# 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 / Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People — 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3) - 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: 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3)（病床転換助成事業の費用の額の決定） — address `suppl-3571-80/art-3` - 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-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-3571-80/art-3 - 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. --- ### 第三条（病床転換助成事業の費用の額の決定） — (Determination of the Amount of Expenses for a Sickbed Conversion promotion services) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-3571-80/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-3571-80/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-3571-80/art-3 **第一項** 都道府県知事は、病床転換助成事業に要する費用の額を定めようとするときは、あらかじめ、厚生労働大臣に協議し、その同意を得なければならない。 suppl-3571-80/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-3571-80/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-3571-80/art-3/par-1 When the prefectural governor intends to determine the amount of expenses required for a sickbed conversion promotion services, the governor must consult with and obtain the consent of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare in advance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 厚生労働大臣は、前項の規定による協議をするに際しては、各都道府県における病床転換助成事業に要する費用の額の総額が、当該年度におけるすべての後期高齢者医療広域連合の療養の給付等に要する費用の額の予想額の総額に、すべての都道府県における病床の転換の見込み及びそれに要する費用の予想額等を勘案して政令で定める率を乗じて得た額を超えないよう調整するものとする。 suppl-3571-80/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-3571-80/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-3571-80/art-3/par-2 In holding the consultation under the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to make adjustments so that the total of the amounts of expenses required for sickbed conversion promotion services in each prefecture does not exceed the amount obtained by multiplying the total of the estimated amounts of expenses incurred in providing benefits for medical treatment, etc. of all Associations of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older in the relevant fiscal year by the rate specified by Cabinet Order, taking into consideration the prospects for bed conversion in all prefectures, the estimated amount of expenses required for it, and other factors. machine translation, not official **第三項** 厚生労働大臣は、都道府県が病床転換助成事業に要する費用の額を定めたときは、機構に対し、その金額を通知しなければならない。 suppl-3571-80/art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-3571-80/art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-3571-80/art-3/par-3 When a prefecture has determined the amount of expenses required for sickbed conversion promotion services, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must notify the Organization of that amount. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-3571-80/art-3/par-2: 前項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 附則第三条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (1)), suppl-3571-80/art-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-3571-80/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-3571-80/art-3/par-1 ## Cited by 2 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 附則第三条第二項（病床転換助成事業の費用の額の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-3571-80/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-3571-80/art-3/par-2 - 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 附則第十二条第一項（厚生労働省令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-3571-80/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-3571-80/art-12/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-20261019T112331-005, 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