# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第七条の二十七 (Article 7-27)

- 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: 第七条の二十七 (Article 7-27)（事業計画等の認可） — address `art-7-27`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-27
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-27
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### 第七条の二十七（事業計画等の認可） — (Authorization of Business Plans)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-7-27 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-27 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-27</sup>

  **第一項**  協会は、毎事業年度、事業計画及び予算を作成し、当該事業年度開始前に、厚生労働大臣の認可を受けなければならない。これを変更しようとするときも、同様とする。
  <sup>art-7-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-27/par-1</sup>
  JHIA must prepare a business plan and budget for every business year and obtain authorization from the Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare prior to the beginning of the relevant business year. The same applies when JHIA intends to make a change to the business plan or budget.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

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

- 健康保険法 第七条の四十二第一項第一号（財務大臣との協議） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-42/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-42/par-1/item-1
- 健康保険法 第二百十七条の二第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-217-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-217-2/par-1/item-2

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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
