# 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
- 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: 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)（検討） — address `suppl-4181-83/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-4181-83/art-2
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4181-83/art-2
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### 第二条（検討） — Review
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<sup>suppl-4181-83/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4181-83/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4181-83/art-2</sup>

**第一項**
<sup>suppl-4181-83/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4181-83/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4181-83/art-2/par-1</sup>

**第三項**  政府は、入所者の状態に応じてふさわしいサービスを提供する観点から、介護保険法第八条第二十五項に規定する介護老人保健施設及び同条第二十四項に規定する介護老人福祉施設の基本的な在り方並びにこれらの施設の入所者に対する医療の提供の在り方の見直しを検討するとともに、介護保険施設等の設備及び運営に関する基準並びに利用者負担の在り方等について検討を加え、その結果に基づいて必要な措置を講ずるとともに、地域における適切な保健医療サービス及び福祉サービスの提供体制の整備の支援に努めるものとする。
<sup>suppl-4181-83/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4181-83/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4181-83/art-2/par-3</sup>
The government, from the perspective of providing services suited to the condition of residents, is to review the basic way in which Long-Term Care Health Facilities prescribed in Article 8, paragraph (25) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act and Facilities Covered by Public Aid Providing Long-Term Care to the Elderly prescribed in paragraph (24) of that Article ought to be, and the way in which medical care is provided to the residents of these facilities, and at the same time is to examine the standards for the equipment and operation of Facilities Covered by Long-Term Care Insurance, etc. and the way in which the burden on users ought to be, etc., take necessary measures based on the results, and endeavor to support the development of a system for providing appropriate health and medical services and welfare services in communities.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4181-83/art-2/par-3: 介護保険法第八条第二十五項 → 介護保険法 第八条第二十五項 (Article 8, paragraph (25)), art-8/par-25 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-8/par-25 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-8/par-25
- suppl-4181-83/art-2/par-3: 同条第二十四項 → 介護保険法 第八条第二十四項 (Article 8, paragraph (24)), art-8/par-24 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-8/par-24 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-8/par-24

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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-20261018T212610-040, 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
