shall be provided by way of performance in money; provided, however, that when this method cannot be used, when it is not appropriate to use this method, or when it is necessary in order to achieve the purpose of public assistance, maternity assistance may be provided by way of performance in kind.
Out of the performance in kind prescribed in the proviso to the preceding paragraph, the furnishing of midwifery shall be provided by way of entrusting such midwifery to a midwife who has been designated pursuant to the provisions of Article 55, paragraph (1).
The provisions of paragraphs (7) and (8) of Article 34 shall apply mutatis mutandis to maternity assistance.
第三十四条第七項及び第八項の規定は、出産扶助について準用する。
Article 36第三十六条
Method of Occupational Assistance(生業扶助の方法)
Article 36, paragraph (1)
Occupational assistance shall be provided by way of performance in money; provided, however, that when this method cannot be used, when it is not appropriate to use this method, or when it is necessary in order to achieve the purpose of public assistance, occupational assistance may be provided by way of performance in kind.
Out of performance in kind prescribed in the proviso to the preceding paragraph, use of a facility necessary for the employment and provision of the skills necessary for occupational assistance shall be provided by having the person requiring public assistance use a vocational facility or any other facility aimed at training, or by entrusting such assistance to such a facility.
The public assistance benefit for occupational assistance shall be delivered to the public assistance recipient; provided however, that the public assistance benefit necessary for the use of a facility or the provision of skills may be delivered to the head of a vocational facility.
Funeral assistance shall be provided by way of performance in money; provided, however, that when this method cannot be used, when it is not appropriate to use this method, or when it is necessary in order to achieve the purpose of public assistance, funeral assistance may be provided by way of performance in kind.
The public assistance benefit for funeral assistance shall be delivered to the person conducting the funeral.
葬祭扶助のための保護金品は、葬祭を行う者に対して交付するものとする。
Article 37-2第三十七条の二
Exception to the Method of Public Assistance(保護の方法の特例)
Article 37-2, paragraph (1)
Out of the public assistance benefit delivered to the householder or a person equivalent thereto pursuant to the provisions of the main clause of Article 31, paragraph (3) or Article 33, paragraph (4), the public assistance benefit delivered to the public assistance recipient pursuant to the provisions of the proviso to Article 31, paragraph (3), Article 31, paragraph (5), Article 34, paragraph (8) (including the cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 34-2, paragraph (3) or Article 35, paragraph (3)) or Article 36, paragraph (3), the public assistance benefit delivered to the public assistance recipient, a person who has parental authority over the public assistance recipient, or a guardian of a public assistance recipient who is a minor, pursuant to the provisions of Article 32, paragraph (2) (hereinafter referred to in this Article as "public assistance benefit for educational assistance"), or the public assistance benefit delivered to the person conducting the funeral pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, a public assistance administrator may, when it is necessary for achieving the purpose of public assistance, pay the money equivalent to the amount of the premium for long-term care insurance (which means the premium prescribed in Article 129, paragraph (1) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act) and any other expenses to be paid by the public assistance recipient (including, in the case of public assistance benefit for educational assistance, a person who has parental authority over the public assistance recipient or a guardian of a public assistance recipient who is a minor; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) that is specified by a Cabinet Order to a person specified by a Cabinet Order in lieu of the public assistance recipient. In this case, when said payment has been made, it shall be deemed that the public assistance benefit has been delivered to the person to whom delivery should be made pursuant to these provisions.