①If an insured that is delinquent in the payment of insurance premiums (excluding an insured that is eligible to receive payment of general medical expenses for illness under the Act on Assistance for Atomic Bomb Victims (Act No. 117 of 1994) and other medical care benefits specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (referred to as "payment, etc. of general medical expenses for illness caused by atomic bombs" in paragraph (4)); hereinafter referred to as a "person delinquent in payment of insurance premiums" in this Article) does not pay the insurance premiums during the period from the due date for payment of the insurance premiums until the expiration of the period specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, even though a municipality has made efforts to encourage payment of the insurance premiums, to secure opportunities for consultation pertaining to the payment of the insurance premiums, and to contribute to the payment of the insurance premiums specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (referred to as "encouragement, etc. of payment of insurance premiums" in the following paragraph and Article 92, paragraphs (1) and (2)), and when the person delinquent in payment of insurance premiums has received medical treatment from a medical institution providing services covered by health insurance, etc. or designated home-nursing from a designated home-nursing provider, the Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older pays to the person delinquent in payment of insurance premiums special medical expenses in lieu of benefits for medical treatment, or payment of dietary treatment expenses for inpatients, living support expenses for inpatients, medical expenses combined with treatment outside insurance coverage, medical expenses, or medical expenses for home-nursing (referred to as "benefits for medical treatment, etc." in the following paragraph, paragraph (4), and paragraph (5)), with regard to expenses required for the medical treatment or designated home-nursing, except when it is found that there are special circumstances specified by Cabinet Order.

②Even before the period specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as prescribed in the preceding paragraph has elapsed, if a person delinquent in payment of insurance premiums still does not pay the insurance premiums even though a municipality has carried out encouragement of insurance premium payment, etc., and the person delinquent in payment of insurance premiums has received medical treatment from a medical institution providing services covered by health insurance, etc. or designated home-nursing from a designated home-nursing provider, the Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older may pay the person delinquent in payment of insurance premiums special medical expenses for the expenses required for the medical treatment or designated home-nursing, in lieu of benefits for medical treatment, etc. However, this does not apply if it is found that there are special circumstances specified by the Cabinet Order referred to in that paragraph.

③When paying special medical expenses pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or the main clause of the preceding paragraph, the Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older is to notify a person delinquent in insurance premiums to the effect that special medical expenses will be paid if the person delinquent in insurance premiums receives medical treatment at or from a medical institution providing services covered by health insurance, or receives designated home-nursing at or from a designated home-nursing provider, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

④If a person delinquent in payment of insurance premiums who is subject to the provisions of paragraph (1) or the main clause of paragraph (2) completes payment of the delinquent insurance premiums, or it is found that the amount of delinquent payment pertaining to the person has significantly decreased, or there are special circumstances specified by Cabinet Order, such as disasters, or if the relevant insured has become eligible for the payment, etc. of medical expenses for atomic bomb-related general diseases, and the insured that falls under these cases has received medical treatment from a medical institution providing services covered by health insurance, etc. or designated home-nursing from a designated home-nursing provider, the Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older provides benefits for medical treatment, etc. to the relevant insured.

⑤When the Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older is to provide benefits for medical treatment, etc. pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, it is to notify in advance, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, an insured who falls under the case prescribed in that paragraph that, when the insured receives medical treatment from a medical institution providing services covered by health insurance, etc. or designated home-nursing from a designated home-nursing provider, benefits for medical treatment, etc. will be provided.

⑥The provisions of Article 64 of the Health Insurance Act and Article 64, paragraph (3), Article 65, Article 66, Article 70, paragraph (2), Article 72, Article 74, paragraph (7) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 78, paragraph (8)), Article 76, paragraph (2), Article 78, paragraph (3), Article 79, paragraph (2), Article 80, and the preceding Article of this Act apply mutatis mutandis to medical treatment or designated home-nursing pertaining to special medical expenses received at or from a medical institution providing services covered by health insurance, etc. or a designated home-nursing provider, and to the payment of special medical expenses incidental thereto. In this case, any necessary technical replacement of terms is specified by Cabinet Order.

⑦If a person delinquent in insurance premiums to whom the provisions of paragraph (1) or the main clause of paragraph (2) are applied would be subject to the provisions of Article 77, paragraph (1) if those provisions were not applied, the Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older may pay medical expenses to the person.

⑧When a person delinquent in payment of insurance premiums who is subject to the provisions of paragraph (1) or the main clause of paragraph (2) has received medical care or medication from a medical institution providing services covered by health insurance, etc. without receiving confirmation of being an insured by electronic eligibility confirmation, etc., and the Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older finds that the failure to receive that confirmation was due to an emergency or other unavoidable reason, the Association is to pay medical expenses.

⑨The provisions of Article 77, paragraphs (3) and (4) apply mutatis mutandis to the medical expenses pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs. In this case, the term "if the person is to receive" in paragraph (4) of the same Article is deemed to be replaced with "if the person is eligible to receive".

①When an insured has been transferred to a hospital or clinic in order to receive medical treatment (including medical treatment covered by medical expenses combined with treatment outside insurance coverage and medical treatment covered by special medical expenses), the Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older pays, as transport expenses, an amount calculated pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare to the insured.

②The transport expenses referred to in the preceding paragraph are to be paid only if the Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older finds it necessary pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

①When the amount of co-payment prescribed in Article 67 with respect to benefits for medical treatment or the amount calculated by deducting, from the amount of expenses incurred in medical treatment (excluding dietary treatment and living support; hereinafter the same applies in this Article), the amount paid as medical expenses combined with treatment outside insurance coverage, medical expenses, medical expenses for home-nursing, or special medical expenses with respect to the expenses incurred in the medical treatment, or the amount equivalent to the difference paid pursuant to the provisions of Article 57, paragraph (2) (referred to as the "amount of co-payment, etc." in paragraph (1) of the following Article) is extremely large, the Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older pays high-cost medical expenses to the insured that received the benefits for medical treatment, or the payment of the medical expenses combined with treatment outside insurance coverage, medical expenses, medical expenses for home-nursing, or special medical expenses.

②The requirements for payment and the amount of high-cost medical expenses and other necessary matters concerning the payment of high-cost medical expenses shall be prescribed by Cabinet Order by taking into consideration the impact of the burden of the expenses incurred in the relevant medical treatment on household finances, in particular the household finances of persons who continuously receive medical treatment over a long period, and the amount of expenses incurred in the medical treatment.

①When the sum of the amount of co-payment, etc. (when high-cost medical expenses set forth in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article are paid, the amount obtained by deducting the amount so paid) and the amount to be borne by a user of long-term care service as prescribed in Article 51, paragraph (1) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act (when allowance for high-cost long-term care service set forth in the same paragraph is paid, the amount obtained by deducting the amount so paid) and the amount to be borne by a user of preventive long-term care service as prescribed in Article 61, paragraph (1) of the same Act (when High-Cost Long-Term Prevention Care Service Allowance set forth in the same paragraph is paid, the amount obtained by deducting the amount so paid) is extremely large, the Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older pays Sizable medical and nursing expenses to the insured that received benefits for medical treatment, or payment of medical expenses combined with treatment outside insurance coverage, medical expenses, medical expenses for home-nursing, or special medical expenses pertaining to the amount of co-payment, etc.

②The provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the payment of a Sizable medical and nursing expenses.

①A Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older is to, pursuant to the provisions of its Ordinances, pay funeral expenses or provide funeral rites benefits with regard to the death of an insured; provided, however, that if there are special reasons, the payment or benefits may not be made in whole or in part.

②In addition to the benefits set forth in the preceding paragraph, the Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older may pay injury and sickness allowance and provide other medical care benefit for the old-old pursuant to the provisions of the ordinances of the Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older.

When an insured or a person who used to be an insured has suffered illness or injury intentionally or due to an intentional criminal act, benefits for medical treatment, or dietary treatment expenses for inpatients, living support expenses for inpatients, medical expenses combined with treatment outside insurance coverage, medical expenses, medical expenses for home-nursing, special medical expenses, or transport expenses pertaining to the illness or injury (hereinafter referred to as "benefits for medical treatment, etc." in this Subsection) are not paid.

When an insured suffers illness or injury due to a conflict, state of drunkenness or extreme misconduct, benefits for medical treatment, etc. for such illness or injury may not be paid in whole or in part.

If a person who is or was an insured is confined in a penal institution, workhouse, or any other facility equivalent thereto, no benefits for medical treatment, etc. are paid for the period during which the person is confined.

The Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older may refrain from providing part of the benefits for medical treatment, etc. when an insured or a person who used to be an insured fails, without justifiable grounds, to follow instructions concerning medical treatment.

When a person who is or was an insured or a person who receives an old-old medical care benefit fails to comply with an order pursuant to the provisions of Article 60 or refuses to answer questions or undergo a medical examination without justifiable grounds, the Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older may refrain from providing benefits for medical treatment, etc., in whole or in part.