# 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)（健康保険法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — address `suppl-4091-94/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-4091-94/art-2
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4091-94/art-2
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### 第二条（健康保険法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Health Insurance Act
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4091-94/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4091-94/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4091-94/art-2</sup>

**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、家族療養費、高額療養費又は特別療養費の額については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4091-94/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4091-94/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4091-94/art-2/par-1</sup>
With regard to the amounts of medical expenses, dependent's medical expenses, high-cost medical expenses or special medical expenses under the provisions of the Health Insurance Act pertaining to medical care, provision of medication or treatment provided before the date of enforcement of this Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Effective Date"), the provisions then in force continue to govern.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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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-20261010T183826-019, 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