# 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 / Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People — 第百三十三条 (Article 133) - 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: 第百三十三条 (Article 133)（都道府県の助言等） — address `art-133` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-133 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-133 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百三十三条（都道府県の助言等） — (Advice of Prefectures) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-133 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-133 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-133 **第一項** 都道府県は、後期高齢者医療広域連合又は市町村に対し、後期高齢者医療制度の運営が健全かつ円滑に行われるように、必要な助言及び適切な援助をするものとする。 art-133/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-133/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-133/par-1 A prefecture is to provide a Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older or a municipality with necessary advice and appropriate assistance so that the operation of the medical insurance system for the elderly is carried out soundly and smoothly. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 後期高齢者医療広域連合は、第五十六条第三号に掲げる給付を行おうとする場合その他の政令で定める場合においては、あらかじめ、都道府県知事に協議しなければならない。 art-133/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-133/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-133/par-2 If a Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older intends to provide the benefits set forth in Article 56, item (iii) or in other cases specified by Cabinet Order, it must consult with the prefectural governor in advance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-133/par-2: 第五十六条第三号 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第五十六条第一項第三号 (Article 56, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-56/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-56/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-56/par-1/item-3 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百六十五条第一項（事務の区分） — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-165/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-165/par-1 --- ## 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