# 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 / Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People — 第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7)

- 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: 第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7)（交付金等に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4031-89/art-7`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4031-89/art-7
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4031-89/art-7
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### 第七条（交付金等に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Grants, Etc.
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4031-89/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4031-89/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4031-89/art-7</sup>

**第一項**  新老健法第四十七条から第五十条までの規定は、施行日（老健法第四十八条改正規定中痴呆性老人部分にあっては、平成四年四月一日。以下この条において同じ。）以後に行われる新老健法の規定による医療（医療費の支給を含む。）、特定療養費の支給（医療費の支給を含む。）及び老人保健施設療養費の支給に要する費用並びにこれらの事業に関する事務の執行に要する費用について適用し、施行日前に行われた旧老健法の規定による医療（医療費の支給を含む。）、特定療養費の支給（医療費の支給を含む。）及び老人保健施設療養費の支給に要する費用並びにこれらの事業に関する事務の執行に要する費用については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4031-89/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4031-89/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4031-89/art-7/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Articles 47 through 50 of the New Elderly Health Act apply to the expenses required for medical care (including payment of medical expenses) under the provisions of the New Elderly Health Act, payment of specified medical expenses (including payment of medical expenses), and payment of medical expenses for health care facilities for the elderly that are provided on or after the Effective Date (in the case of the dementia-related part of the Article 48 amendment, April 1, 1992; the same applies hereinafter in this Article), and to the expenses required for the execution of affairs concerning those services, and the provisions then in force continue to govern the expenses required for medical care (including payment of medical expenses) under the provisions of the Former Elderly Health Act, payment of specified medical expenses (including payment of medical expenses), and payment of medical expenses for health care facilities for the elderly that were provided before the Effective Date, and the expenses required for the execution of affairs concerning those services.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4031-89/art-7/par-1: この条 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 附則第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7), suppl-4031-89/art-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4031-89/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4031-89/art-7

## 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 附則第一条第一項第二号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4031-89/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4031-89/art-1/par-1/item-2
- 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 附則第七条第一項（交付金等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4031-89/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4031-89/art-7/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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch elderly-medical-care-act-20261019T105826-010, 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
