Supplementary Provisions, Article 11Transitional Measures Concerning Collection of Expenses, etc.

①The provisions of Article 78, paragraph (1) and paragraph (4) (limited to the part pertaining to paragraph (1) of that Article) of the Public Assistance Act as Amended in 2014 apply to the collection of amounts to be collected relating to public assistance expenses paid by the governor or mayor of a prefecture or municipality on or after the Effective Date, and the provisions then in force continue to govern the collection of expenses of public assistance paid by the governor or mayor of a prefecture or municipality before the Effective Date.

②The provisions of Article 78, paragraph (2) and paragraph (4) (limited to the part pertaining to paragraph (2) of that Article; the same applies in the following paragraph) of the Public Assistance Act as Amended in 2014 apply to the collection of amounts to be collected from a designated medical care provider, designated long-term care provider, designated midwifery care provider or designated treatment provider prescribed in paragraph (2) of that Article, in relation to payments made by the governor or mayor of a prefecture or municipality on or after the Effective Date.

③The provisions of Article 78, paragraph (2) and paragraph (4) of the Public Assistance Act as Amended in 2014 and the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to a long-term care sanatorium-type medical facility designated under Article 54-2, paragraph (1) of the Public Assistance Act prior to the amendment by Article 91 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Health Insurance Act, etc. (Act No. 83 of 2006), which remains in force pursuant to Article 130-2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act.