# 介護保険法 / Long-Term Care Insurance Act — 第十一章 (Chapter 11) - Law: 介護保険法 (Long-Term Care Insurance Act), 平成九年法律第百二十三号 - English title "Long-Term Care 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: 第十一章 (Chapter 11) — address `ch-11` - Text: the text as amended with effect from 2027-04-01, standing until 2027-12-23 as now scheduled, since the next amendment's day is not fixed — NOT yet in force (revision 20270401_508AC0000000031) - URL (this text's page, at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000031/text/ch-11 - The same address in the text in force (its wording there may differ): https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/ch-11 - Every provision below carries its address and its place on this text's page on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). 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The Ministry's English is given only where this text's Japanese is a wording the Ministry translated — the same as the text in force, or for a text not yet in force, a wording it translated ahead; every other paragraph's English is machine translation. --- ## 第十一章　介護給付費等審査委員会 — Chapter XI Examination committee for Long-Term Care Benefit expenses, etc. heading: machine translation, not official ch-11 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000031/text/ch-11 ### 第百七十九条（給付費等審査委員会） — Examination committee for Long-Term Care Benefit expenses, etc. caption: machine translation, not official art-179 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000031/text/ch-11#art-179 **第一項** 第四十一条第十項（第四十二条の二第九項、第四十六条第七項、第四十八条第七項、第五十一条の三第八項、第五十三条第七項、第五十四条の二第九項、第五十八条第七項及び第六十一条の三第八項において準用する場合を含む。）並びに第百十五条の四十五の三第六項及び第百十五条の四十七第七項の規定による委託を受けて介護給付費請求書及び介護予防・日常生活支援総合事業費請求書の審査を行うため、連合会に、介護給付費等審査委員会（以下「給付費等審査委員会」という。）を置く。 art-179/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000031/text/ch-11#art-179/par-1 In order to conduct the examination of invoices for Long-Term Care Benefit expenses and invoices for Comprehensive Project for Long-Term Care Prevention and Daily Life Support expenses based on the entrustment pursuant to the provisions of Article 41, paragraph (10) (including a case applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 42-2, paragraph (9), Article 46, paragraph (7), Article 48, paragraph (7), Article 51-3, paragraph (8), Article 53, paragraph (7), Article 54-2, paragraph (9), Article 58, paragraph (7) and Article 61-3, paragraph (8)), and Article 115-45-3, paragraph (6) and Article 115-47, paragraph (7), an examination committee for Long-Term Care Benefit expenses, etc. (hereinafter referred to as "examination committee for Long-Term Care Benefit expenses, etc.") is to be established by an Association. machine translation, not official ### 第百八十条（給付費等審査委員会の組織） — Organization of examination committee for Long-Term Care Benefit expenses, etc. caption: machine translation, not official art-180 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000031/text/ch-11#art-180 **第一項** 給付費等審査委員会は、規約で定めるそれぞれ同数の介護給付等対象サービス担当者（指定居宅サービス、指定地域密着型サービス、指定居宅介護支援、指定施設サービス等、指定介護予防サービス、指定地域密着型介護予防サービス又は指定介護予防支援を担当する者をいう。第三項並びに次条第一項及び第二項において同じ。）又は介護予防・日常生活支援総合事業担当者（指定事業者において第一号事業を担当する者又は受託者において介護予防・日常生活支援総合事業を担当する者をいう。第三項及び次条第二項において同じ。）を代表する委員、市町村を代表する委員及び公益を代表する委員をもって組織する。 art-180/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000031/text/ch-11#art-180/par-1 An examination committee for Long-Term Care Benefit expenses, etc. is to be comprised of committee members that represent Persons in Charge of Service Covered by Long-Term Care Benefits, etc. (which means persons in charge of Designated In-Home Service, Designated Community-Based Service, Designated In-Home Long-Term Care Support, Designated Facility Service, etc., Designated Preventive Long-Term Care Service, Designated Community-Based Service for Preventive Long-Term Care, or Designated Preventive Long-Term Care Support; the same applies in paragraph (3) and paragraphs (1) and (2) of the following Article) or Persons in Charge of Comprehensive Project for Long-Term Care Prevention and Daily Life Support (which means persons in charge of a category 1 project at a Designated Provider or persons in charge of the Comprehensive Project for Long-Term Care Prevention and Daily Life Support at a trustee; the same applies in paragraph (3) and paragraph (2) of the following Article), committee members that represent Municipalities, and committee members that represent the public interest, with each group having the same number of committee members, as prescribed by the constitution. machine translation, not official **第二項** 委員は、連合会が委嘱する。 art-180/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000031/text/ch-11#art-180/par-2 Committee members are commissioned by an Association. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の委嘱は、介護給付等対象サービス担当者又は介護予防・日常生活支援総合事業担当者を代表する委員及び市町村を代表する委員については、それぞれ関係団体の推薦によって行わなければならない。 art-180/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000031/text/ch-11#art-180/par-3 The commission as set forth in the preceding paragraph, with regard to committee members who represent Persons in Charge of Service Covered by Long-Term Care Benefits, etc. or Persons in Charge of Comprehensive Project for Long-Term Care Prevention and Daily Life Support, and committee members who represent Municipalities, must be conducted by the nomination of concerned organizations, respectively. machine translation, not official ### 第百八十一条（給付費等審査委員会の権限） — Authority of examination committee for Long-Term Care Benefit expenses, etc. caption: machine translation, not official art-181 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000031/text/ch-11#art-181 **第一項** 給付費等審査委員会は、介護給付費請求書の審査を行うため必要があると認めるときは、都道府県知事の承認を得て、当該指定居宅サービス事業者、指定介護予防サービス事業者若しくは介護保険施設に対して、報告若しくは帳簿書類の提出若しくは提示を求め、又は当該指定居宅サービス事業者、指定介護予防サービス事業者若しくは介護保険施設の開設者若しくは管理者若しくはその長若しくは当該指定居宅サービスの事業若しくは指定介護予防サービスの事業に係る事業所若しくは介護保険施設における介護給付等対象サービス担当者に対して、出頭若しくは説明を求めることができる。 art-181/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000031/text/ch-11#art-181/par-1 An examination committee for Long-Term Care Benefit expenses, etc., when it is determined necessary for the examination of invoices for Long-Term Care Benefit expenses, after obtaining the approval of the prefectural governor, may request said Designated In-Home Service Provider, Designated Provider of Preventive Long-Term Care Service, or Facility Covered by Long-Term Care Insurance to report, or to submit or present record books and documents, or may request an Establisher or manager, or the head, of said Designated In-Home Service Provider, Designated Provider of Preventive Long-Term Care Service, or Facility Covered by Long-Term Care Insurance, or a Person in Charge of Service Covered by Long-Term Care Benefits, etc. at a Business Office pertaining to the business of said Designated In-Home Service or the business of Designated Preventive Long-Term Care Service or at a Facility Covered by Long-Term Care Insurance, to appear or provide an explanation. machine translation, not official **第二項** 給付費等審査委員会は、介護給付費請求書又は介護予防・日常生活支援総合事業費請求書の審査を行うため必要があると認めるときは、市町村長の承認を得て、当該指定地域密着型サービス事業者、指定居宅介護支援事業者、指定地域密着型介護予防サービス事業者若しくは指定介護予防支援事業者若しくは指定事業者若しくは受託者に対して、報告若しくは帳簿書類の提出若しくは提示を求め、又は当該指定地域密着型サービス事業者、指定居宅介護支援事業者、指定地域密着型介護予防サービス事業者若しくは指定介護予防支援事業者若しくは指定事業者若しくは受託者若しくは当該指定地域密着型サービスの事業、指定居宅介護支援の事業、指定地域密着型介護予防サービスの事業若しくは指定介護予防支援の事業に係る事業所における介護給付等対象サービス担当者若しくは指定事業者若しくは受託者における介護予防・日常生活支援総合事業担当者に対して、出頭若しくは説明を求めることができる。 art-181/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000031/text/ch-11#art-181/par-2 An examination committee for Long-Term Care Benefit expenses, etc., when it is determined necessary for the examination of invoices for Long-Term Care Benefit expenses or invoices for Comprehensive Project for Long-Term Care Prevention and Daily Life Support expenses, after obtaining the approval of the mayor of the Municipality, may request said Designated Community-Based Service Provider, Designated In-Home Long-Term Care Support Provider, Designated Provider of Community-Based Service for Preventive Long-Term Care, Designated Preventive Long-Term Care Support Provider, Designated Provider, or trustee to report, or to submit or present record books and documents, or may request said Designated Community-Based Service Provider, Designated In-Home Long-Term Care Support Provider, Designated Provider of Community-Based Service for Preventive Long-Term Care, Designated Preventive Long-Term Care Support Provider, Designated Provider, or trustee, or a Person in Charge of Service Covered by Long-Term Care Benefits, etc. at a Business Office pertaining to the business of said Designated Community-Based Service, the Designated In-Home Long-Term Care Support Business, the business of Designated Community-Based Service for Preventive Long-Term Care, or the business of Designated Preventive Long-Term Care Support, or a Person in Charge of Comprehensive Project for Long-Term Care Prevention and Daily Life Support at a Designated Provider or trustee, to appear or provide an explanation. machine translation, not official **第三項** 連合会は、前二項の規定により給付費等審査委員会に出頭した者に対し、旅費、日当及び宿泊料を支給しなければならない。ただし、当該指定居宅サービス事業者、指定介護予防サービス事業者、介護保険施設、指定地域密着型サービス事業者、指定居宅介護支援事業者、指定地域密着型介護予防サービス事業者若しくは指定介護予防支援事業者又は指定事業者若しくは受託者が提出した介護給付費請求書若しくは介護予防・日常生活支援総合事業費請求書又は帳簿書類の記載が不備又は不当であったため出頭を求められて出頭した者に対しては、この限りでない。 art-181/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000031/text/ch-11#art-181/par-3 An Association must pay the travel expenses, a daily allowance, and accommodation charges of a person that appears before an examination committee for Long-Term Care Benefit expenses, etc. pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, however, provided that this provision does not apply to those who appear pursuant to a request for appearance due to a defective or improper entry of an invoice for Long-Term Care Benefit expenses, an invoice for Comprehensive Project for Long-Term Care Prevention and Daily Life Support expenses, or the record books and documents that are submitted by said Designated In-Home Service Provider, Designated Provider of Preventive Long-Term Care Service, Facility Covered by Long-Term Care Insurance, Designated Community-Based Service Provider, Designated In-Home Long-Term Care Support Provider, Designated Provider of Community-Based Service for Preventive Long-Term Care, or Designated Preventive Long-Term Care Support Provider, or Designated Provider or trustee. machine translation, not official ### 第百八十二条（厚生労働省令への委任） — (Delegation to Order of Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-182 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000031/text/ch-11#art-182 **第一項** この章に規定するもののほか、給付費等審査委員会に関して必要な事項は、厚生労働省令で定める。 art-182/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000031/text/ch-11#art-182/par-1 In addition to those matters as provided in this Chapter, necessary matters for an examination committee for Long-Term Care Benefit expenses, etc. are determined by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-179/par-1: 第四十一条第十項 → 介護保険法 第四十一条第十項 (Article 41, paragraph (10)), art-41/par-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000031/text/ch-4/from-art-37#art-41/par-10 - art-179/par-1: 第四十二条の二第九項 → 介護保険法 第四十二条の二第九項 (Article 42-2, paragraph (9)), art-42-2/par-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000031/text/ch-4/from-art-42#art-42-2/par-9 - art-179/par-1: 第四十六条第七項 → 介護保険法 第四十六条第七項 (Article 46, paragraph (7)), art-46/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000031/text/ch-4/from-art-46#art-46/par-7 - art-179/par-1: 第四十八条第七項 → 介護保険法 第四十八条第七項 (Article 48, paragraph (7)), art-48/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000031/text/ch-4/from-art-46#art-48/par-7 - art-179/par-1: 第五十一条の三第八項 → 介護保険法 第五十一条の三第八項 (Article 51-3, paragraph (8)), art-51-3/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000031/text/ch-4/from-art-49-2#art-51-3/par-8 - art-179/par-1: 第五十三条第七項 → 介護保険法 第五十三条第七項 (Article 53, paragraph (7)), art-53/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000031/text/ch-4/from-art-52#art-53/par-7 - art-179/par-1: 第五十四条の二第九項 → 介護保険法 第五十四条の二第九項 (Article 54-2, paragraph (9)), art-54-2/par-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000031/text/ch-4/from-art-54-2#art-54-2/par-9 - art-179/par-1: 第五十八条第七項 → 介護保険法 第五十八条第七項 (Article 58, paragraph (7)), art-58/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000031/text/ch-4/from-art-55#art-58/par-7 - art-179/par-1: 第六十一条の三第八項 → 介護保険法 第六十一条の三第八項 (Article 61-3, paragraph (8)), art-61-3/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000031/text/ch-4/from-art-61-3#art-61-3/par-8 - art-179/par-1: 第百十五条の四十五の三第六項 → 介護保険法 第百十五条の四十五の三第六項 (Article 115-45-3, paragraph (6)), art-115-45-3/par-6 — 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