# 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 / Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions)

- 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-4021-58`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4021-58
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4021-58
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## 附　則 平成二年六月二九日法律第五八号
<sup>suppl-4021-58 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4021-58 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4021-58</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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<sup>suppl-4021-58/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4021-58/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4021-58/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、平成三年一月一日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-4021-58/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4021-58/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4021-58/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on January 1, 1991; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect on the dates specified in those items:
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  **一及び二**  略
  <sup>suppl-4021-58/art-1/par-1/item-1-to-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4021-58/art-1/par-1/item-1-to-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4021-58/art-1/par-1/item-1-to-2</sup>
  Omitted
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  **三**  第二条の規定（前号に掲げるものを除く。）、第四条及び第六条の規定、第九条中社会福祉事業法第十三条、第十七条及び第二十条の改正規定並びに第十条の規定並びに附則第七条、第十一条及び第二十三条の規定、附則第二十四条中地方税法第二十三条及び第二百九十二条の改正規定並びに附則第二十八条、第三十一条、第三十二条及び第三十六条の規定　平成五年四月一日
  <sup>suppl-4021-58/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4021-58/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4021-58/art-1/par-1/item-3</sup>
  the provisions of Article 2 (excluding those set forth in the preceding item), the provisions of Articles 4 and 6, the provisions in Article 9 amending Articles 13, 17, and 20 of the Social Welfare Service Act, and the provisions of Article 10, and the provisions of Articles 7, 11, and 23 of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions in Article 24 of the Supplementary Provisions amending Articles 23 and 292 of the Local Tax Act, and the provisions of Articles 28, 31, 32, and 36 of the Supplementary Provisions: April 1, 1993.
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### 第二十一条（罰則に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4021-58/art-21 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4021-58/art-21 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4021-58/art-21</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行前にした行為及びこの法律の附則において従前の例によることとされる場合におけるこの法律の施行後にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4021-58/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4021-58/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4021-58/art-21/par-1</sup>
With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act comes into effect and to acts committed after this Act comes into effect in the cases where the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the Supplementary Provisions of this Act, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
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### 第二十二条（その他の経過措置の政令への委任） — Delegation of Other Transitional Measures to Cabinet Order
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4021-58/art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4021-58/art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4021-58/art-22</sup>

**第一項**  この附則に規定するもののほか、この法律の施行に伴い必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。
<sup>suppl-4021-58/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4021-58/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4021-58/art-22/par-1</sup>
Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary incidental to the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.
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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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch elderly-medical-care-act-20261019T105826-010, translated 2026-10-19
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch elderly-medical-care-act-20261019T112331-008, 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