# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1) - 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: 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)（施行期日） — address `suppl-4271-31/art-1` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4271-31/art-1 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4271-31/art-1 - 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. --- ### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4271-31/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4271-31/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4271-31/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、平成三十年四月一日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、それぞれ当該各号に定める日から施行する。 suppl-4271-31/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4271-31/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4271-31/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect on April 1, 2018; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the days specified respectively in those items. machine translation, not official **一** 第一条の規定、第五条中健康保険法第九十条第二項及び第九十五条第六号の改正規定、同法第百五十三条第一項の改正規定、同法附則第四条の四の改正規定、同法附則第五条の改正規定、同法附則第五条の二の改正規定、同法附則第五条の三の改正規定並びに同条の次に四条を加える改正規定、第七条中船員保険法第七十条第四項の改正規定及び同法第八十五条第二項第三号の改正規定、第八条の規定並びに第十二条中社会保険診療報酬支払基金法第十五条第二項の改正規定並びに次条第一項並びに附則第六条から第九条まで、第十五条、第十八条、第二十六条、第五十九条、第六十二条及び第六十七条から第六十九条までの規定　公布の日 suppl-4271-31/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4271-31/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4271-31/art-1/par-1/item-1 the provisions of Article 1, the provisions in Article 5 amending Article 90, paragraph (2) and Article 95, item (vi) of the Health Insurance Act, the provisions amending Article 153, paragraph (1) of that Act, the provisions amending Article 4-4 of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act, the provisions amending Article 5 of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act, the provisions amending Article 5-2 of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act, the provisions amending Article 5-3 of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act and the provisions adding four Articles after that Article, the provisions in Article 7 amending Article 70, paragraph (4) of the Mariners Insurance Act and the provisions amending Article 85, paragraph (2), item (iii) of that Act, the provisions of Article 8, and the provisions in Article 12 amending Article 15, paragraph (2) of the Act on Social Insurance Medical Fee Payment Fund, and the provisions of paragraph (1) of the following Article and Articles 6 through 9, Article 15, Article 18, Article 26, Article 59, Article 62, and Articles 67 through 69 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation; machine translation, not official **二** 第二条、第五条（前号に掲げる改正規定を除く。）、第七条（前号に掲げる改正規定を除く。）、第九条、第十二条（前号に掲げる改正規定を除く。）及び第十四条の規定並びに附則第十六条、第十七条、第十九条、第二十一条から第二十五条まで、第三十三条から第四十四条まで、第四十七条から第五十一条まで、第五十六条、第五十八条及び第六十四条の規定　平成二十八年四月一日 suppl-4271-31/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4271-31/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4271-31/art-1/par-1/item-2 the provisions of Article 2, Article 5 (excluding the amending provisions set forth in the preceding item), Article 7 (excluding the amending provisions set forth in the preceding item), Article 9, Article 12 (excluding the amending provisions set forth in the preceding item) and Article 14, and the provisions of Articles 16, 17 and 19, Articles 21 through 25, Articles 33 through 44, Articles 47 through 51, and Articles 56, 58 and 64 of the Supplementary Provisions: April 1, 2016; machine translation, not official **三** 第三条、第六条及び第十条の規定並びに附則第三条、第四条、第二十条、第二十七条及び第二十八条の規定、附則第五十三条中介護保険法附則第十一条の改正規定並びに附則第六十条、第六十三条及び第六十六条の規定　平成二十九年四月一日 suppl-4271-31/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4271-31/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4271-31/art-1/par-1/item-3 the provisions of Articles 3, 6 and 10, and the provisions of Articles 3, 4, 20, 27 and 28 of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions in Article 53 of the Supplementary Provisions amending Article 11 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act, and the provisions of Articles 60, 63 and 66 of the Supplementary Provisions: April 1, 2017. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4271-31/art-1/par-1/item-1: 次条第一項 → 健康保険法 附則第二条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)), suppl-4271-31/art-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4271-31/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4271-31/art-2/par-1 - suppl-4271-31/art-1/par-1/item-1: 第十五条 → 健康保険法 附則第十五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 15), suppl-4271-31/art-15 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4271-31/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4271-31/art-15 - suppl-4271-31/art-1/par-1/item-1: 第十八条 → 健康保険法 附則第十八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 18), suppl-4271-31/art-18 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4271-31/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4271-31/art-18 - suppl-4271-31/art-1/par-1/item-1: 第六十七条から第六十九条まで → 健康保険法 附則第六十八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 68), suppl-4271-31/art-68 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4271-31/art-68 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4271-31/art-68 - suppl-4271-31/art-1/par-1/item-1: 第六十七条から第六十九条まで → 健康保険法 附則第六十九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 69), suppl-4271-31/art-69 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4271-31/art-69 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4271-31/art-69 - suppl-4271-31/art-1/par-1/item-2: 前号 → 健康保険法 附則第一条第一項第一号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (i)), suppl-4271-31/art-1/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4271-31/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4271-31/art-1/par-1/item-1 - suppl-4271-31/art-1/par-1/item-2: 附則第十六条 → 健康保険法 附則第十六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 16), suppl-4271-31/art-16 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4271-31/art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4271-31/art-16 - suppl-4271-31/art-1/par-1/item-2: 第十七条 → 健康保険法 附則第十七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 17), suppl-4271-31/art-17 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4271-31/art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4271-31/art-17 - suppl-4271-31/art-1/par-1/item-2: 第十九条 → 健康保険法 附則第十九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 19), suppl-4271-31/art-19 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4271-31/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4271-31/art-19 - suppl-4271-31/art-1/par-1/item-3: 第二十条 → 健康保険法 附則第二十条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 20), suppl-4271-31/art-20 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4271-31/art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4271-31/art-20 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 健康保険法 附則第一条第一項第二号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4271-31/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4271-31/art-1/par-1/item-2 - 健康保険法 附則第十六条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4271-31/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4271-31/art-16/par-1 - 健康保険法 附則第六十八条第一項（罰則に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4271-31/art-68/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4271-31/art-68/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-20261010T183826-034, 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