# 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-5061-47/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-5061-47/art-1
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-5061-47/art-1
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### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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<sup>suppl-5061-47/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-5061-47/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-5061-47/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、令和六年十月一日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-5061-47/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-5061-47/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-5061-47/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on October 1, 2024; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect on the dates specified respectively in those items:
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  **一**  第四条中児童福祉法第二十五条の二の改正規定、第二十条の規定及び第二十一条中子ども・子育て支援法の一部を改正する法律附則第四条第一項の改正規定（「施行日から起算して五年を経過する日」を「令和十二年三月三十一日」に改める部分に限る。）並びに附則第四十六条の規定　この法律の公布の日
  <sup>suppl-5061-47/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-5061-47/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-5061-47/art-1/par-1/item-1</sup>
  The provisions of Article 4 revising Article 25-2 of the Child Welfare Act, the provisions of Article 20, and the provisions of Article 21 revising Article 4, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Act on Support for Children and Child-rearing (limited to the part revising "the day on which five years have elapsed from the effective date" to "March 31, 2030"); and the provisions of Article 46 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation of this Act.
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  **二から四まで**  略
  <sup>suppl-5061-47/art-1/par-1/item-2-to-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-5061-47/art-1/par-1/item-2-to-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-5061-47/art-1/par-1/item-2-to-4</sup>
  Omitted
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  **五**  次に掲げる規定　令和八年四月一日
  <sup>suppl-5061-47/art-1/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-5061-47/art-1/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-5061-47/art-1/par-1/item-5</sup>
  the following provisions: April 1, 2026;
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    **イ**  略
    <sup>suppl-5061-47/art-1/par-1/item-5/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-5061-47/art-1/par-1/item-5/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-5061-47/art-1/par-1/item-5/sub-1</sup>
    Omitted
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    **ロ**  第二条、第三条、第八条、第十四条及び第十五条の規定
    <sup>suppl-5061-47/art-1/par-1/item-5/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-5061-47/art-1/par-1/item-5/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-5061-47/art-1/par-1/item-5/sub-2</sup>
    the provisions of Articles 2, 3, 8, 14 and 15.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-5061-47/art-1/par-1/item-1: 附則第四十六条 → 健康保険法 附則第四十六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 46), suppl-5061-47/art-46 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-5061-47/art-46 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-5061-47/art-46

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 健康保険法 附則第四十七条第四項第二号（子ども・子育て支援納付金の導入に当たっての経過措置及び留意事項） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-5061-47/art-47/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-5061-47/art-47/par-4/item-2
- 健康保険法 附則第四十七条第四項第四号（子ども・子育て支援納付金の導入に当たっての経過措置及び留意事項） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-5061-47/art-47/par-4/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-5061-47/art-47/par-4/item-4

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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-20261010T183826-040, 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