# 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 / Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People — 第七十一条 (Article 71) - 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: 第七十一条 (Article 71)（療養の給付に関する基準） — address `art-71` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-71 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-71 - 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. --- ### 第七十一条（療養の給付に関する基準） — (Standards for Benefits for Medical Treatment) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-71 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-71 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-71 **第一項** 療養の給付の取扱い及び担当に関する基準並びに療養の給付に要する費用の額の算定に関する基準については、厚生労働大臣が中央社会保険医療協議会の意見を聴いて定めるものとする。 art-71/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-71/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-71/par-1 The standards concerning the treatment and assignment of benefits for medical treatment and the standards concerning the calculation of the amount of expenses required for benefits for medical treatment are to be determined by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare after hearing the opinions of the Central Social Insurance Medical Council. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 中央社会保険医療協議会は、社会保険医療協議会法（昭和二十五年法律第四十七号）第二条第一項の規定にかかわらず、前項の規定により意見を求められた事項について審議し、及び文書をもつて答申するほか、同項に規定する事項について、自ら厚生労働大臣に文書をもつて建議することができる。 art-71/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-71/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-71/par-2 Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Social Insurance Medical Council Act (Act No. 47 of 1950), the Central Social Insurance Medical Council may deliberate on the particulars for which it has been asked for its opinion pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, and submit a report in writing, as well as make its own proposal in writing to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare with regard to the particulars prescribed in the same paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-71/par-2: 社会保険医療協議会法（昭和二十五年法律第四十七号）第二条第一項 → e-Gov law 325AC0000000047, 第二条第一項 (Article 2, paragraph (1)), art-2/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-71/par-2: 前項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第七十一条第一項 (Article 71, paragraph (1)), art-71/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-71/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-71/par-1 ## Cited by 14 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 第十三条第一項（診療報酬に係る意見の提出等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-13/par-1 - 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第六十五条第一項（保険医療機関等の責務） — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-65/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-65/par-1 - 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第六十七条第一項（一部負担金） — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-67/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-67/par-1 - 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第七十条第一項（保険医療機関等の診療報酬） — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-70/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-70/par-1 - 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第七十条第三項（保険医療機関等の診療報酬） — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-70/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-70/par-3 - 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第七十一条第二項（療養の給付に関する基準） — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-71/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-71/par-2 - 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第七十四条第九項（入院時食事療養費） — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-74/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-74/par-9 - 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第七十五条第六項（入院時生活療養費） — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-75/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-75/par-6 - 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第七十六条第二項第一号（保険外併用療養費） — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-76/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-76/par-2/item-1 - 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第七十六条第五項（保険外併用療養費） — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-76/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-76/par-5 - 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第七十七条第四項（療養費） — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-77/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-77/par-4 - 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第七十八条第六項（訪問看護療養費） — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-78/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-78/par-6 - 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第七十九条第四項（指定訪問看護の事業の運営に関する基準） — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-79/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-79/par-4 - 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 附則第三十三条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4181-83/art-33/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4181-83/art-33/par-2 --- ## 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