# 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 / Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People — 第十五条 (Article 15) - 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: 第十五条 (Article 15)（資料提出の協力及び助言等） — address `art-15` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-15 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-15 - 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. --- ### 第十五条（資料提出の協力及び助言等） — (Cooperation and Advice on the Submission of Materials) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-15 **第一項** 厚生労働大臣又は都道府県知事は、第十一条第一項若しくは第五項の進捗状況若しくは同条第二項若しくは第六項の結果を公表し、又は第十二条第一項若しくは第三項の評価を行うために必要があると認めるときは、保険者、後期高齢者医療広域連合、医療機関その他の関係者に対し、必要な資料の提出に関し、協力を求めることができる。 art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-15/par-1 If the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or the prefectural governor finds it necessary to make public the status of progress referred to in Article 11, paragraph (1) or (5) or the results referred to in paragraph (2) or (6) of the same Article, or to make the evaluation referred to in Article 12, paragraph (1) or (3), the Minister or the governor may request cooperation from insurers, Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older, medical institutions, and other relevant persons for the submission of necessary materials. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 厚生労働大臣及び都道府県知事は、第十一条第一項若しくは第五項の規定により公表した進捗状況、同条第二項若しくは第六項の結果又は第十二条第一項若しくは第三項の評価の結果を踏まえ、保険者、後期高齢者医療広域連合又は医療機関に対し、必要な助言又は援助をすることができる。 art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-15/par-2 The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare and the prefectural governor may provide necessary advice or assistance to insurers, Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older, or medical institutions based on the progress made public pursuant to the provisions of Article 11, paragraph (1) or paragraph (5), the results referred to in paragraph (2) or paragraph (6) of the same Article, or the results of the evaluation referred to in Article 12, paragraph (1) or paragraph (3). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-15/par-1: 第十一条第一項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第十一条第一項 (Article 11, paragraph (1)), art-11/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-11/par-1 - art-15/par-1: 第五項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第十一条第五項 (Article 11, paragraph (5)), art-11/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-11/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-11/par-5 - art-15/par-1: 同条第二項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第十一条第二項 (Article 11, paragraph (2)), art-11/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-11/par-2 - art-15/par-1: 第六項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第十一条第六項 (Article 11, paragraph (6)), art-11/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-11/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-11/par-6 - art-15/par-1: 第十二条第一項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第十二条第一項 (Article 12, paragraph (1)), art-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-12/par-1 - art-15/par-1: 第三項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第十二条第三項 (Article 12, paragraph (3)), art-12/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-12/par-3 - art-15/par-2: 第十一条第一項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第十一条第一項 (Article 11, paragraph (1)), art-11/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-11/par-1 - art-15/par-2: 第五項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第十一条第五項 (Article 11, paragraph (5)), art-11/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-11/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-11/par-5 - art-15/par-2: 同条第二項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第十一条第二項 (Article 11, paragraph (2)), art-11/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-11/par-2 - art-15/par-2: 第六項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第十一条第六項 (Article 11, paragraph (6)), art-11/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-11/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-11/par-6 - art-15/par-2: 第十二条第一項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第十二条第一項 (Article 12, paragraph (1)), art-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-12/par-1 - art-15/par-2: 第三項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第十二条第三項 (Article 12, paragraph (3)), art-12/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-12/par-3 ## Cited by 3 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 第四条第二項（地方公共団体の責務） — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-4/par-2 - 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 附則第二十四条第三項（高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4271-31/art-24/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4271-31/art-24/par-3 - 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 附則第二十五条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4271-31/art-25/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4271-31/art-25/par-3 --- ## 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