# 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 (Supplementary Provisions, 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
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- Provision: 第十五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 15)（令和六年度及び令和七年度の出産育児支援金の額の算定の特例） — address `suppl-3571-80/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/suppl-3571-80/art-15
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### 第十五条（令和六年度及び令和七年度の出産育児支援金の額の算定の特例） — (Special Provisions for Calculation of the Amount of Childbirth and Childcare Support Benefits in Fiscal 2024 and Fiscal 2025)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>suppl-3571-80/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-3571-80/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-3571-80/art-15</sup>

**第一項**  令和六年度及び令和七年度においては、第百二十四条の三第一項中「額に」とあるのは、「額の二分の一に相当する額に」とする。
<sup>suppl-3571-80/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-3571-80/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-3571-80/art-15/par-1</sup>
In fiscal years 2024 and 2025, the term "in the amount" in Article 124-3, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "in the amount equivalent to one half of the amount".
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-3571-80/art-15/par-1: 第百二十四条の三第一項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百二十四条の三第一項 (Article 124-3, paragraph (1)), art-124-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-124-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-124-3/par-1

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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
- 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