Article 56Coordination with Benefits Relating to Medical Services Provided by Other Laws and Regulations
第五十六条（他の法令による医療に関する給付との調整）
Payment of benefits for medical treatment or expenses for Dietary Treatment for inpatients, expenses for Living Support for inpatients, medical expenses combined with treatment outside insurance coverage, medical expenses for home-nursing, special medical expenses or transportation expenses shall not be made in cases where the insured person is eligible for any benefit relating to medical services pursuant to the provisions of the Health Insurance Act, the Mariners Insurance Act, the National Public Officers Mutual Aid Association Act (including cases where applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to other Acts or where the same rule governs), the Local Public Officers, etc. Mutual Aid Association Act or the Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People or where said person is eligible for any benefit corresponding to each of the above benefits pursuant to the provisions of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act, in each case with respect to said person's relevant illness or injury. The same shall apply when such person is eligible for any medical compensation pursuant to the provisions of the Labor Standards Act (Act No. 49 of 1947), any medical compensation benefits, medical treatment benefits for multiple-job workers or medical treatment benefits under the provisions of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act (Act No. 50 of 1947), any medical compensation under the provisions of the National Public Officers' Accident Compensation Act (Act No. 191 of 1951; including cases where applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to any other Act), any medical compensation under the provisions of the Local Public Officers Accident Compensation Act (Act No. 121 of 1967) or a Prefectural or Municipal Ordinance under the same Act or any other benefit relating to medical services under any law or regulation as prescribed by Cabinet Order, or when any benefit relating to medical care is provided at the expense of the national government or a local government pursuant to any law or regulation other than these laws and regulations.
療養の給付又は入院時食事療養費、入院時生活療養費、保険外併用療養費、訪問看護療養費、特別療養費若しくは移送費の支給は、被保険者の当該疾病又は負傷につき、健康保険法、船員保険法、国家公務員共済組合法（他の法律において準用し、又は例による場合を含む。）、地方公務員等共済組合法若しくは高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律の規定によつて、医療に関する給付を受けることができる場合又は介護保険法の規定によつて、それぞれの給付に相当する給付を受けることができる場合には、行わない。労働基準法（昭和二十二年法律第四十九号）の規定による療養補償、労働者災害補償保険法（昭和二十二年法律第五十号）の規定による療養補償給付、複数事業労働者療養給付若しくは療養給付、国家公務員災害補償法（昭和二十六年法律第百九十一号。他の法律において準用する場合を含む。）の規定による療養補償、地方公務員災害補償法（昭和四十二年法律第百二十一号）若しくは同法に基づく条例の規定による療養補償その他政令で定める法令による医療に関する給付を受けることができるとき、又はこれらの法令以外の法令により国若しくは地方公共団体の負担において医療に関する給付が行われたときも、同様とする。
In cases where benefits under any law or regulation set forth in the preceding paragraph are benefits in kind relating to medical services and when any co-payment is made or actual costs are collected in relation to such benefits and when the amount of such co-payment or actual costs collected exceeds the amount of co-payment which would have been required under this Act had such benefits been provided as benefits for medical treatment pursuant to this Act (or, when the ratio of co-payment set forth in Article 42, paragraph (1) has been reduced pursuant to the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (1), the amount of co-payment calculated in accordance with the ratio after such reduction), or in cases where benefits under any law or regulation set forth in the preceding paragraph (excluding the Long-Term Care Insurance Act) are payments of medical expenses and when the amount of such payment is less than the amount of expenses for Dietary Treatment for inpatients, expenses for Living Support for inpatients, medical expenses combined with treatment outside insurance coverage, medical expenses, medical expenses for home-nursing, special medical expenses or transportation expenses which would have been payable had expenses for Dietary Treatment for inpatients, expenses for Living Support for inpatients, medical expenses combined with treatment outside insurance coverage, medical expenses, medical expenses for home-nursing, special medical expenses or transportation expenses been required pursuant to this Act with respect to the relevant medical treatment, then Municipalities and Societies shall pay to the insured person the difference between the relevant amounts in each case.
市町村及び組合は、前項に規定する法令による給付が医療に関する現物給付である場合において、その給付に関し一部負担金の支払若しくは実費徴収が行われ、かつ、その一部負担金若しくは実費徴収の額が、その給付がこの法律による療養の給付として行われたものとした場合におけるこの法律による一部負担金の額（第四十三条第一項の規定により第四十二条第一項の一部負担金の割合が減ぜられているときは、その減ぜられた割合による一部負担金の額）を超えるとき、又は前項に規定する法令（介護保険法を除く。）による給付が医療費の支給である場合において、その支給額が、当該療養につきこの法律による入院時食事療養費、入院時生活療養費、保険外併用療養費、療養費、訪問看護療養費、特別療養費又は移送費の支給をすべきものとした場合における入院時食事療養費、入院時生活療養費、保険外併用療養費、療養費、訪問看護療養費、特別療養費又は移送費の額に満たないときは、それぞれその差額を当該被保険者に支給しなければならない。
In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, when the insured person has received the relevant medical treatment at or from a health insurance-covered medical institution, etc., Municipalities and Societies may, on behalf of such insured person, pay to such health insurance-covered medical institution, etc. expenses incurred in such medical treatment payable by said insured person to said health insurance-covered medical institution, etc. within the limits of the amount payable to said insured person pursuant to the provisions of the same paragraph; provided, however, that when the Municipality or Society concerned has reduced the ratio of co-payment pursuant to the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (1), the foregoing shall apply only where such insured person has received such medical treatment at or from one of the health insurance-covered medical institutions, etc. set forth in paragraph (2) of the same Article.
When a payment of expenses is made to the relevant Health Insurance-Covered Medical Institution, etc. pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the insured person shall, to the extent of such payment, be deemed to have received a payment pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2).
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