# 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 / Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People — 第二十四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 24)
- 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: 第二十四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 24)（事業費拠出金等に関する規定の施行前の準備） — address `suppl-4061-56/art-24`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4061-56/art-24
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4061-56/art-24
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### 第二十四条（事業費拠出金等に関する規定の施行前の準備） — Preparations before Enforcement of Provisions Concerning Contributions for Business Expenses, Etc.
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suppl-4061-56/art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4061-56/art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4061-56/art-24
**第一項** 厚生大臣は、新老健法附則第三条第一項の政令を定めようとするとき、及び新老健法附則第四条第一項の政令を定めようとするときは、施行日前において老人保健審議会の意見を聴くことができる。この場合において、老人保健審議会が述べた意見は、新老健法第七条に規定する政令で定める審議会が述べた意見とみなす。
suppl-4061-56/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4061-56/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4061-56/art-24/par-1
When the Minister of Health and Welfare intends to specify the Cabinet Order referred to in Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the New Elderly Health Act, and when the Minister intends to specify the Cabinet Order referred to in Article 4, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the New Elderly Health Act, the Minister may hear the opinion of the Elderly Health Council before the Effective Date. In this case, the opinion stated by the Elderly Health Council is deemed to be the opinion stated by the council specified by Cabinet Order prescribed in Article 7 of the New Elderly Health Act.
machine translation, not official
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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-20261019T112331-010, 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