# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第百八十一条の三 (Article 181-3) - 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: 第百八十一条の三 (Article 181-3)（協会による保険料の徴収） — address `art-181-3` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-181-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-181-3 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百八十一条の三（協会による保険料の徴収） — (Insurance Premium Collection by JHIA) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-181-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-181-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-181-3 **第一項** 厚生労働大臣は、協会と協議を行い、効果的な保険料の徴収を行うために必要があると認めるときは、協会に保険料の滞納者に関する情報その他必要な情報を提供するとともに、当該滞納者に係る保険料の徴収を行わせることができる。 art-181-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-181-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-181-3/par-1 When discussing with JHIA and finding it necessary for the effective collection of insurance premiums, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may provide information to JHIA on persons delinquent in payment of insurance premiums and other necessary information, and have JHIA collect insurance premiums pertaining to those persons. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 厚生労働大臣は、前項の規定により協会に滞納者に係る保険料の徴収を行わせることとしたときは、当該滞納者に対し、協会が当該滞納者に係る保険料の徴収を行うこととなる旨その他の厚生労働省令で定める事項を通知しなければならない。 art-181-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-181-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-181-3/par-2 When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare decides to have JHIA collect insurance premiums pertaining to persons delinquent in payment pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Minister must notify the persons delinquent in payment to the effect that JHIA will collect the insurance premiums and of other matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の規定により協会が保険料の徴収を行う場合においては、協会を保険者等とみなして、第百八十条及び第百八十一条の規定を適用する。 art-181-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-181-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-181-3/par-3 When JHIA collects insurance premiums pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), JHIA is deemed to be the insurer, and the provisions of Article 180 and Article 181 apply. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項の規定により協会が保険料を徴収したときは、その徴収した額に相当する額については、第百五十五条の二の規定により、政府から協会に対し、交付されたものとみなす。 art-181-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-181-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-181-3/par-4 When JHIA collects insurance premiums pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), an amount equivalent to the collected amount is deemed to have been delivered from the government to JHIA pursuant to the provisions of Article 155-2. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When JHIA collects insurance premiums pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), an amount equivalent to the collected amount is deemed to have been delivered from the government to JHIA pursuant to the provisions of Article 155, paragraph (2)." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3266/tb **第五項** 前各項に定めるもののほか、協会による保険料の徴収に関し必要な事項は、政令で定める。 art-181-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-181-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-181-3/par-5 Beyond what is provided for in the preceding paragraphs of this Article, other necessary matters pertaining to the collection of insurance premiums by JHIA are specified by Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-181-3/par-2: 前項 → 健康保険法 第百八十一条の三第一項 (Article 181-3, paragraph (1)), art-181-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-181-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-181-3/par-1 - art-181-3/par-3: 第一項 → 健康保険法 第百八十一条の三第一項 (Article 181-3, paragraph (1)), art-181-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-181-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-181-3/par-1 - art-181-3/par-3: 第百八十条 → 健康保険法 第百八十条 (Article 180), art-180 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-180 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-180 - art-181-3/par-3: 第百八十一条 → 健康保険法 第百八十一条 (Article 181), art-181 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-181 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-181 - art-181-3/par-4: 第一項 → 健康保険法 第百八十一条の三第一項 (Article 181-3, paragraph (1)), art-181-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-181-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-181-3/par-1 - art-181-3/par-4: 第百五十五条の二 → 健康保険法 第百五十五条の二 (Article 155-2), art-155-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-155-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-155-2 - art-181-3/par-5: 前各項 → 健康保険法 第百八十一条の三第一項 (Article 181-3, paragraph (1)), art-181-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-181-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-181-3/par-1 - art-181-3/par-5: 前各項 → 健康保険法 第百八十一条の三第二項 (Article 181-3, paragraph (2)), art-181-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-181-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-181-3/par-2 - art-181-3/par-5: 前各項 → 健康保険法 第百八十一条の三第三項 (Article 181-3, paragraph (3)), art-181-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-181-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-181-3/par-3 - art-181-3/par-5: 前各項 → 健康保険法 第百八十一条の三第四項 (Article 181-3, paragraph (4)), art-181-3/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-181-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-181-3/par-4 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 健康保険法 第百八十一条の三第二項（協会による保険料の徴収） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-181-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-181-3/par-2 - 健康保険法 第百八十一条の三第三項（協会による保険料の徴収） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-181-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-181-3/par-3 - 健康保険法 第百八十一条の三第四項（協会による保険料の徴収） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-181-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-181-3/par-4 - 健康保険法 第百八十一条の三第五項（協会による保険料の徴収） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-181-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-181-3/par-5 - 健康保険法 第二百四条第一項（機構への厚生労働大臣の権限に係る事務の委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-204/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-204/par-1 - 健康保険法 第二百五条の二第一項（機構への事務の委託） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-205-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-205-2/par-1 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-10-11 - 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 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Health Insurance Act (健康保険法), Article 181-3, paragraph (4) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (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