# 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 / Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People — 第二十六条 (Article 26) - 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: 第二十六条 (Article 26)（他の保険者の加入者への特定健康診査等） — address `art-26` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-26 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-26 - 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. --- ### 第二十六条（他の保険者の加入者への特定健康診査等） — (Special health examinations for Subscribers of Other Insurers) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-26 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-26 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-26 **第一項** 保険者は、その加入者の特定健康診査等の実施に支障がない場合には、他の保険者の加入者に係る特定健康診査又は特定保健指導を行うことができる。この場合において、保険者は、当該特定健康診査又は特定保健指導を受けた者に対し、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、当該特定健康診査又は特定保健指導に要する費用を請求することができる。 art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-26/par-1 An Insurer may, if it does not hinder the implementation of Special health examinations, etc. for its Subscribers, provide Special health examinations or Specific Health Guidance pertaining to the Subscribers of other Insurers. In this case, the Insurer may, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, claim the expenses required for the Special health examinations or Specific Health Guidance from the person who received the Special health examinations or Specific Health Guidance. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "An Insurer may, if it does not hinder the implementation of Special health examinations, etc. for its Subscribers, provide Special health examinations or Specific Health Guidance pertaining to the Subscribers of other Insurers. In this case, the Insurer may, pursuant to the provisions of Order of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, claim the expenses required for the Special health examinations or Specific Health Guidance from the person who received the Special health examinations or Specific Health Guidance." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4903/tb **第二項** 保険者は、前項の規定により、他の保険者の加入者に対し特定健康診査又は特定保健指導を行つたときは、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、当該特定健康診査又は特定保健指導に関する記録を、速やかに、その者が現に加入する当該他の保険者に送付しなければならない。 art-26/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-26/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-26/par-2 If an Insurer provides Special health examinations or Specific Health Guidance to a member of another Insurer pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, it must promptly send the records concerning the Special health examinations or Specific Health Guidance to the other Insurer which the member is currently enrolled in, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If an Insurer provides Special health examinations or Specific Health Guidance to a member of another Insurer pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, it must promptly send the records concerning the Special health examinations or Specific Health Guidance to the other Insurer which the member is currently enrolled in, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4903/tb **第三項** 保険者は、その加入者が、第一項の規定により、他の保険者が実施する特定健康診査又は特定保健指導を受け、その費用を当該他の保険者に支払つた場合には、当該加入者に対して、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、当該特定健康診査又は特定保健指導に要する費用として相当な額を支給する。 art-26/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-26/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-26/par-3 If a member of an Insurer receives Special health examinations or Specific Health Guidance provided by another Insurer pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) and pays the expenses thereof to the other Insurer, the Insurer pays a reasonable amount of money to the member as expenses required for the Special health examinations or Specific Health Guidance pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If a member of an Insurer receives Special health examinations or Specific Health Guidance provided by another Insurer pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) and pays the expenses thereof to the other Insurer, the Insurer pays a reasonable amount of money to the member as expenses required for the Special health examinations or Specific Health Guidance pursuant to the provisions of Order of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4903/tb **第四項** 第一項及び前項の規定にかかわらず、保険者は他の保険者と協議して、当該他の保険者の加入者に係る特定健康診査又は特定保健指導の費用の請求及び支給の取扱いに関し、別段の定めをすることができる。 art-26/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-26/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-26/par-4 Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) and the preceding paragraph, an Insurer may, upon consultation with other Insurers, specify otherwise with regard to the treatment of claims and payments of expenses for Special health examinations or Specific Health Guidance pertaining to the Subscribers of the other Insurers. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-26/par-2: 前項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第二十六条第一項 (Article 26, paragraph (1)), art-26/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-26/par-1 - art-26/par-3: 第一項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第二十六条第一項 (Article 26, paragraph (1)), art-26/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-26/par-1 - art-26/par-4: 第一項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第二十六条第一項 (Article 26, paragraph (1)), art-26/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-26/par-1 - art-26/par-4: 前項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第二十六条第三項 (Article 26, paragraph (3)), art-26/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-26/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-26/par-3 ## Cited by 7 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 第二十条第一項（特定健康診査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-20/par-1 - 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第二十三条第一項（特定健康診査の結果の通知） — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-23/par-1 - 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第二十五条第一項（特定保健指導に関する記録の保存） — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-25/par-1 - 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第二十六条第二項（他の保険者の加入者への特定健康診査等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-26/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-26/par-2 - 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第二十六条第三項（他の保険者の加入者への特定健康診査等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-26/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-26/par-3 - 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第二十六条第四項（他の保険者の加入者への特定健康診査等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-26/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-26/par-4 - 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第三十一条第一項（健康診査等指針との調和） — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-31/par-1 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律, written 2026-10-19 - 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 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People (高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律), Article 26, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4903/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People (高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律), Article 26, paragraph (2) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4903/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People (高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律), Article 26, paragraph (3) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (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