# 健康保険法施行令 / Order for Enforcement of the Health Insurance Act — 第二章 (Chapter 2)

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- Law: 健康保険法施行令 (Order for Enforcement of the Health Insurance Act), 大正十五年勅令第二百四十三号
- English title "Order for Enforcement of the Health Insurance Act": claude-opus-5-5
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- Provision: 第二章 (Chapter 2) — address `ch-2`
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## 第二章　全国健康保険協会の資金の運用 — Chapter II Investment of Funds of the Japan Health Insurance Association
<sup>heading: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>ch-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act-enforcement-order/amendments/20270801_508CO0000000240/text/ch-2</sup>

### 第一条の二（資金の運用） — Investment of Funds
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-1-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act-enforcement-order/amendments/20270801_508CO0000000240/text/ch-2#art-1-2</sup>

**第一項**  全国健康保険協会（以下「協会」という。）は、次の方法による場合を除くほか、業務上の余裕金を運用してはならない。
<sup>art-1-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act-enforcement-order/amendments/20270801_508CO0000000240/text/ch-2#art-1-2/par-1</sup>
The Japan Health Insurance Association (hereinafter referred to as the "JHIA") must not invest its operational surplus funds except by the following methods:
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  国債、地方債、政府保証債（その元本の償還及び利息の支払について政府が保証する債券をいう。）その他厚生労働大臣の指定する有価証券の取得
  <sup>art-1-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act-enforcement-order/amendments/20270801_508CO0000000240/text/ch-2#art-1-2/par-1/item-1</sup>
  acquisition of national government bonds, local government bonds, government-guaranteed bonds (meaning bonds for which the government guarantees the redemption of principal and the payment of interest), and other securities designated by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  銀行その他厚生労働大臣の指定する金融機関への預金
  <sup>art-1-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act-enforcement-order/amendments/20270801_508CO0000000240/text/ch-2#art-1-2/par-1/item-2</sup>
  deposits with banks and other financial institutions designated by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **三**  信託業務を営む金融機関（金融機関の信託業務の兼営等に関する法律（昭和十八年法律第四十三号）第一条第一項の認可を受けた金融機関をいう。）への金銭信託
  <sup>art-1-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act-enforcement-order/amendments/20270801_508CO0000000240/text/ch-2#art-1-2/par-1/item-3</sup>
  money trusts with financial institutions engaged in trust business (meaning financial institutions that have obtained authorization under Article 1, paragraph (1) of the Act on Engagement in Trust Business by Financial Institutions (Act No. 43 of 1943)).
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-1-2/par-1/item-3: 金融機関の信託業務の兼営等に関する法律（昭和十八年法律第四十三号）第一条第一項 → e-Gov law 318AC0000000043, 第一条第一項 (Article 1, paragraph (1)), art-1/par-1 — not held in this collection

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## Sources

- claude-opus-5-5 — English title of a law in this collection, written for this site, written 2026-11-06
- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 健康保険法施行令 — the text as 令和八年政令第二百四十号 leaves it, from 2027-08-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/215IO0000000243/20270801_508CO0000000240), retrieved 2026-11-06
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch health-insurance-act-enforcement-order-20261106T164949-001, translated 2026-11-07
- This site's parser, version 229 — 健康保険法施行令 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-06