# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6) - 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: 第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6) — address `suppl-3591-77/art-6` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3591-77/art-6 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3591-77/art-6 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第六条 suppl-3591-77/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3591-77/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3591-77/art-6 **第一項** この法律の施行の日（以下「施行日」という。）前に行われた診療、薬剤の支給又は手当に係る健康保険法の規定による療養費の額については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-3591-77/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3591-77/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3591-77/art-6/par-1 With regard to the amount of medical expenses under the provisions of the Health Insurance Act pertaining to medical care, medication or treatment given before the day on which this Act comes into effect (hereinafter referred to as the "Effective Date"), the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official **第二項** 施行日前に行われた診療、薬剤の支給又は手当に係るこの法律による改正前の健康保険法の規定による高額療養費又は家族高額療養費の支給については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-3591-77/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3591-77/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3591-77/art-6/par-2 With regard to the payment of high-cost medical expenses or dependent's high-cost medical expenses under the provisions of the Health Insurance Act prior to amendment by this Act pertaining to medical care, medication or treatment given before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official **第三項** 新健保法第五十八条第二項及び第三項の規定（これらの規定を新健保法第六十九条の三十一において準用する場合を含む。）は、健康保険法の規定による傷病手当金を受けるべき者であつて、同一の疾病又は負傷及びこれにより発した疾病について厚生年金保険法（昭和二十九年法律第百十五号）の規定による障害年金又は障害手当金の支給を受けることができることとなつた日が施行日以後であるものについて適用する。 suppl-3591-77/art-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3591-77/art-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3591-77/art-6/par-3 The provisions of Article 58, paragraphs (2) and (3) of the Revised Health Insurance Act (including where these provisions apply mutatis mutandis in Article 69-31 of the Revised Health Insurance Act) apply to a person who is to receive injury and sickness allowance under the provisions of the Health Insurance Act and for whom the day on which the person became entitled to receive disability pension or disability allowance under the provisions of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act (Act No. 115 of 1954) in respect of the same sickness or injury and any sickness caused thereby is on or after the Effective Date. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-3591-77/art-6/par-3: 新健保法第五十八条第二項 → 健康保険法 第五十八条第二項 (Article 58, paragraph (2)), art-58/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-58/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-58/par-2 - suppl-3591-77/art-6/par-3: 第三項 → 健康保険法 第五十八条第三項 (Article 58, paragraph (3)), art-58/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-58/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-58/par-3 --- ## 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-20261010T183826-015, 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