# 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 / Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People — 第百四十二条 (Article 142)

- 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: 第百四十二条 (Article 142)（報告等） — address `art-142`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-142
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-142
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### 第百四十二条（報告等） — (Reports)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-142 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-142 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-142</sup>

**第一項**  機構は、保険者に対し、毎年度、加入者数、特定健康診査等の実施状況その他の厚生労働省令で定める事項に関する報告を求めるほか、第百三十九条第一項第一号に規定する保険者から前期高齢者納付金等を徴収する業務、同項第二号に規定する保険者から後期高齢者支援金等を徴収する業務及び同項第三号に規定する保険者から出産育児関係事務費拠出金を徴収する業務に関し必要があると認めるときは、文書その他の物件の提出を求めることができる。
<sup>art-142/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-142/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-142/par-1</sup>
The Organization may, in addition to requesting reports from Insurers in each fiscal year on the number of participants, the implementation status of Special health examinations, etc., and other particulars specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, request Insurers to submit documents and other items when it finds it necessary in relation to the business of collecting young-old payments, etc. from Insurers prescribed in Article 139, paragraph (1), item (i), the business of collecting aid for the old-old, etc. from Insurers prescribed in item (ii) of the same paragraph, and the business of collecting contributions for childbirth and childcare related office expenses from Insurers prescribed in item (iii) of the same paragraph.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  機構は、後期高齢者医療広域連合に対し、第百三十九条第一項第三号に規定する後期高齢者医療広域連合から出産育児支援金を徴収する業務に関し必要があると認めるときは、文書その他の物件の提出を求めることができる。
<sup>art-142/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-142/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-142/par-2</sup>
The Organization, when it finds it necessary in relation to the business of collecting childbirth and childcare support benefits from an Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older prescribed in Article 139, paragraph (1), item (iii), may request the Association to submit documents and other items.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-142/par-1: 第百三十九条第一項第一号 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百三十九条第一項第一号 (Article 139, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-139/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-139/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-139/par-1/item-1
- art-142/par-1: 同項第二号 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百三十九条第一項第二号 (Article 139, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-139/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-139/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-139/par-1/item-2
- art-142/par-1: 同項第三号 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百三十九条第一項第三号 (Article 139, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-139/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-139/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-139/par-1/item-3
- art-142/par-2: 第百三十九条第一項第三号 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百三十九条第一項第三号 (Article 139, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-139/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-139/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-139/par-1/item-3

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百六十八条第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-168/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-168/par-1/item-2
- 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 附則第十一条第二項（病床転換助成事業に係る機構の業務） — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-3571-80/art-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-3571-80/art-11/par-2

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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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch elderly-medical-care-act-20261019T105826-005, 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
