This Act comes into effect on April 1, 2018; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect on the dates specified respectively in those items:

②In addition to the matters specified in the preceding paragraph, the government is to, with a view to five years after this Act comes into effect, review the status of enforcement of the provisions as amended by the provisions of this Act and, if it finds it necessary, take required measures based on the results of that review.

With regard to the estimated Levy and the fixed Levy under the provisions of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act pertaining to insurers of employee insurance, etc. (meaning insurers of employee insurance, etc. prescribed in Article 7, paragraph (3) of the Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People; the same applies hereinafter) and the Japan Health Insurance Association as the insurer under Article 123, paragraph (1) of the Health Insurance Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Association as the Insurer of Specially-Insured Day Laborers' Insurance") in each fiscal year up to and including fiscal year 2016, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

①The amount of the estimated Levy under the provisions of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act pertaining to insurers of employee insurance, etc. for fiscal year 2017 is, notwithstanding Article 152, paragraph (1), item (i) and Article 11, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 1 (limited to the revising provisions set forth in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions; the same applies in this paragraph) (hereinafter referred to as the "item (ii) New Long-Term Care Insurance Act"), to be the total of the amount equivalent to eight twelfths of the amount calculated pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph and the amount equivalent to four twelfths of the amount to be calculated for that fiscal year pursuant to the provisions of Article 11, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act prior to amendment by the provisions of Article 1 (hereinafter referred to as the "item (ii) Pre-amendment Long-Term Care Insurance Act").

②The amount of the estimated Levy under the provisions of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act pertaining to the Association as the Insurer of Specially-Insured Day Laborers' Insurance for fiscal year 2017 is, notwithstanding Article 152, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the item (ii) New Long-Term Care Insurance Act, to be the total of the amount equivalent to eight twelfths of the amount calculated pursuant to the provisions of that item and the amount equivalent to four twelfths of the amount to be calculated for that fiscal year pursuant to the provisions of Article 11, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the item (ii) Pre-amendment Long-Term Care Insurance Act.

①The amount of the fixed Levy under the provisions of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act pertaining to insurers of employee insurance, etc. for fiscal year 2017 is, notwithstanding Article 153, item (i) and Article 12, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the item (ii) New Long-Term Care Insurance Act, to be the total of the amount equivalent to eight twelfths of the amount calculated pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph and the amount equivalent to four twelfths of the amount to be calculated for that fiscal year pursuant to the provisions of Article 12, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the item (ii) Pre-amendment Long-Term Care Insurance Act.

②The amount of the fixed Levy under the provisions of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act pertaining to the Association as the Insurer of Specially-Insured Day Laborers' Insurance for fiscal year 2017 is, notwithstanding Article 153, item (ii) of the item (ii) New Long-Term Care Insurance Act, to be the total of the amount equivalent to eight twelfths of the amount calculated pursuant to the provisions of that item and the amount equivalent to four twelfths of the amount to be calculated for that fiscal year pursuant to the provisions of Article 12, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the item (ii) Pre-amendment Long-Term Care Insurance Act.

①The Social Insurance Medical Fee Payment Fund under the Act on Social Insurance Medical Fee Payment Fund (Act No. 129 of 1948) (referred to as the "Payment Fund" in Article 21, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions) must, without delay after the enforcement of the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions, change the amount of the Levy for Support of Long-Term Care Benefit Expenses and Community Support Projects (referred to as the "Levy" in the following paragraph) under the provisions of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act pertaining to each insurer of employee insurance, etc. and the Association as the Insurer of Specially-Insured Day Laborers' Insurance for fiscal year 2017, and notify the amount after the change.

②The provisions of Article 155, paragraph (3) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act apply mutatis mutandis to the case where the amount of the Levy has been changed pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

A Long-Term Care Health Facility prescribed in Article 8, paragraph (28) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act prior to amendment by the provisions of Article 1 (excluding the revising provisions set forth in Article 1, items (ii) and (iii) of the Supplementary Provisions; the same applies in this Article) (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Long-Term Care Insurance Act") that exists at the time of enforcement of this Act (referred to as a "Former Long-Term Care Health Facility" in the following Article) is deemed to be a Long-Term Care Health Facility prescribed in Article 8, paragraph (28) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 1 (hereinafter referred to as the "New Long-Term Care Insurance Act") (referred to as a "New Long-Term Care Health Facility" in the following Article and Article 28 of the Supplementary Provisions).

With regard to an Insured Person Requiring Long-Term Care prescribed in Article 41, paragraph (1) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act who, on the day preceding the date of enforcement of this Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Effective Date"), was admitted to a Former Long-Term Care Health Facility and was receiving the Allowance for Long-Term Care Facility Service under Article 48, paragraph (1) of the Former Long-Term Care Insurance Act (hereinafter referred to in this Article as a "previously admitted Person Requiring Long-Term Care"), for the period during which the person continues to be admitted, on or after the Effective Date, to that Former Long-Term Care Health Facility deemed to be a New Long-Term Care Health Facility pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article (including, for a previously admitted Person Requiring Long-Term Care who, due to the rescission of the approval under Article 104, paragraph (1) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act pertaining to that Former Long-Term Care Health Facility or any other unavoidable reason, has been admitted to one or more other New Long-Term Care Health Facility continuing from that Former Long-Term Care Health Facility, the period during which the person continues to be admitted to that other New Long-Term Care Health Facility), the person is deemed to be an Insured Person Requiring Long-Term Care who is a Person Requiring Long-Term Care prescribed in Article 8, paragraph (28) of the New Long-Term Care Insurance Act and who needs support mainly to maintain and recover his or her mental or physical functions and to enable him or her to lead a life at home, and Article 48 of the New Long-Term Care Insurance Act applies.