# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) - 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-3171-38` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3171-38 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3171-38 - 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. --- ## 附　則 昭和一七年二月二一日法律第三八号 suppl-3171-38 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3171-38 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3171-38 **第一項** 本法施行ノ期日ハ各規定ニ付勅令ヲ以テ之ヲ定ム suppl-3171-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3171-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3171-38/par-1 The date on which this Act comes into effect is specified for each provision by Imperial Ordinance. machine translation, not official **第二項** 職員健康保険法ハ之ヲ廃止ス suppl-3171-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3171-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3171-38/par-2 The Staff Health Insurance Act is abolished. machine translation, not official **第三項** 前項ノ規定施行前ノ職員健康保険ノ保険給付及保険料其ノ他ノ徴収金ニ関シテハ仍旧法ニ依ル suppl-3171-38/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3171-38/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3171-38/par-3 With regard to insurance benefits, insurance premiums and other collected money under staff health insurance before the enforcement of the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the former Act continues to apply. machine translation, not official **第四項** 第二項ノ規定施行ノ際現ニ存スル職員健康保険組合ハ同規定施行ノ日ヨリ健康保険組合ト為リ職員健康保険組合ノ権利義務ヲ承継スルモノトス suppl-3171-38/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3171-38/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3171-38/par-4 A staff health insurance society existing at the time of the enforcement of the provisions of paragraph (2) becomes a health insurance society from the day of the enforcement of those provisions and is to succeed to the rights and obligations of the staff health insurance society. machine translation, not official **第五項** 第二項ノ規定施行ノ際現ニ職員健康保険ノ被保険者タル者ハ命令ノ定ムル所ニ依リ健康保険ノ被保険者ト為リタルモノトス suppl-3171-38/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3171-38/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3171-38/par-5 A person who is an insured person of staff health insurance at the time of the enforcement of the provisions of paragraph (2) is to be treated as having become an insured person of health insurance, as provided by order. machine translation, not official **第六項** 第二項ノ規定施行ノ際現ニ職員健康保険ノ被保険者タリシ者ニシテ健康保険ノ被保険者ト為リタルモノノ受クル健康保険ノ保険給付ニ関シテハ其ノ者ガ職員健康保険ノ被保険者タリシ期間ハ健康保険ノ被保険者タリシ期間ト看做シ其ノ者ガ職員健康保険ノ被保険者トシテ保険給付ヲ受ケタル期間ハ健康保険ノ被保険者トシテ之ニ相当スル保険給付ヲ受ケタル期間ト看做ス suppl-3171-38/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3171-38/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3171-38/par-6 With regard to the insurance benefits of health insurance received by a person who was an insured person of staff health insurance at the time of the enforcement of the provisions of paragraph (2) and who has become an insured person of health insurance, the period during which the person was an insured person of staff health insurance is deemed to be a period during which the person was an insured person of health insurance, and the period during which the person received insurance benefits as an insured person of staff health insurance is deemed to be a period during which the person received corresponding insurance benefits as an insured person of health insurance. machine translation, not official **第七項** 第二項ノ規定施行前職員健康保険ノ被保険者ノ資格ヲ喪失シタル者ハ健康保険ノ保険給付及徴収金ニ関シテハ健康保険ノ被保険者タリシ者ト看做シ其ノ者ガ職員健康保険ノ被保険者トシテ受ケタル保険給付ハ健康保険ノ被保険者トシテ受ケタル之ニ相当スル保険給付ト看做ス suppl-3171-38/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3171-38/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3171-38/par-7 A person who lost eligibility as an insured person of staff health insurance before the enforcement of the provisions of paragraph (2) is deemed, with regard to the insurance benefits and collected money of health insurance, to have been an insured person of health insurance, and insurance benefits that the person received as an insured person of staff health insurance are deemed to be corresponding insurance benefits received as an insured person of health insurance. machine translation, not official **第八項** 第二項ノ規定施行前職員健康保険法ニ違反シタル者ノ処罰ニ付テハ仍旧法ニ依ル suppl-3171-38/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3171-38/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3171-38/par-8 With regard to the punishment of a person who violated the Staff Health Insurance Act before the enforcement of the provisions of paragraph (2), the former Act continues to apply. machine translation, not official **第九項** 前六項ニ定ムルモノノ外第二項ノ規定施行ノ際必要ナル事項ハ勅令ヲ以テ之ヲ定ム suppl-3171-38/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3171-38/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3171-38/par-9 Beyond what is provided for in the preceding six paragraphs, matters necessary at the time of the enforcement of the provisions of paragraph (2) are specified by Imperial Ordinance. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-3171-38/par-3: 前項 → 健康保険法 附則第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (2)), suppl-3171-38/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3171-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3171-38/par-2 - suppl-3171-38/par-4: 第二項 → 健康保険法 附則第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (2)), suppl-3171-38/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3171-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3171-38/par-2 - suppl-3171-38/par-5: 第二項 → 健康保険法 附則第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (2)), suppl-3171-38/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3171-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3171-38/par-2 - suppl-3171-38/par-6: 第二項 → 健康保険法 附則第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (2)), suppl-3171-38/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3171-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3171-38/par-2 - suppl-3171-38/par-7: 第二項 → 健康保険法 附則第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (2)), suppl-3171-38/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3171-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3171-38/par-2 - suppl-3171-38/par-8: 第二項 → 健康保険法 附則第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (2)), suppl-3171-38/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3171-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3171-38/par-2 - suppl-3171-38/par-9: 前六項 → 健康保険法 附則第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (3)), suppl-3171-38/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3171-38/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3171-38/par-3 - suppl-3171-38/par-9: 前六項 → 健康保険法 附則第四項 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (4)), suppl-3171-38/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3171-38/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3171-38/par-4 - suppl-3171-38/par-9: 前六項 → 健康保険法 附則第五項 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (5)), suppl-3171-38/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3171-38/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3171-38/par-5 - suppl-3171-38/par-9: 前六項 → 健康保険法 附則第六項 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (6)), suppl-3171-38/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3171-38/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3171-38/par-6 - suppl-3171-38/par-9: 前六項 → 健康保険法 附則第七項 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (7)), suppl-3171-38/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3171-38/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3171-38/par-7 - suppl-3171-38/par-9: 前六項 → 健康保険法 附則第八項 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (8)), suppl-3171-38/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3171-38/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3171-38/par-8 - suppl-3171-38/par-9: 第二項 → 健康保険法 附則第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (2)), suppl-3171-38/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3171-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3171-38/par-2 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 健康保険法 附則第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3171-38/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3171-38/par-3 - 健康保険法 附則第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3171-38/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3171-38/par-4 - 健康保険法 附則第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3171-38/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3171-38/par-5 - 健康保険法 附則第六項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3171-38/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3171-38/par-6 - 健康保険法 附則第七項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3171-38/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3171-38/par-7 - 健康保険法 附則第八項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3171-38/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3171-38/par-8 - 健康保険法 附則第九項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3171-38/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3171-38/par-9 --- ## 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-20261010T183826-009, 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