# 健康保険法施行令 / Order for Enforcement of the Health Insurance Act — 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 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: 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)（健康保険法施行令の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — address `suppl-4262-129/art-2`
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### 第二条（健康保険法施行令の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Order for Enforcement of the Health Insurance Act
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<sup>suppl-4262-129/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act-enforcement-order/suppl-4262-129/art-2</sup>

**第一項**  この政令の施行の日（以下「施行日」という。）前に行われた療養に係る健康保険法の規定による高額療養費の支給（次項に規定する療養に係るものを除く。）及び高額介護合算療養費の支給については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4262-129/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act-enforcement-order/suppl-4262-129/art-2/par-1</sup>
With regard to the payment of high-cost medical expenses under the provisions of the Health Insurance Act for medical treatment provided before the day of enforcement of this Cabinet Order (hereinafter referred to as the "Effective Date") (excluding that relating to the medical treatment prescribed in the following paragraph) and the payment of expenses for high-cost medical treatment combined with long-term care, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
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**第二項**  第一条の規定による改正後の健康保険法施行令第四十二条第六項又は第七項の規定は、平成二十一年五月一日から施行日の前日までに行われた療養であって、第一条の規定による改正前の健康保険法施行令（以下この項において「旧健保令」という。）附則第五条第一項の規定により読み替えて適用する旧健保令第四十一条第六項に規定する特定給付対象療養又は旧健保令第四十一条第七項に規定する特定疾患給付対象療養に該当するものに係る健康保険法の規定による高額療養費の支給についても適用する。
<sup>suppl-4262-129/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act-enforcement-order/suppl-4262-129/art-2/par-2</sup>
The provisions of Article 42, paragraph (6) or (7) of the Order for Enforcement of the Health Insurance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 1 also apply to the payment of high-cost medical expenses under the provisions of the Health Insurance Act for medical treatment provided during the period from May 1, 2009 to the day before the Effective Date that falls under treatment subject to specified benefits prescribed in Article 41, paragraph (6) of the Order for Enforcement of the Health Insurance Act before the amendment by the provisions of Article 1 (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Health Insurance Order" in this paragraph) as applied with the terms replaced pursuant to Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Former Health Insurance Order, or treatment subject to specified disease benefits prescribed in Article 41, paragraph (7) of the Former Health Insurance Order.
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## Cites
- suppl-4262-129/art-2/par-1: 次項 → 健康保険法施行令 附則第二条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (2)), suppl-4262-129/art-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act-enforcement-order/suppl-4262-129/art-2/par-2
- suppl-4262-129/art-2/par-2: 健康保険法施行令第四十二条第六項 → 健康保険法施行令 第四十二条第六項 (Article 42, paragraph (6)), art-42/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-42/par-6
- suppl-4262-129/art-2/par-2: 第七項 → 健康保険法施行令 第四十二条第七項 (Article 42, paragraph (7)), art-42/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-42/par-7
- suppl-4262-129/art-2/par-2: この項 → 健康保険法施行令 附則第二条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (2)), suppl-4262-129/art-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act-enforcement-order/suppl-4262-129/art-2/par-2

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 健康保険法施行令 附則第二条第一項（健康保険法施行令の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act-enforcement-order/suppl-4262-129/art-2/par-1
- 健康保険法施行令 附則第二条第二項（健康保険法施行令の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act-enforcement-order/suppl-4262-129/art-2/par-2

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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 in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/215IO0000000243/20261001_508CO0000000276), retrieved 2026-11-06
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch health-insurance-act-enforcement-order-20261106T164949-026, translated 2026-11-07
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch health-insurance-act-enforcement-order-20261106T164949-032, 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
