# 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 / Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People — 第五十一条の十 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 51-10)

- 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: 第五十一条の十 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 51-10) — address `suppl-4241-62/art-51-10`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4241-62/art-51-10
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4241-62/art-51-10
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### 第五十一条の十
<sup>suppl-4241-62/art-51-10 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4241-62/art-51-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4241-62/art-51-10</sup>

**第一項**  平成二十八年度における第二十五条の規定による改正後の健康保険法附則第五条の三の規定により読み替えて適用される健康保険法附則第四条の四の規定により読み替えられた同法附則第五条の規定により読み替えられた同法第百五十三条第二項の規定により補助する額は、同項の規定にかかわらず、同項の規定により算定される額の十二分の六に相当する額と同年度において改正前高齢者医療確保法附則第十三条の六、第十三条の八及び第十四条の九の規定を適用するとしたならば第二十五条の規定による改正後の健康保険法附則第五条の三の規定により読み替えて適用される健康保険法附則第四条の四の規定により読み替えられた同法附則第五条の規定により読み替えられた同法第百五十三条第二項の規定により算定されることとなる額の十二分の六に相当する額との合計額とする。
<sup>suppl-4241-62/art-51-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4241-62/art-51-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4241-62/art-51-10/par-1</sup>
The amount to be subsidized in fiscal year 2016 pursuant to the provisions of Article 153, paragraph (2) of the Health Insurance Act as the terms are replaced pursuant to the provisions of Article 5 of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act, as the terms are replaced pursuant to the provisions of Article 4-4 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Health Insurance Act, as the terms are replaced and applied pursuant to the provisions of Article 5-3 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Health Insurance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 25, is, notwithstanding the provisions of that paragraph, the sum total of the amount equivalent to 6/12 of the amount calculated pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph and the amount equivalent to 6/12 of the amount that would be calculated pursuant to the provisions of Article 153, paragraph (2) of the Health Insurance Act as the terms are replaced pursuant to the provisions of Article 5 of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act, as the terms are replaced pursuant to the provisions of Article 4-4 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Health Insurance Act, as the terms are replaced and applied pursuant to the provisions of Article 5-3 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Health Insurance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 25, if the provisions of Articles 13-6, 13-8 and 14-9 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Pre-amendment Elderly Medical Care Assurance Act were applied in that fiscal year.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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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-20261019T112331-021, 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
