# 介護保険法 / Long-Term Care Insurance Act — 第百二十九条 (Article 129) - 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: 第百二十九条 (Article 129)（保険料） — address `art-129` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-129 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-129 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百二十九条（保険料） — (Insurance Premiums) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-129 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-129 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-129 **第一項** 市町村は、介護保険事業に要する費用（財政安定化基金拠出金の納付に要する費用を含む。）に充てるため、保険料を徴収しなければならない。 art-129/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-129/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-129/par-1 A Municipality must collect insurance premiums in order to allocate these amounts to the disbursements necessary for an Insured Long-Term Care Project (including the disbursements necessary for payment of a Fiscal Stability Fund contribution). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の保険料は、第一号被保険者に対し、政令で定める基準に従い条例で定めるところにより算定された保険料率により算定された保険料額によって課する。 art-129/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-129/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-129/par-2 Insurance premiums as prescribed in the preceding paragraph are imposed upon a Primary Insured Person with the amount of an insurance premium calculated by the rate of an insurance premium that is calculated pursuant to the provisions of Order in accordance with the standards provided by a Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の保険料率は、市町村介護保険事業計画に定める介護給付等対象サービスの見込量等に基づいて算定した保険給付に要する費用の予想額、財政安定化基金拠出金の納付に要する費用の予想額、第百四十七条第一項第二号の規定による都道府県からの借入金の償還に要する費用の予定額並びに地域支援事業及び保健福祉事業に要する費用の予定額、第一号被保険者の所得の分布状況及びその見通し並びに国庫負担等の額等に照らし、おおむね三年を通じ財政の均衡を保つことができるものでなければならない。 art-129/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-129/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-129/par-3 The rate of an insurance premium as set forth in the preceding paragraph is to be determined in order to be able to maintain fiscal balance of revenue and expenses approximated through three years in consideration of the estimated amount of disbursements necessary for Insurance Benefits calculated based on the prospective volume, etc., of the Service Covered by Long-Term Care Benefits, etc., as prescribed in a Municipal Insured Long-Term Care Service Plan, the estimated amount of disbursements necessary for payment of a Fiscal Stability Fund contribution, the approximate amount of disbursements necessary for repayment of borrowings from a prefecture pursuant to the provisions of Article 147, paragraph (1), item (ii), and estimated amount of disbursements necessary for Community Support Projects and Health Care and Welfare Projects, the distribution of income of the Primary Insured Person group and said prospective amount, and the amount of national treasury impositions, etc. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 市町村は、第一項の規定にかかわらず、第二号被保険者からは保険料を徴収しない。 art-129/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-129/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-129/par-4 A Municipality, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), does not collect an insurance premium from a Secondary Insured Person. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-129/par-2: 前項 → 介護保険法 第百二十九条第一項 (Article 129, paragraph (1)), art-129/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-129/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-129/par-1 - art-129/par-3: 前項 → 介護保険法 第百二十九条第二項 (Article 129, paragraph (2)), art-129/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-129/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-129/par-2 - art-129/par-3: 第百四十七条第一項第二号 → 介護保険法 第百四十七条第一項第二号 (Article 147, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-147/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-147/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-147/par-1/item-2 - art-129/par-4: 第一項 → 介護保険法 第百二十九条第一項 (Article 129, paragraph (1)), art-129/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-129/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-129/par-1 ## Cited by 9 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 介護保険法 第百二十九条第二項（保険料） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-129/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-129/par-2 - 介護保険法 第百二十九条第三項（保険料） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-129/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-129/par-3 - 介護保険法 第百二十九条第四項（保険料） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-129/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-129/par-4 - 介護保険法 第百三十一条第一項（保険料の徴収の方法） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-131/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-131/par-1 - 介護保険法 第百四十八条第六項（市町村相互財政安定化事業） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-148/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-148/par-6 - 住民基本台帳法 別表第二 — https://japanlaw.org/en/residential-basic-book-act/appdx-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/appdx-2 - 住民基本台帳法 別表第四 — https://japanlaw.org/en/residential-basic-book-act/appdx-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/appdx-4 - 健康保険法 附則第八条第三項（承認健康保険組合） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-2111-70/art-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-2111-70/art-8/par-3 - 生活保護法 第三十七条の二第一項（保護の方法の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-37-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-37-2/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 介護保険法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/409AC0000000123/20261001_507AC0000000087), retrieved 2026-10-18 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Long-Term Care Insurance Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3807/tb), retrieved 2026-10-18 - This site's parser, version 209 — 介護保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-18