# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions)

- 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-4241-102`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4241-102
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4241-102
- 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.

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## 附　則 平成二四年一一月二六日法律第一〇二号
<sup>suppl-4241-102 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4241-102 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4241-102</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4241-102/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4241-102/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4241-102/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、社会保障の安定財源の確保等を図る税制の抜本的な改革を行うための消費税法の一部を改正する等の法律（平成二十四年法律第六十八号）附則第一条第二号に掲げる規定の施行の日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-4241-102/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4241-102/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4241-102/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect as of the date of enforcement of the provisions listed in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Consumption Tax Act, etc., and Other Matters to Carry Out a Drastic Reform of the Tax System for Securing Stable Financial Resources for Social Security, etc. (Act No. 68 of 2012).
<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-20261010T183826-033, 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