# 介護保険法 / Long-Term Care Insurance Act — 第四十条 (Article 40)

- 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: 第四十条 (Article 40)（介護給付の種類） — address `art-40`
- 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-40
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-40
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### 第四十条（介護給付の種類） — (Types of Long-Term Care Benefits)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-40 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-40 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-40</sup>

  **第一項**  介護給付は、次に掲げる保険給付とする。
  <sup>art-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-40/par-1</sup>
  A Long-Term Care Benefit is to be any of the insurance benefits listed below:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  居宅介護サービス費の支給
    <sup>art-40/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-40/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-40/par-1/item-1</sup>
    payment of an Allowance for In-Home Long-Term Care Service;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  特例居宅介護サービス費の支給
    <sup>art-40/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-40/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-40/par-1/item-2</sup>
    payment of an Exceptional Allowance for In-Home Long-Term Care Service;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **三**  地域密着型介護サービス費の支給
    <sup>art-40/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-40/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-40/par-1/item-3</sup>
    payment of an Allowance for Community-Based Long-Term Care Service;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **四**  特例地域密着型介護サービス費の支給
    <sup>art-40/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-40/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-40/par-1/item-4</sup>
    payment of an Exceptional Allowance for Community-Based Long-Term Care Service;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **五**  居宅介護福祉用具購入費の支給
    <sup>art-40/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-40/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-40/par-1/item-5</sup>
    payment of an Allowance for Purchasing Equipment for In-Home Long-Term Care Covered by Public Aid;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **六**  居宅介護住宅改修費の支給
    <sup>art-40/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-40/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-40/par-1/item-6</sup>
    payment of an Allowance for Home Modification for In-Home Long-Term Care;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **七**  居宅介護サービス計画費の支給
    <sup>art-40/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-40/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-40/par-1/item-7</sup>
    payment of an Allowance for In-Home Long-Term Care Service Plan;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **八**  特例居宅介護サービス計画費の支給
    <sup>art-40/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-40/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-40/par-1/item-8</sup>
    payment of an Exceptional Allowance for an In-Home Long-Term Care Service Plan;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **九**  施設介護サービス費の支給
    <sup>art-40/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-40/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-40/par-1/item-9</sup>
    payment of an Allowance for Long-Term Care Facility Service;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **十**  特例施設介護サービス費の支給
    <sup>art-40/par-1/item-10 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-40/par-1/item-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-40/par-1/item-10</sup>
    payment of an Exceptional Allowance for Long-Term Care Facility Service;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **十一**  高額介護サービス費の支給
    <sup>art-40/par-1/item-11 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-40/par-1/item-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-40/par-1/item-11</sup>
    payment of an Allowance for High-Cost Long-Term Care Service;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **十一の二**  高額医療合算介護サービス費の支給
    <sup>art-40/par-1/item-11-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-40/par-1/item-11-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-40/par-1/item-11-2</sup>
    payment of an Allowance for High-Cost Medical and Long-Term Care Service Combined;
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **十二**  特定入所者介護サービス費の支給
    <sup>art-40/par-1/item-12 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-40/par-1/item-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-40/par-1/item-12</sup>
    payment of an Allowance for Long-Term Care Service to a Person Admitted to a Specified Facility;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **十三**  特例特定入所者介護サービス費の支給
    <sup>art-40/par-1/item-13 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-40/par-1/item-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-40/par-1/item-13</sup>
    payment of an Exceptional Allowance for Long-Term Care Service to a Person Admitted to a Specified Facility.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## 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-20261018T212610-003, 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