# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第一条 (Article 1)
- Law: 健康保険法 (Health Insurance Act), 大正十一年法律第七十号
- English title "Health Insurance Act": 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: 第一条 (Article 1)（目的） — address `art-1`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-1
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-1
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### 第一条（目的） — (Purpose)
caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-1
**第一項** この法律は、労働者又はその被扶養者の業務災害（労働者災害補償保険法（昭和二十二年法律第五十号）第七条第一項第一号に規定する業務災害をいう。）以外の疾病、負傷若しくは死亡又は出産に関して保険給付を行い、もって国民の生活の安定と福祉の向上に寄与することを目的とする。
art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-1/par-1
The purpose of this Act is to provide insurance benefits for sickness, injury or death other than employment injuries (meaning employment injuries as provided for in Article 7, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act (Act No. 50 of 1947)) or childbirth of a worker or a dependent thereof, thereby contributing to the stability of lives and the improvement of welfare of the people.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
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## Cites
- art-1/par-1: 労働者災害補償保険法（昭和二十二年法律第五十号）第七条第一項第一号 → 労働者災害補償保険法 第七条第一項第一号 (Article 7, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-7/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-accident-insurance-act/art-7/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000050/art-7/par-1/item-1
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## Sources
- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 健康保険法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/211AC0000000070/20261001_507AC0000000087), retrieved 2026-10-10
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Health Insurance Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3266/tb), retrieved 2026-10-10
- This site's parser, version 189 — 健康保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-10