# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)

- 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: 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)（被扶養者に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-3321-42/art-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3321-42/art-2
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3321-42/art-2
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### 第二条（被扶養者に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Dependents
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-3321-42/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3321-42/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3321-42/art-2</sup>

**第一項**  健康保険法第一条第二項の規定の改正により被扶養者でなくなる者であつて次の各号の一に該当するものの被扶養者としての資格については、その者が引き続き当該被保険者又は被保険者であつた者と同一の世帯に属し、もつぱらその者により生計を維持している間に限り、同条同項の改正規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。ただし、第一号に該当する者にあつては、当該傷病手当金及びその傷病手当金の支給事由たる疾病又は負傷により発した疾病による傷病手当金以外の保険給付、第二号に該当する者にあつては、当該疾病又は負傷及びこれにより発した疾病についての家族療養費以外の保険給付については、この限りでない。
<sup>suppl-3321-42/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3321-42/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3321-42/art-2/par-1</sup>
With regard to the status as a dependent of a person who ceases to be a dependent due to the amendment of the provisions of Article 1, paragraph (2) of the Health Insurance Act and who falls under any one of the following items, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding the provisions amending paragraph (2) of that Article, only while the person continues to belong to the same household as the insured person in question or the person who was an insured person and is financially supported exclusively by that person; provided, however, that this does not apply to insurance benefits other than the injury and sickness allowance concerned and injury and sickness allowance for a sickness arising from the sickness or injury that was the grounds for payment of that injury and sickness allowance in the case of a person who falls under item (i), or to insurance benefits other than dependent's medical expenses for the sickness or injury concerned and the sickness arising therefrom in the case of a person who falls under item (ii).
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  昭和三十二年五月一日において現に傷病手当金の支給を受け、かつ、病院又は診療所に収容されている被保険者又は被保険者であつた者によつて生計を維持している者
  <sup>suppl-3321-42/art-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3321-42/art-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3321-42/art-2/par-1/item-1</sup>
  a person who is financially supported by an insured person or a person who was an insured person who, as of May 1, 1957, is actually receiving payment of injury and sickness allowance and is accommodated in a hospital or clinic; or
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  **二**  その疾病又は負傷につき昭和三十二年五月一日において現に被保険者又は被保険者であつた者が家族療養費の支給を受けている者
  <sup>suppl-3321-42/art-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3321-42/art-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3321-42/art-2/par-1/item-2</sup>
  a person for whose sickness or injury an insured person or a person who was an insured person is actually receiving payment of dependent's medical expenses as of May 1, 1957.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-3321-42/art-2/par-1: 第一号 → 健康保険法 附則第二条第一項第一号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i)), suppl-3321-42/art-2/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3321-42/art-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3321-42/art-2/par-1/item-1
- suppl-3321-42/art-2/par-1: 第二号 → 健康保険法 附則第二条第一項第二号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ii)), suppl-3321-42/art-2/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3321-42/art-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3321-42/art-2/par-1/item-2

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 健康保険法 附則第二条第一項（被扶養者に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3321-42/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3321-42/art-2/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-20261010T183826-011, 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
