Supplementary Provisions, Article 2Review
第二条（検討）
The government is to, promptly after the promulgation of this Act, in view of the fact that the wages of persons engaged in services relating to long-term care or disability welfare (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as "long-term care and disability welfare workers") are at a lower level than those of persons engaged in businesses belonging to other industries, that the work in which long-term care and disability welfare workers engage places a heavy physical and mental burden on them, and that securing excellent human resources to provide services relating to long-term care or disability welfare contributes to improving the level of services for persons requiring long-term care, etc. (meaning persons requiring long-term care, etc. prescribed in Article 7, paragraph (5) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act) and for persons with disabilities and children with disabilities, examine ensuring the appropriate treatment of long-term care and disability welfare workers, taking into account the conditions of their treatment, etc., in order to secure human resources among long-term care and disability welfare workers while reducing the burden on the people, including the insurance premium burden on the working generation, and flexibly take required measures based on the results.
政府は、この法律の公布後速やかに、介護又は障害福祉に関するサービスに従事する者（以下この項において「介護・障害福祉従事者」という。）の賃金が他の業種に属する事業に従事する者と比較して低い水準にあること、介護・障害福祉従事者が従事する業務が身体的及び精神的な負担の大きいものであること、介護又は障害福祉に関するサービスを担う優れた人材の確保が要介護者等（介護保険法第七条第五項の要介護者等をいう。）並びに障害者及び障害児に対するサービスの水準の向上に資すること等に鑑み、現役世代の保険料負担を含む国民負担の軽減を図りつつ介護・障害福祉従事者の人材の確保を図るため、介護・障害福祉従事者の適切な処遇の確保について、その処遇の状況等を踏まえて検討を加え、その結果に基づいて所要の措置を機動的に講ずるものとする。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 10Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the National Health Insurance Act
第十条（国民健康保険法の一部改正に伴う経過措置）
A Municipality or National Health Insurance Society may, even before the item (ix) Effective Date, enact or revise a Municipal Ordinance or constitution and take other actions necessary for the enforcement of the National Health Insurance Act (including orders based thereon) as amended by the provisions of Article 9 (limited to the amending provisions set forth in Article 1, item (ix) of the Supplementary Provisions).
市町村又は国民健康保険組合は、第九条の規定（附則第一条第九号に掲げる改正規定に限る。）による改正後の国民健康保険法（これに基づく命令を含む。）の施行のために必要な条例又は規約の制定又は改正その他の行為については、第九号施行日前においても行うことができる。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 23Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions
第二十三条（罰則に関する経過措置）
With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before the enforcement of the provisions set forth in Article 1, items (v) and (ix) of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
Supplementary Provisions, Article 24Delegation to Cabinet Order
第二十四条（政令への委任）
Beyond what is provided from Article 3 of the Supplementary Provisions to the preceding Article, any transitional measures (including those concerning penal provisions) necessary for the enforcement of this Act are provided by Cabinet Order.
附則第三条から前条までに規定するもののほか、この法律の施行に伴い必要な経過措置（罰則に関する経過措置を含む。）は、政令で定める。