Article 44Payment of an Allowance for Purchasing Equipment for In-Home Long-Term Care Covered by Public Aid
第四十四条（居宅介護福祉用具購入費の支給）
A Municipality, when an Insured In-Home Person Requiring Long-Term Care purchases from a Designated In-Home Service Provider pertaining to the Sale of Specified Equipment Covered by Public Aid an article of the Specified Equipment Covered by Public Aid that is sold by a provider that performs an In-Home Service pertaining to said designation, pays to said Insured In-Home Person Requiring Long-Term Care an Allowance for purchasing Equipment for In-Home Long-Term Care Covered by Public Aid.
An Allowance for purchasing Equipment for In-Home Long-Term Care Covered by Public Aid is to be paid pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare and limited to when the Municipality determines it necessary.
居宅介護福祉用具購入費は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、市町村が必要と認める場合に限り、支給するものとする。
The amount of Allowance for purchasing Equipment for In-Home Long-Term Care Covered by Public Aid is to be the amount equivalent to 90 percent of the actual expenses required for the purchase of said Specified Equipment Covered by Public Aid.
居宅介護福祉用具購入費の額は、現に当該特定福祉用具の購入に要した費用の額の百分の九十に相当する額とする。
The total Allowance for purchasing Equipment for In-Home Long-Term Care Covered by Public Aid that is paid monthly for Specified Equipment Covered by Public Aid purchased by an Insured In-Home Person Requiring Long-Term Care during the period as determined by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare may not exceed the amount equivalent to 90 percent of the amount calculated pursuant to the provision of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare based on the base amount of maximum payment for Allowance for purchasing Equipment for In-Home Long-Term Care Covered by Public Aid.
The base amount of maximum payment for Allowance for purchasing Equipment for In-Home Long-Term Care Covered by Public Aid as prescribed in the preceding paragraph is to be an amount provided by the Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare as prescribed in the same paragraph after considering the average expenses required for the purchase of said Specified Equipment Covered by Public Aid during the period as determined by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare.
A Municipality, notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, in lieu of the base amount of maximum payment for Allowance for purchasing Equipment for In-Home Long-Term Care Covered by Public Aid as set forth in paragraph (4), may determine an amount that exceeds said base amount as the base amount of maximum payment for Allowance for purchasing Equipment for In-Home Long-Term Care Covered by Public Aid in said Municipality.
In a case when the total sum as prescribed in paragraph (4) exceeds the amount equivalent to 90 percent of the calculated amount as prescribed in the same paragraph for payment of an Allowance for purchasing Equipment for In-Home Long-Term Care Covered by Public Aid, the amount of said Allowance for purchasing Equipment for In-Home Long-Term Care Covered by Public Aid is to be the amount calculated pursuant to the provisions of a Cabinet Order, notwithstanding the provision of paragraph (3).
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