# 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 / Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People — 第三十四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 34) - 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: 第三十四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 34) — address `suppl-4181-83/art-34` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4181-83/art-34 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4181-83/art-34 - 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. --- ### 第三十四条 suppl-4181-83/art-34 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4181-83/art-34 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4181-83/art-34 **第一項** 厚生労働大臣及び都道府県知事は、高齢者医療確保法第八条第一項の医療費適正化基本方針及び全国医療費適正化計画並びに高齢者医療確保法第九条第一項の都道府県医療費適正化計画の作成のため、第七条の規定の施行の日前においても、関係行政機関の長又は関係市町村（特別区を含む。以下同じ。）との協議その他の必要な準備行為をすることができる。 suppl-4181-83/art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4181-83/art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4181-83/art-34/par-1 The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare and Prefectural Governors may, for the preparation of the basic policies for the optimization of medical expenses and the national plan for the optimization of medical expenses under Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Elderly Medical Care Assurance Act and the prefectural plan for the optimization of medical expenses under Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Elderly Medical Care Assurance Act, engage in consultation with the heads of relevant administrative organs or relevant municipalities (including special wards; the same applies hereinafter) and other necessary preparatory acts, even before the date on which the provisions of Article 7 come into effect. machine translation, not official **第二項** 厚生労働大臣及び保険者は、高齢者医療確保法第十八条第一項の特定健康診査等基本指針及び高齢者医療確保法第十九条第一項の特定健康診査等実施計画の作成のため、第七条の規定の施行の日前においても、関係行政機関の長との協議その他の必要な準備行為をすることができる。 suppl-4181-83/art-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4181-83/art-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4181-83/art-34/par-2 The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare and Insurers may, for the preparation of the basic guidelines for Special health examinations, etc. under Article 18, paragraph (1) of the Elderly Medical Care Assurance Act and the Implementation Plan for Special health examinations, etc. under Article 19, paragraph (1) of the Elderly Medical Care Assurance Act, engage in consultation with the heads of relevant administrative organs and other necessary preparatory acts, even before the date on which the provisions of Article 7 come into effect. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4181-83/art-34/par-1: 高齢者医療確保法第八条第一項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第八条第一項 (Article 8, paragraph (1)), art-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-8/par-1 - suppl-4181-83/art-34/par-1: 高齢者医療確保法第九条第一項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第九条第一項 (Article 9, paragraph (1)), art-9/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-9/par-1 - suppl-4181-83/art-34/par-2: 高齢者医療確保法第十八条第一項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第十八条第一項 (Article 18, paragraph (1)), art-18/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-18/par-1 - suppl-4181-83/art-34/par-2: 高齢者医療確保法第十九条第一項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第十九条第一項 (Article 19, paragraph (1)), art-19/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-19/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 附則第一条第一項第一号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4181-83/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4181-83/art-1/par-1/item-1 - 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 附則第百三十三条第一項（その他の経過措置の政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4181-83/art-133/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4181-83/art-133/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-20261019T112331-018, 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