# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7)

- 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 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7)（特定被保険者） — address `suppl-2111-70/art-7`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-2111-70/art-7
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-2111-70/art-7
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### 第七条（特定被保険者） — (Specified Insured Person)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>suppl-2111-70/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-2111-70/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-2111-70/art-7</sup>

**第一項**  健康保険組合は、第百五十六条第一項第二号及び第百五十七条第二項の規定にかかわらず、規約で定めるところにより、介護保険第二号被保険者である被保険者以外の被保険者（介護保険第二号被保険者である被扶養者があるものに限る。以下この条及び次条において「特定被保険者」という。）に関する保険料額を一般保険料等額と介護保険料額との合算額とすることができる。
<sup>suppl-2111-70/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-2111-70/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-2111-70/art-7/par-1</sup>
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 156, paragraph (1), item (ii) and Article 157, paragraph (2), a health insurance society may, as specified by its articles of incorporation, make the amount of insurance premium relating to an insured person other than an item (ii) insured person (limited to a person who has a dependent who is an item (ii) insured person; hereinafter referred to as a "specified insured person" in this Article and the following Article) the sum of the amount of general insurance premium, etc. and the amount of long-term care insurance premium.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  前項の規定によりその保険料額を一般保険料等額と介護保険料額との合算額とされた特定被保険者に対する第百五十六条第三項の規定の適用については、同項中「前二項」とあるのは、「附則第七条第一項及び第三項」とする。
<sup>suppl-2111-70/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-2111-70/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-2111-70/art-7/par-2</sup>
With regard to the application of Article 156, paragraph (3) to a specified insured person whose amount of insurance premium has been made the sum of the amount of general insurance premium, etc. and the amount of long-term care insurance premium pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the phrase "the preceding two paragraphs" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "Article 7, paragraphs (1) and (3) of the Supplementary Provisions".
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  第百五十六条第二項の規定は、介護保険第二号被保険者である被扶養者（第一項の規定によりその保険料額を一般保険料等額と介護保険料額との合算額とされた特定被保険者の被扶養者に限る。）が介護保険第二号被保険者に該当しなくなった場合について準用する。
<sup>suppl-2111-70/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-2111-70/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-2111-70/art-7/par-3</sup>
The provisions of Article 156, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to the case where a dependent who is an item (ii) insured person (limited to a dependent of a specified insured person whose amount of insurance premium has been made the sum of the amount of general insurance premium, etc. and the amount of long-term care insurance premium pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1)) ceases to fall under the category of item (ii) insured person.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第四項**  第一項の規定により特定被保険者に関する保険料額を一般保険料等額と介護保険料額との合算額とした健康保険組合の介護保険料率の算定の特例に関して必要な事項は、政令で定める。
<sup>suppl-2111-70/art-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-2111-70/art-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-2111-70/art-7/par-4</sup>
Necessary matters concerning special provisions on the calculation of the long-term care insurance rate of a health insurance society that has made the amount of insurance premium relating to specified insured persons the sum of the amount of general insurance premium, etc. and the amount of long-term care insurance premium pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) are specified by Cabinet Order.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-2111-70/art-7/par-1: 第百五十六条第一項第二号 → 健康保険法 第百五十六条第一項第二号 (Article 156, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-156/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-156/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-156/par-1/item-2
- suppl-2111-70/art-7/par-1: 第百五十七条第二項 → 健康保険法 第百五十七条第二項 (Article 157, paragraph (2)), art-157/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-157/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-157/par-2
- suppl-2111-70/art-7/par-1: この条 → 健康保険法 附則第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7), suppl-2111-70/art-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-2111-70/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-2111-70/art-7
- suppl-2111-70/art-7/par-1: 次条 → 健康保険法 附則第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8), suppl-2111-70/art-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-2111-70/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-2111-70/art-8
- suppl-2111-70/art-7/par-2: 前項 → 健康保険法 附則第七条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7, paragraph (1)), suppl-2111-70/art-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-2111-70/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-2111-70/art-7/par-1
- suppl-2111-70/art-7/par-2: 第百五十六条第三項 → 健康保険法 第百五十六条第三項 (Article 156, paragraph (3)), art-156/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-156/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-156/par-3
- suppl-2111-70/art-7/par-2: 前二項 → 健康保険法 第百五十六条第一項 (Article 156, paragraph (1)), art-156/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-156/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-156/par-1
- suppl-2111-70/art-7/par-2: 前二項 → 健康保険法 第百五十六条第二項 (Article 156, paragraph (2)), art-156/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-156/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-156/par-2
- suppl-2111-70/art-7/par-2: 第三項 → 健康保険法 附則第七条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7, paragraph (3)), suppl-2111-70/art-7/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-2111-70/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-2111-70/art-7/par-3
- suppl-2111-70/art-7/par-3: 第百五十六条第二項 → 健康保険法 第百五十六条第二項 (Article 156, paragraph (2)), art-156/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-156/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-156/par-2
- suppl-2111-70/art-7/par-3: 第一項 → 健康保険法 附則第七条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7, paragraph (1)), suppl-2111-70/art-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-2111-70/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-2111-70/art-7/par-1
- suppl-2111-70/art-7/par-4: 第一項 → 健康保険法 附則第七条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7, paragraph (1)), suppl-2111-70/art-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-2111-70/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-2111-70/art-7/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 健康保険法 附則第七条第一項（特定被保険者） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-2111-70/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-2111-70/art-7/par-1
- 健康保険法 附則第七条第二項（特定被保険者） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-2111-70/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-2111-70/art-7/par-2
- 健康保険法 附則第七条第三項（特定被保険者） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-2111-70/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-2111-70/art-7/par-3
- 健康保険法 附則第七条第四項（特定被保険者） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-2111-70/art-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-2111-70/art-7/par-4
- 健康保険法 附則第八条第一項（承認健康保険組合） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-2111-70/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-2111-70/art-8/par-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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch health-insurance-act-20261010T183826-008, translated 2026-10-11
- This site's parser, version 189 — 健康保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-10
