# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第十八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 18) - 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: 第十八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 18) — address `suppl-4181-83/art-18` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4181-83/art-18 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4181-83/art-18 - 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. --- ### 第十八条 suppl-4181-83/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4181-83/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4181-83/art-18 **第一項** 協会の成立の際現に厚生労働省設置法（平成十一年法律第九十七号）第四条第一項第九十四号に掲げる事務に関し国が有する権利及び義務は、政令で定めるものを除き、協会が承継する。 suppl-4181-83/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4181-83/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4181-83/art-18/par-1 The rights and obligations that the State holds at the time of the establishment of JHIA in relation to the affairs listed in Article 4, paragraph (1), item (xciv) of the Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (Act No. 97 of 1999) are succeeded to by JHIA, except for those specified by Cabinet Order. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項の規定により協会が国の有する権利及び義務を承継したときは、協会に承継される権利に係る資産で政令で定めるものの価額の合計額から、承継される義務に係る負債で政令で定めるものの価額の合計額を差し引いた額に相当する金額は、政令で定めるところにより、政府から協会に対し出資されたものとする。 suppl-4181-83/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4181-83/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4181-83/art-18/par-2 When JHIA has succeeded to the rights and obligations held by the national government pursuant to the preceding paragraph, an amount equivalent to the amount obtained by deducting the total value of the liabilities specified by Cabinet Order pertaining to the obligations to be succeeded to from the total value of the assets specified by Cabinet Order pertaining to the rights to be succeeded to by JHIA is deemed to have been contributed to JHIA by the government, as provided by Cabinet Order. machine translation, not official **第三項** 前項の資産の価額は、協会の成立の日現在における時価を基準として評価委員が評価した価額とする。 suppl-4181-83/art-18/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4181-83/art-18/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4181-83/art-18/par-3 The value of the assets referred to in the preceding paragraph is the value appraised by the appraisal committee members on the basis of the market price as of the day of JHIA's establishment. machine translation, not official **第四項** 前項の評価委員その他評価に関し必要な事項は、政令で定める。 suppl-4181-83/art-18/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4181-83/art-18/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4181-83/art-18/par-4 The appraisal committee members referred to in the preceding paragraph and other matters necessary for appraisal are specified by Cabinet Order. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4181-83/art-18/par-1: 厚生労働省設置法（平成十一年法律第九十七号）第四条第一項第九十四号 → e-Gov law 411AC0000000097, 第四条第一項第九十四号 (Article 4, paragraph (1), item (xciv)), art-4/par-1/item-94 — not held in this collection - suppl-4181-83/art-18/par-2: 前項 → 健康保険法 附則第十八条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 18, paragraph (1)), suppl-4181-83/art-18/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4181-83/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4181-83/art-18/par-1 - suppl-4181-83/art-18/par-3: 前項 → 健康保険法 附則第十八条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 18, paragraph (2)), suppl-4181-83/art-18/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4181-83/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4181-83/art-18/par-2 - suppl-4181-83/art-18/par-4: 前項 → 健康保険法 附則第十八条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 18, paragraph (3)), suppl-4181-83/art-18/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4181-83/art-18/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4181-83/art-18/par-3 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 健康保険法 第七条の五第一項（資本金） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-5/par-1 - 健康保険法 附則第一条第一項第五号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4181-83/art-1/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4181-83/art-1/par-1/item-5 - 健康保険法 附則第十八条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4181-83/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4181-83/art-18/par-2 - 健康保険法 附則第十八条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4181-83/art-18/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4181-83/art-18/par-3 - 健康保険法 附則第十八条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4181-83/art-18/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4181-83/art-18/par-4 - 健康保険法 附則第十九条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4181-83/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4181-83/art-19/par-1 - 健康保険法 附則第二十条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4181-83/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4181-83/art-20/par-1 - 健康保険法 附則第百三十三条第一項（その他の経過措置の政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4181-83/art-133/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4181-83/art-133/par-1 --- ## 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-20261010T183826-025, translated 2026-10-11 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch health-insurance-act-20261010T183826-026, 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