# 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 / Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People — 第百二条 (Article 102)

- 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: 第百二条 (Article 102)（国の補助） — address `art-102`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-102
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-102
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### 第百二条（国の補助） — (Subsidies from the State)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-102 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-102 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-102</sup>

    **第一項**  国は、第九十三条、第九十五条及び第百十六条第六項に規定するもののほか、予算の範囲内において、後期高齢者医療に要する費用の一部を補助することができる。
    <sup>art-102/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-102/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-102/par-1</sup>
    In addition to what is provided for in Article 93, Articles 95 and 116, paragraph (6), the national government may subsidize part of the expenses required for medical care for elderly people within the scope of the budget.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-102/par-1: 第九十三条 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第九十三条 (Article 93), art-93 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-93 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-93
- art-102/par-1: 第九十五条 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第九十五条 (Article 95), art-95 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-95 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-95
- art-102/par-1: 第百十六条第六項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百十六条第六項 (Article 116, paragraph (6)), art-116/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-116/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-116/par-6

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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 in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/357AC0000000080/20261001_507AC0000000087), 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
- 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