# 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 / Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions)

- Law: 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 (Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People), 昭和五十七年法律第八十号
- English title "Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People": Ministry of Justice translation
- Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say.
- Provision: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-5071-37`
- Text: the text as amended with effect from 2027-05-20, standing until 2028-06-03 as now scheduled, since the next amendment's day is not fixed — NOT yet in force (revision 20270520_507AC0000000037)
- URL (this text's page, at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/amendments/20270520_507AC0000000037/text/suppl-5071-37
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## 附　則 令和七年五月二一日法律第三七号
<sup>suppl-5071-37 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/amendments/20270520_507AC0000000037/text/suppl-5071-37</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-5071-37/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/amendments/20270520_507AC0000000037/text/suppl-5071-37#suppl-5071-37/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、公布の日から起算して六月を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-5071-37/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/amendments/20270520_507AC0000000037/text/suppl-5071-37#suppl-5071-37/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding six months from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the dates specified respectively in those items.
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  **一及び二**  略
  <sup>suppl-5071-37/art-1/par-1/item-1-to-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/amendments/20270520_507AC0000000037/text/suppl-5071-37#suppl-5071-37/art-1/par-1/item-1-to-2</sup>
  Omitted
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **三**  第二条、第五条及び第六条の規定並びに附則第三条、第九条、第十条、第十二条第二項、第十三条第九項及び第十項、第十六条の二、第十七条、第二十一条の二、第二十三条、第二十五条並びに第二十六条の規定、附則第二十七条の規定（前号に掲げる改正規定を除く。）並びに附則第三十条の規定　公布の日から起算して二年を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日
  <sup>suppl-5071-37/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/amendments/20270520_507AC0000000037/text/suppl-5071-37#suppl-5071-37/art-1/par-1/item-3</sup>
  the provisions of Articles 2, 5 and 6, the provisions of Article 3, Article 9, Article 10, Article 12, paragraph (2), Article 13, paragraphs (9) and (10), Article 16-2, Article 17, Article 21-2, Article 23, Article 25 and Article 26 of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions of Article 27 of the Supplementary Provisions (excluding the amending provisions listed in the preceding item), and the provisions of Article 30 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding two years from the date of promulgation.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 — the text as 令和七年法律第三十七号 leaves it, from 2027-05-20 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/357AC0000000080/20270520_507AC0000000037), retrieved 2026-10-19
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4903/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation of amended wording, batch elderly-medical-care-act-amendments-20261019T112331-005, translated 2026-10-19
- This site's parser, version 209 — 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19