# 介護保険法 / Long-Term Care Insurance Act — 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)

- 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
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- Provision: 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)（検討） — address `suppl-4171-77/art-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4171-77/art-2
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4171-77/art-2
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### 第二条（検討） — Review
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<sup>suppl-4171-77/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4171-77/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4171-77/art-2</sup>

**第一項**  政府は、介護保険制度の被保険者及び保険給付を受けられる者の範囲について、社会保障に関する制度全般についての一体的な見直しと併せて検討を行い、その結果に基づいて、平成二十一年度を目途として所要の措置を講ずるものとする。
<sup>suppl-4171-77/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4171-77/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4171-77/art-2/par-1</sup>
The government is to conduct a review of the scope of Insured Persons under the long-term care insurance system and of persons who can receive insurance benefits, in conjunction with an integrated review of the entire system relating to social security, and, based on the results thereof, is to take required measures with fiscal year 2009 as the target.
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**第二項**  政府は、この法律の施行後三年を目途として、第三条の規定による改正後の介護保険法（以下「新介護保険法」という。）による予防給付及び地域支援事業について、その実施状況等を勘案し、費用に対するその効果の程度等の観点から検討を行い、その結果に基づいて所要の措置を講ずるものとする。
<sup>suppl-4171-77/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4171-77/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4171-77/art-2/par-2</sup>
The government is to, with three years after the enforcement of this Act as the target, conduct a review of the Prevention Benefit and Community Support Projects under the Long-Term Care Insurance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 3 (hereinafter referred to as the "New Long-Term Care Insurance Act"), taking into account the status of their implementation, etc., from the perspective of the degree of their effect relative to cost, etc., and take required measures based on the results.
<sup>machine translation, not official</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-20261018T212610-039, 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
