Supplementary Provisions, Article 2Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Order for Enforcement of the Health Insurance Act

①With regard to the payment of high-cost medical expenses under the provisions of the Health Insurance Act for medical treatment provided before the day of enforcement of this Cabinet Order (hereinafter referred to as the "Effective Date") (excluding that relating to the medical treatment prescribed in the following paragraph) and the payment of expenses for high-cost medical treatment combined with long-term care, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

②The provisions of Article 42, paragraph (6) or (7) of the Order for Enforcement of the Health Insurance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 1 also apply to the payment of high-cost medical expenses under the provisions of the Health Insurance Act for medical treatment provided during the period from May 1, 2009 to the day before the Effective Date that falls under treatment subject to specified benefits prescribed in Article 41, paragraph (6) of the Order for Enforcement of the Health Insurance Act before the amendment by the provisions of Article 1 (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Health Insurance Order" in this paragraph) as applied with the terms replaced pursuant to Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Former Health Insurance Order, or treatment subject to specified disease benefits prescribed in Article 41, paragraph (7) of the Former Health Insurance Order.