# 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) — address `suppl-4121-140/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-4121-140/art-7
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4121-140/art-7
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### 第七条
<sup>suppl-4121-140/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4121-140/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4121-140/art-7</sup>

**第一項**  平成十三年一月一日前に、第一条の規定による改正前の健康保険法第七十六条の規定に基づく申出をした者であって、同月末日以後に育児休業、介護休業等育児又は家族介護を行う労働者の福祉に関する法律（平成三年法律第七十六号）その他政令で定める法令に基づく育児休業が終了したものについては、同月一日に、新健保法第七十一条ノ三ノ二（新健保法附則第八条第七項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定に基づく申出があったものとみなして、同月以後の期間のその者に係る保険料、新健保法附則第三条第一項に規定する特別保険料及び新健保法附則第八条第三項に規定する調整保険料について、新健保法第七十一条ノ三ノ二（新健保法附則第八条第七項において準用する場合を含む。）及び附則第三条第二項の規定を適用する。
<sup>suppl-4121-140/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4121-140/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4121-140/art-7/par-1</sup>
With regard to a person who, before January 1, 2001, made a request under the provisions of Article 76 of the Health Insurance Act prior to amendment by the provisions of Article 1, and whose childcare leave under the Act on Childcare Leave, Caregiver Leave, and Other Measures for the Welfare of Workers Caring for Children or Other Family Members (Act No. 76 of 1991) or other laws and regulations specified by Cabinet Order ended on or after the last day of that month, the person is deemed to have made a request under the provisions of Article 71-3-2 of the Revised Health Insurance Act (including where applied mutatis mutandis in Article 8, paragraph (7) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Revised Health Insurance Act) on the first day of that month, and the provisions of Article 71-3-2 of the Revised Health Insurance Act (including where applied mutatis mutandis in Article 8, paragraph (7) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Revised Health Insurance Act) and Article 3, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions apply with regard to the insurance premiums, the special insurance premiums prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Revised Health Insurance Act and the adjusted insurance premiums prescribed in Article 8, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Revised Health Insurance Act pertaining to that person for the period on or after that month.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4121-140/art-7/par-1: 新健保法附則第三条第一項 → 健康保険法 附則第三条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (1)), suppl-2111-70/art-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-2111-70/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-2111-70/art-3/par-1
- suppl-4121-140/art-7/par-1: 新健保法附則第八条第三項 → 健康保険法 附則第八条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8, paragraph (3)), suppl-2111-70/art-8/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-2111-70/art-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-2111-70/art-8/par-3

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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-20261010T183826-020, 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
