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Article 2Long-Term Care Insurance

第二条(介護保険)

Long-Term Care Insurance provides necessary insurance benefits for a Condition of Need for Long-Term Care or for a Needed Support Condition (herein referred to as a "Condition of Need for Long-Term Care, etc.") of the insured person.

介護保険は、被保険者の要介護状態又は要支援状態(以下「要介護状態等」という。)に関し、必要な保険給付を行うものとする。

Insurance benefits as set forth in the preceding paragraph are provided in order to contribute to reduction or prevention of aggravation of a Condition of Need for Long-Term Care, etc., and must be provided with careful attention to cooperation with medical care.

前項の保険給付は、要介護状態等の軽減又は悪化の防止に資するよう行われるとともに、医療との連携に十分配慮して行われなければならない。

Insurance benefits as set forth in paragraph (1) must be provided in consideration of the appropriate health and medical services and public aid services that are offered by diverse providers and facilities comprehensively and effectively, according to the physical and mental conditions of the insured person, said person's environment, etc., and based on the preferences of the insured person.

第一項の保険給付は、被保険者の心身の状況、その置かれている環境等に応じて、被保険者の選択に基づき、適切な保健医療サービス及び福祉サービスが、多様な事業者又は施設から、総合的かつ効率的に提供されるよう配慮して行われなければならない。

With regard to the contents and level of insurance benefits as set forth in paragraph (1), consideration must be made so that said person is able to live an independent daily life according to that person's own abilities in his or her home as much as possible, although said insured person becomes in a Condition of Need for Long-Term Care.

第一項の保険給付の内容及び水準は、被保険者が要介護状態となった場合においても、可能な限り、その居宅において、その有する能力に応じ自立した日常生活を営むことができるように配慮されなければならない。

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