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。
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