# Article 42, paragraph (9), item (ii), its wordings — Order for Enforcement of the Health Insurance Act

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How the wording of Article 42, paragraph (9), item (ii) (第四十二条第九項第二号) changed with each amendment, and how it will change.

- Law: Order for Enforcement of the Health Insurance Act (健康保険法施行令) — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act-enforcement-order
- Provision: Article 42, paragraph (9), item (ii) (第四十二条第九項第二号) — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-42/par-9/item-2 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/health-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-42/par-9/item-2)
- The law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act-enforcement-order/amendments
- 2 wordings, oldest first.

## 1. Before Cabinet Order No. 240 of 2026

- State: In force

Japanese:

> 第一項第二号又は第三号に掲げる者（七十歳に達する日の属する月の翌月以後に第四十一条第九項に規定する療養を受けた者及び同項に規定する療養のうち国が費用を負担すべき療養に係る疾病として厚生労働大臣が定めるものに係る療養を受けた者を除く。）　二万円

English (Machine translation, corrected on review, not official):

> a person listed in paragraph (1), item (ii) or (iii) (excluding a person who received the medical treatment prescribed in Article 41, paragraph (9) on or after the month following the month that includes the day on which the person reaches the age of 70, and a person who received medical treatment for a disease specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare as a disease relating to treatment, among the medical treatment prescribed in that paragraph, for which the State is to bear the costs): 20,000 yen.

## 2. 1 August 2027 — Cabinet Order No. 240 of 2026

- State: Not yet in force
- Takes effect: 1 August 2027
- The amendment: Reworded (Cabinet Order No. 240 of 2026) — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act-enforcement-order/amendments/20270801_508CO0000000240

Japanese:

> 第一項第一号から第六号までに掲げる者（七十歳に達する日の属する月の翌月以後に第四十一条第九項に規定する療養を受けた者及び同項に規定する療養のうち国が費用を負担すべき療養に係る疾病として厚生労働大臣が定めるものに係る療養を受けた者を除く。）　二万円

English (Machine translation, not official):

> a person listed in paragraph (1), items (i) through (vi) (excluding a person who received the medical treatment prescribed in Article 41, paragraph (9) on or after the month following the month that includes the day on which the person reaches the age of 70, and a person who received medical treatment for a disease specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare as a disease relating to treatment, among the medical treatment prescribed in that paragraph, for which the State is to bear the costs): 20,000 yen.

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## Sources

- The dates and the amending laws: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/215IO0000000243)
- English name of the law: Written for this site with AI
- English titles of the amending laws: Written for this site with AI
- The Japanese text before: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/215IO0000000243/20261001_508CO0000000276)
- The Japanese text after: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/215IO0000000243/20270801_508CO0000000240)