# 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 / Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People — 第百五十条 (Article 150)

- 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: 第百五十条 (Article 150)（協議） — address `art-150`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-150
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-150
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### 第百五十条（協議） — (Consultation)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-150 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-150 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-150</sup>

**第一項**  厚生労働大臣は、次の場合には、あらかじめ、財務大臣に協議しなければならない。
<sup>art-150/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-150/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-150/par-1</sup>
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must consult with the Minister of Finance in advance in any of the following cases:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **一**  第百四十七条第一項、第三項又は第八項の認可をしようとするとき。
  <sup>art-150/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-150/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-150/par-1/item-1</sup>
  when intending to grant the authorization referred to in Article 147, paragraph (1), (3) or (8);
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  前条第一号又は第二号の指定をしようとするとき。
  <sup>art-150/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-150/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-150/par-1/item-2</sup>
  when intending to make a designation referred to in item (i) or (ii) of the preceding Article.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-150/par-1/item-1: 第百四十七条第一項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百四十七条第一項 (Article 147, paragraph (1)), art-147/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-147/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-147/par-1
- art-150/par-1/item-1: 第三項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百四十七条第三項 (Article 147, paragraph (3)), art-147/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-147/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-147/par-3
- art-150/par-1/item-1: 第八項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百四十七条第八項 (Article 147, paragraph (8)), art-147/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-147/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-147/par-8
- art-150/par-1/item-2: 前条第一号 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百四十九条第一項第一号 (Article 149, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-149/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-149/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-149/par-1/item-1
- art-150/par-1/item-2: 第二号 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百四十九条第一項第二号 (Article 149, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-149/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-149/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-149/par-1/item-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-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