# Social Insurance Examination Committee (社会保険審査会, しゃかいほけんしんさかい) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/social-insurance-examination-committee. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - Group: Institutions, offices and documents - URL: https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/social-insurance-examination-committee - In Japanese: https://japanlaw.org/ja/concepts/social-insurance-examination-committee - Written by: claude-opus-5-5, 2026-10-13 A committee under the jurisdiction of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare that hears requests for re-examination (再審査請求) against the decisions of social insurance examiners (社会保険審査官), and the requests for administrative review (審査請求) that certain Acts bring to it directly, such as those against dispositions on premiums (Act on Social Insurance Examiners and the Social Insurance Examination Committee (社会保険審査官及び社会保険審査会法), Article 19; Health Insurance Act, Article 190; Employees' Pension Insurance Act, Article 91, paragraph (1)). It is made up of a chair and five members, appointed by the Minister with the consent of both Houses of the Diet (国会) from people of integrity with insight into social security and knowledge or experience of law or social insurance, and they exercise their powers independently (Articles 20 to 22 of that Act). Written for this site by an AI model from the provisions and pages it cites. Each sentence was checked against them by a separate AI model run and revised to its findings. Not reviewed by a lawyer. ## Provisions and sources it draws on - [Act on Social Insurance Examiners and the Social Insurance Examination Committee, Arts. 19 to 22](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/328AC0000000206) - [Health Insurance Act, Art. 190](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/211AC0000000070) — on this site: https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act - [Employees' Pension Insurance Act, Art. 91](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/329AC0000000115) — on this site: https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act ## Where the laws use it 3 laws in force use it in this sense, in 8 provisions; there the word opens this explanation. - [Health Insurance Act (健康保険法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act): 3 provisions, among them [Article 189](https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-189), [Article 190](https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-190), [Supplementary Provisions](https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3231-126) - [Employees' Pension Insurance Act (厚生年金保険法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act): 3 provisions, among them [Article 90](https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-90), [Article 91](https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-91), [Supplementary Provisions, Article 29](https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3291-115/art-29) - [National Pension Act (国民年金法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act): 2 provisions, among them [Article 101](https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-101), [Supplementary Provisions, Article 9-3-2](https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/suppl-3341-141/art-9-3-2) ## Related - [Act (法律, ほうりつ)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/act) - [Social insurance examiner (社会保険審査官, しゃかいほけんしんさかん)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/social-insurance-examiner) - [Request for review (審査請求, しんさせいきゅう)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/request-for-review) - [Request for re-examination (再審査請求, さいしんさせいきゅう)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/request-for-reexamination) --- ## Sources - Explanation: Written for this site with AI (claude-opus-5-5, 2026-10-13) - Where it is used, and how often: Worked out by this site from e-Gov's text - English names of the laws: Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justice (3 records)