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Chapter V Method of Public Assistance (Articles 34-2 to 37-2)
The law as Act Partially Amending the Social Welfare Act, etc. (Act No. 51 of 2026) leaves it, with the words it changes marked.
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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.
介護扶助は、現物給付によつて行うものとする。ただし、これによることができないとき、これによることが適当でないとき、その他保護の目的を達するために必要があるときは、金銭給付によつて行うことができる。
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) and registered facility care support plans (meaning the registered facility 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) and registered facility care prevention support plans (meaning the registered facility 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).
前項に規定する現物給付のうち、居宅介護（第十五条の二第二項に規定する居宅介護をいう。以下同じ。）、福祉用具の給付、施設介護、介護予防（同条第五項に規定する介護予防をいう。以下同じ。）、介護予防福祉用具及び介護予防・日常生活支援（同条第七項に規定する介護予防・日常生活支援をいう。第五十四条の二第一項において同じ。）の給付は、介護機関（その事業として居宅介護を行う者及び並びにその事業として居宅介護支援計画（第十五条の二第三項に規定する居宅介護支援計画をいう。第五十四条の二第一項及び別表第二において同じ。）を及び登録施設介護支援計画（第十五条の二第三項に規定する登録施設介護支援計画をいう。第五十四条の二第一項及び別表第二において同じ。）を作成する者、その事業として介護保険法第八条第十三項に規定する特定福祉用具販売を行う者（第五十四条の二第一項及び別表第二において「特定福祉用具販売事業者」という。）、地域密着型介護老人福祉施設、介護老人福祉施設、介護老人保健施設及び介護医療院、その事業として介護予防を行う者及び並びにその事業として介護予防支援計画（第十五条の二第六項に規定する介護予防支援計画をいう。第五十四条の二第一項及び別表第二において同じ。）及び登録施設介護予防支援計画（第十五条の二第六項に規定する登録施設介護予防支援計画をいう。第五十四条の二第一項及び別表第二において同じ。）を作成する者、その事業として同法第八条の二第十一項に規定する特定介護予防福祉用具販売を行う者（第五十四条の二第一項及び別表第二において「特定介護予防福祉用具販売事業者」という。）並びに介護予防・日常生活支援事業者（その事業として同法第百十五条の四十五第一項第一号に規定する第一号事業を行う者をいう。以下同じ。）をいう。以下同じ。）であつて、第五十四条の二第一項の規定により指定を受けたもの（同条第二項本文の規定により同条第一項の指定を受けたものとみなされたものを含む。）にこれを委託して行うものとする。
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。
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.
出産扶助は、金銭給付によつて行うものとする。ただし、これによることができないとき、これによることが適当でないとき、その他保護の目的を達するために必要があるときは、現物給付によつて行うことができる。
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).
前項ただし書に規定する現物給付のうち、助産の給付は、第五十五条第一項の規定により指定を受けた助産師に委託して行うものとする。
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。
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.
生業扶助は、金銭給付によつて行うものとする。但し、これによることができないとき、これによることが適当でないとき、その他保護の目的を達するために必要があるときは、現物給付によつて行うことができる。
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.
前項但書に規定する現物給付のうち、就労のために必要な施設の供用及び生業に必要な技能の授与は、授産施設若しくは訓練を目的とするその他の施設を利用させ、又はこれらの施設にこれを委託して行うものとする。
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.
生業扶助のための保護金品は、被保護者に対して交付するものとする。但し、施設の供用又は技能の授与のために必要な金品は、授産施設の長に対して交付することができる。
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.
葬祭扶助は、金銭給付によつて行うものとする。但し、これによることができないとき、これによることが適当でないとき、その他保護の目的を達するために必要があるときは、現物給付によつて行うことができる。
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。
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.
保護の実施機関は、保護の目的を達するために必要があるときは、第三十一条第三項本文若しくは第三十三条第四項の規定により世帯主若しくはこれに準ずる者に対して交付する保護金品、第三十一条第三項ただし書若しくは第五項、第三十四条第八項（第三十四条の二第三項及び第三十五条第三項において準用する場合を含む。）若しくは第三十六条第三項の規定により被保護者に対して交付する保護金品、第三十二条第二項の規定により被保護者若しくはその親権者若しくは未成年後見人に対して交付する保護金品（以下この条において「教育扶助のための保護金品」という。）又は前条第二項の規定により葬祭を行う者に対して交付する保護金品のうち、介護保険料（介護保険法第百二十九条第一項に規定する保険料をいう。）その他の被保護者（教育扶助のための保護金品にあつては、その親権者又は未成年後見人を含む。以下この条において同じ。）が支払うべき費用であつて政令で定めるものの額に相当する金銭について、被保護者に代わり、政令で定める者に支払うことができる。この場合において、当該支払があつたときは、これらの規定により交付すべき者に対し当該保護金品の交付があつたものとみなす。