Article 45Payment of an Allowance for Home Modification for In-Home Long-Term Care
第四十五条（居宅介護住宅改修費の支給）
A Municipality, when an Insured In-Home Person Requiring Long-Term Care implements a type of modification determined by the Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare, such as installing handrails or other fixtures (herein referred to as "Home Modification"), pays an Allowance for Home Modification for In-Home Long-Term Care to said Insured In-Home Person Requiring Long-Term Care.
An Allowance for Home Modification for In-Home Long-Term Care is to be paid pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare limited to a case when the Municipality determines it necessary.
居宅介護住宅改修費は、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 Home Modification for In-Home Long-Term Care is to be the amount equivalent to 90 percent of the actual expenses required for said Home Modification.
居宅介護住宅改修費の額は、現に当該住宅改修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 amount of Allowance for Home Modification for In-Home Long-Term Care that is paid for a single type of modifying house for in-home care undertaken by an Insured In-Home Person Requiring Long-Term Care may not exceed the amount equivalent to 90 percent of the amount calculated pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare based on the base amount of maximum payment for Allowance for Home Modification for In-Home Long-Term Care.
The base amount of maximum payment for Allowance for Home Modification for In-Home Long-Term Care as prescribed in the preceding paragraph is to be the amount specified by the Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare by type of Home Modification after considering the average expenses required.
A Municipality, notwithstanding the provision of the preceding paragraph, pursuant to the provisions of a municipal ordinance, and in lieu of the base amount of maximum payment for Allowance for Home Modification for In-Home Long-Term Care 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 Home Modification for In-Home Long-Term Care in said Municipality.
In a case when the total amount as prescribed in paragraph (4) exceeds the amount equivalent to 90 percent of the calculated amount as prescribed in the same paragraph due to payment of said Allowance for Home Modification for In-Home Long-Term Care, the amount of said Allowance for Home Modification for In-Home Long-Term Care is to be the amount calculated pursuant to the provisions of a Cabinet Order, notwithstanding the provision of paragraph (3).
A Municipality, when it determines the necessity for payment of an Allowance for Home Modification for In-Home Long-Term Care, may order a person that implements or implemented the Home Modification pertaining to said payment (herein referred to as "Person, etc., that Implements the Home Modification" in this paragraph) to report, submit or present record books and documents, appear, or direct its personnel to question said relevant Person or enter the Business Office of the provider of said Person, etc., that Implements the Home Modification in order to inspect said books, documents, and other items.
市町村長は、居宅介護住宅改修費の支給に関して必要があると認めるときは、当該支給に係る住宅改修を行う者若しくは住宅改修を行った者（以下この項において「住宅改修を行う者等」という。）に対し、報告若しくは帳簿書類の提出若しくは提示を命じ、若しくは出頭を求め、又は当該職員に関係者に対して質問させ、若しくは当該住宅改修を行う者等の当該支給に係る事業所に立ち入り、その帳簿書類その他の物件を検査させることができる。
The provisions of Article 24, paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis to questions and inspections as prescribed in the preceding paragraph and the provisions of paragraph (4) of the same Article apply mutatis mutandis to the authority granted as prescribed in the preceding paragraph.
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