# 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 / Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People — 第五十五条 (Article 55) - 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: 第五十五条 (Article 55)（病院等に入院、入所又は入居中の被保険者の特例） — address `art-55` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-55 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-55 - 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. --- ### 第五十五条（病院等に入院、入所又は入居中の被保険者の特例） — (Special Provisions for insured During Hospitalization, Admission or Occupancy in Hospitals) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-55 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-55 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-55 **第一項** 次の各号に掲げる入院、入所又は入居（以下この条において「入院等」という。）をしたことにより、当該各号に規定する病院、診療所又は施設（以下この条において「病院等」という。）の所在する場所に住所を変更したと認められる被保険者（次条第一項の規定により同項に規定する従前住所地後期高齢者医療広域連合が行う後期高齢者医療の被保険者とされる者を除く。）であつて、当該病院等に入院等をした際他の後期高齢者医療広域連合（当該病院等が所在する後期高齢者医療広域連合以外の後期高齢者医療広域連合をいう。）の区域内に住所を有していたと認められるものは、第五十条の規定にかかわらず、当該他の後期高齢者医療広域連合が行う後期高齢者医療の被保険者とする。ただし、二以上の病院等に継続して入院等をしている被保険者であつて、現に入院等をしている病院等（以下この条において「現入院病院等」という。）に入院等をする直前に入院等をしていた病院等（以下この項において「直前入院病院等」という。）及び現入院病院等のそれぞれに入院等をしたことにより直前入院病院等及び現入院病院等のそれぞれの所在する場所に順次住所を変更したと認められるもの（次項において「特定継続入院等被保険者」という。）については、この限りでない。 art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-55/par-1 An insured who is found to have changed the insured's address to the place where a hospital, clinic or facility prescribed in the following items (hereinafter in this Article referred to as the "hospital, etc.") is located as a result of the hospitalization, admission or occupancy listed in the following items (hereinafter in this Article referred to as "hospitalization, etc.") (excluding a person who is deemed to be an insured for old-old medical care provided by the Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older of the previous domicile prescribed in paragraph (1) of the following Article pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph), and who is found to have had an address within the area of another Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older (meaning an Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older other than the Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older in whose area the hospital, etc. is located) at the time of the hospitalization, etc. in the hospital, etc., is, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 50, to be an insured for old-old medical care provided by that other Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older; provided, however, that this does not apply to an insured who is continuously hospitalized, etc. in two or more hospitals, etc. and who is found, as a result of being hospitalized, etc. in both the hospital, etc. in which the insured is currently hospitalized, etc. (hereinafter in this Article referred to as the "current hospital, etc.") and the hospital, etc. in which the insured was hospitalized, etc. immediately before being hospitalized, etc. in the current hospital, etc. (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as the "last hospital, etc."), to have sequentially changed the insured's address to the places where the last hospital, etc. and the current hospital, etc. are respectively located (referred to as a "specified continuously hospitalized insured person" in the following paragraph). machine translation, not official **一** 病院又は診療所への入院 art-55/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-55/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-55/par-1/item-1 admission to a hospital or clinic; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 障害者の日常生活及び社会生活を総合的に支援するための法律（平成十七年法律第百二十三号）第五条第十一項に規定する障害者支援施設又は同条第一項の主務省令で定める施設への入所 art-55/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-55/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-55/par-1/item-2 admission to a Support Facility for Persons with Disabilities prescribed in Article 5, paragraph (11) of the Act on Providing Comprehensive Support for the Daily Life and Life in Society of Persons with Disabilities (Act No. 123 of 2005) or a facility specified by order of the competent ministry as referred to in paragraph (1) of that Article; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 独立行政法人国立重度知的障害者総合施設のぞみの園法（平成十四年法律第百六十七号）第十一条第一号の規定により独立行政法人国立重度知的障害者総合施設のぞみの園の設置する施設への入所 art-55/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-55/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-55/par-1/item-3 admission to a facility established by the National Center for Persons with Severe Intellectual Disabilities, "Nozominosono," Independent Administrative Agency pursuant to the provisions of Article 11, item (i) of the Act on the National Center for Persons with Severe Intellectual Disabilities, "Nozominosono," Independent Administrative Agency (Act No. 167 of 2002); machine translation, not official **四** 老人福祉法（昭和三十八年法律第百三十三号）第二十条の四又は第二十条の五に規定する養護老人ホーム又は特別養護老人ホームへの入所（同法第十一条第一項第一号又は第二号の規定による入所措置が採られた場合に限る。） art-55/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-55/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-55/par-1/item-4 admission to a nursing home for the elderly or an intensive care home for the elderly as prescribed in Article 20-4 or 20-5 of the Act on Social Welfare for the Elderly (Act No. 133 of 1963) (limited to the case where admission measures pursuant to the provisions of Article 11, paragraph (1), item (i) or (ii) of the same Act have been taken); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 介護保険法第八条第十一項に規定する特定施設への入居又は同条第二十五項に規定する介護保険施設への入所 art-55/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-55/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-55/par-1/item-5 residence in a specified facility prescribed in Article 8, paragraph (11) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act or admission to a long-term care insurance facility prescribed in paragraph (25) of that Article. machine translation, not official **第二項** 特定継続入院等被保険者のうち、次の各号に掲げるものは、第五十条の規定にかかわらず、当該各号に定める後期高齢者医療広域連合が行う後期高齢者医療の被保険者とする。 art-55/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-55/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-55/par-2 Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 50, an insured for specified continuous hospitalization, etc. that is set forth in each of the following items is an insured for late-stage elderly medical care provided by a Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older specified in each of the following items: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 継続して入院等をしている二以上の病院等のそれぞれに入院等をすることによりそれぞれの病院等の所在する場所に順次住所を変更したと認められる被保険者であつて、当該二以上の病院等のうち最初の病院等に入院等をした際他の後期高齢者医療広域連合（現入院病院等が所在する後期高齢者医療広域連合以外の後期高齢者医療広域連合をいう。）の区域内に住所を有していたと認められるもの　当該他の後期高齢者医療広域連合 art-55/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-55/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-55/par-2/item-1 an insured whose address is found to have been sequentially changed to the location of two or more hospitals, etc., due to the fact that the person was hospitalized, etc. in each of the hospitals, etc., continuously, and who is found to have been domiciled in the area of another Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older (meaning a Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older other than the Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older where the current hospital, etc. is located) at the time of the hospitalization, etc. in the first of the two or more hospitals, etc.:the relevant other Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 継続して入院等をしている二以上の病院等のうち一の病院等から継続して他の病院等に入院等をすること（以下この号において「継続入院等」という。）により当該一の病院等の所在する場所以外の場所から当該他の病院等の所在する場所への住所の変更（以下この号において「特定住所変更」という。）を行つたと認められる被保険者であつて、最後に行つた特定住所変更に係る継続入院等の際他の後期高齢者医療広域連合（現入院病院等が所在する後期高齢者医療広域連合以外の後期高齢者医療広域連合をいう。）の区域内に住所を有していたと認められるもの　当該他の後期高齢者医療広域連合 art-55/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-55/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-55/par-2/item-2 an insured that is found to have changed its address from a place other than the location of one of the two or more hospitals, etc. in which the relevant person has been continuously hospitalized, etc. to a place where the relevant other hospital, etc. is located (hereinafter referred to as a "specified change of address" in this item) as a result of being continuously hospitalized, etc. from one of the hospitals, etc. to another (hereinafter referred to as "continuous hospitalization, etc." in this item), and that is found to have been domiciled in the area of another Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older (meaning a Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older other than the Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older where the current hospital, etc. is located) at the time of the last specified change of address pertaining to continuous hospitalization, etc.:the relevant other Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の規定の適用を受ける被保険者が入院等をしている病院等は、当該病院等の所在する後期高齢者医療広域連合及び当該被保険者に対し後期高齢者医療を行う後期高齢者医療広域連合に、必要な協力をしなければならない。 art-55/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-55/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-55/par-3 Hospitals, etc. in which an insured to which the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs are applied is Hospitalized, etc. must provide necessary cooperation to the Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older where the Hospitals, etc. are located and the Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older which provides Old-Old Healthcare to the insured. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-55/par-1: この条 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第五十五条 (Article 55), art-55 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-55 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-55 - art-55/par-1: 次条第一項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第五十五条の二第一項 (Article 55-2, paragraph (1)), art-55-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-55-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-55-2/par-1 - art-55/par-1: 第五十条 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第五十条 (Article 50), art-50 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-50 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-50 - art-55/par-1: この項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第五十五条第一項 (Article 55, paragraph (1)), art-55/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-55/par-1 - art-55/par-1: 次項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第五十五条第二項 (Article 55, paragraph (2)), art-55/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-55/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-55/par-2 - art-55/par-1/item-2: 障害者の日常生活及び社会生活を総合的に支援するための法律（平成十七年法律第百二十三号）第五条第十一項 → e-Gov law 417AC0000000123, 第五条第十一項 (Article 5, paragraph (11)), art-5/par-11 — not held in this collection - art-55/par-1/item-2: 同条第一項 → e-Gov law 417AC0000000123, 第五条第一項 (Article 5, paragraph (1)), art-5/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-55/par-1/item-3: 独立行政法人国立重度知的障害者総合施設のぞみの園法（平成十四年法律第百六十七号）第十一条第一号 → e-Gov law 414AC0000000167, 第十一条第一項第一号 (Article 11, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-11/par-1/item-1 — not held in this collection - art-55/par-1/item-4: 老人福祉法（昭和三十八年法律第百三十三号）第二十条の四 → e-Gov law 338AC0000000133, 第二十条の四 (Article 20-4), art-20-4 — not held in this collection - art-55/par-1/item-4: 第二十条の五 → e-Gov law 338AC0000000133, 第二十条の五 (Article 20-5), art-20-5 — not held in this collection - art-55/par-1/item-4: 同法第十一条第一項第一号 → e-Gov law 338AC0000000133, 第十一条第一項第一号 (Article 11, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-11/par-1/item-1 — not held in this collection - art-55/par-1/item-4: 第二号 → e-Gov law 338AC0000000133, 第十一条第一項第二号 (Article 11, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-11/par-1/item-2 — not held in this collection - art-55/par-1/item-5: 介護保険法第八条第十一項 → 介護保険法 第八条第十一項 (Article 8, paragraph (11)), art-8/par-11 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-8/par-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-8/par-11 - art-55/par-1/item-5: 同条第二十五項 → 介護保険法 第八条第二十五項 (Article 8, paragraph (25)), art-8/par-25 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-8/par-25 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-8/par-25 - art-55/par-2: 第五十条 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第五十条 (Article 50), art-50 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-50 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-50 - art-55/par-2/item-2: この号 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第五十五条第二項第二号 (Article 55, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-55/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-55/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-55/par-2/item-2 - art-55/par-3: 前二項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第五十五条第一項 (Article 55, paragraph (1)), art-55/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-55/par-1 - art-55/par-3: 前二項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第五十五条第二項 (Article 55, paragraph (2)), art-55/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-55/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-55/par-2 ## Cited by 8 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 第五十五条第一項（病院等に入院、入所又は入居中の被保険者の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-55/par-1 - 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第五十五条第二項第二号（病院等に入院、入所又は入居中の被保険者の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-55/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-55/par-2/item-2 - 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第五十五条第三項（病院等に入院、入所又は入居中の被保険者の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-55/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-55/par-3 - 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第五十五条の二第二項（国民健康保険法第百十六条の二の規定の適用を受ける者の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-55-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-55-2/par-2 - 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 附則第十三条の三第一項（指定介護老人福祉施設に入所中の被保険者の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-3571-80/art-13-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-3571-80/art-13-3/par-1 - 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 附則第十三条の三第三項（指定介護老人福祉施設に入所中の被保険者の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-3571-80/art-13-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-3571-80/art-13-3/par-3 - 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 附則第三十五条第一項（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-4231-72/art-35/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4231-72/art-35/par-1 - 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 附則第三十六条第一項（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-4261-83/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4261-83/art-36/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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch elderly-medical-care-act-20261019T112331-003, translated 2026-10-20 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch elderly-medical-care-act-20261019T115100-001, 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