①A health insurance society approved by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare as meeting the requirements specified by Cabinet Order (hereinafter referred to as an "approved health insurance society" in this Article) may, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 156, paragraph (1), item (i), Article 157, paragraph (2), Article 160, paragraph (16) and paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, make the amount of insurance premium relating to an insured person who is an item (ii) insured person (including a specified insured person whose amount of insurance premium has been made the sum of the amount of general insurance premium, etc. and the amount of long-term care insurance premium pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph; the same applies in paragraph (4)) the sum of the amount of general insurance premium, etc. and the amount of special long-term care insurance premium.

②The method for calculating the amount of special long-term care insurance premiums referred to in the preceding paragraph is to be specified in the constitution in accordance with standards specified by Cabinet Order so that the total amount of special long-term care insurance premiums of an approved health insurance society each fiscal year and the amount of long-term care payments to be paid by the approved health insurance society are equal.

③Cabinet Order referred to in the preceding paragraph is specified in consideration of standards specified by Cabinet Order prescribed in Article 129, paragraph (2) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act.

④Regarding the application of the provisions of Article 162 to an insured person who is an item 2 insured person of an approved health insurance society, the phrase "long-term care insurance premiums" in the same Article is replaced with "special long-term care insurance premiums".