Supplementary Provisions

This Cabinet Order comes into effect on August 1, 2025; provided, however, that the provisions amending Article 22-3, paragraph (7), item (ii), (f) of the Order for Enforcement of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act in Article 2 and the provisions of Articles 3, 5, 7 and 9 of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect on the date of promulgation.

The provisions of Article 42, paragraph (3) of the Order for Enforcement of the Health Insurance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 1 (limited to the part relating to item (i)) (limited to the part relating to item (vi) of that paragraph, and including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 44, paragraph (1) of the Order for Enforcement of the Health Insurance Act) apply to the base amount for calculating high-cost medical expenses under Article 41, paragraphs (3) through (5) and (7) of the Order for Enforcement of the Health Insurance Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 44, paragraph (1) of that Order) where the month in which the medical treatment was received is on or after August 2025, and to the base amount for the combined long-term care calculation for persons aged 70 or over under Article 43-2, paragraph (2) of that Order (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 44, paragraph (5) of that Order) (including the base amount for the combined long-term care calculation for persons aged 70 or over under Article 43-2, paragraph (2) of that Order as applied mutatis mutandis in Article 43-2, paragraph (3) of that Order, to which the provisions of Article 43-3, paragraph (2) of that Order are applied mutatis mutandis with replacement of terms pursuant to Article 43-3, paragraph (3) of that Order (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 44, paragraph (5) of that Order), and the base amount for the combined long-term care calculation for persons aged 70 or over under Article 43-2, paragraph (2) of that Order as applied mutatis mutandis in Article 43-2, paragraph (4) of that Order, to which the provisions of Article 43-3, paragraph (2) of that Order are applied mutatis mutandis with replacement of terms pursuant to Article 43-3, paragraph (4) of that Order) where the month that includes the reference date prescribed in Article 41-2, paragraph (1) of that Order (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 44, paragraph (2) of that Order) (including the day deemed to be the reference date pursuant to Article 43-4, paragraph (1) or Article 44, paragraph (7) of that Order; hereinafter referred to as the "reference date" in this Article) is on or after August 2025, and with regard to that base amount for calculating high-cost medical expenses where the month in which the medical treatment was received is on or before July of that year, and that base amount for the combined long-term care calculation for persons aged 70 or over where the month that includes the reference date is on or before that month, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

Certification by an insurer pursuant to the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (1), item (ii), (f), item (iii), (f) and item (iv), (b) of the Order for Enforcement of the Health Insurance Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 44, paragraph (1) of that Order; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) that a person falls under the persons listed in Article 42, paragraph (3), item (vi) of the Order for Enforcement of the Health Insurance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 1 (limited to the part relating to item (i)) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 44, paragraph (1) of the Order for Enforcement of the Health Insurance Act) may be made, even before the day of enforcement of this Cabinet Order (hereinafter referred to as the "Effective Date"), in the same manner as under the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (1), item (ii), (f), item (iii), (f) and item (iv), (b) of the Order for Enforcement of the Health Insurance Act.