# 介護保険法 / Long-Term Care Insurance Act — 第百七十九条 (Article 179) - 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: 第百七十九条 (Article 179)（給付費等審査委員会） — address `art-179` - 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-179 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-179 - 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/art-179 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/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/art-179/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/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 --- ## 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/art-41/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/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/art-42-2/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/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/art-46/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/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/art-48/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/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/art-51-3/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/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/art-53/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/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/art-54-2/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/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/art-58/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/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/art-61-3/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/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 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-45-3/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-45-3/par-6 - art-179/par-1: 第百十五条の四十七第七項 → 介護保険法 第百十五条の四十七第七項 (Article 115-47, paragraph (7)), art-115-47/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-47/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-47/par-7 --- ## 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch long-term-care-insurance-act-20261018T203319-040, translated 2026-10-19 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch long-term-care-insurance-act-20261019T014622-003, translated 2026-10-19 - This site's parser, version 209 — 介護保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-18