# 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)（検討等） — address `suppl-4091-94/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-4091-94/art-15
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4091-94/art-15
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### 第十五条（検討等） — Review, Etc.
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suppl-4091-94/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4091-94/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4091-94/art-15
**第一項** 政府は、薬剤の支給に係る一部負担その他この法律による改正に係る事項について、この法律の施行後の薬剤費を含む医療費の動向、医療保険の財政状況、社会経済情勢の変化等を勘案し、この法律の施行後三年以内に検討を加え、必要があると認めるときは、その結果に基づいて所要の措置を講ずるものとする。
suppl-4091-94/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4091-94/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4091-94/art-15/par-1
The government is to review, within three years after this Act comes into effect, the co-payment pertaining to the provision of drugs and other matters pertaining to the amendments by this Act, taking into account trends in medical expenses including medication costs after this Act comes into effect, the financial condition of medical insurance, changes in the socioeconomic situation, etc., and if it finds it necessary, take required measures based on the results.
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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-20261019T112331-011, 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