# 介護保険法 / Long-Term Care Insurance Act — 第四十六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 46)

- 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: 第四十六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 46)（検討） — address `suppl-4231-37/art-46`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第四十六条（検討） — Review
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<sup>suppl-4231-37/art-46 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4231-37/art-46 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4231-37/art-46</sup>

**第一項**  政府は、新児童福祉法第二十一条の五の十八、第二十四条の十二及び第四十五条、新老人福祉法第十七条、新介護保険法第四十二条、第五十四条、第七十四条、第七十八条の四、第八十八条、第九十七条、第百十五条の四及び第百十五条の十四、改正後旧介護保険法第百十条、新障害者自立支援法第三十条、第四十三条、第四十四条、第八十条及び第八十四条並びに第二十条の規定による改正後の就学前の子どもに関する教育、保育等の総合的な提供の推進に関する法律第三条の規定並びに附則第四条の規定の施行の状況等を勘案し、これらの規定に規定する基準及びこれらの規定に基づき国の行政機関の長が定める基準の在り方について検討を加え、必要があると認めるときは、その結果に基づいて必要な措置を講ずるものとする。
<sup>suppl-4231-37/art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4231-37/art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4231-37/art-46/par-1</sup>
The government is to, taking into consideration the condition, etc., of enforcement of the provisions of Article 21-5-18, Article 24-12 and Article 45 of the New Child Welfare Act, Article 17 of the New Act on Social Welfare for the Elderly, Article 42, Article 54, Article 74, Article 78-4, Article 88, Article 97, Article 115-4 and Article 115-14 of the New Long-Term Care Insurance Act, Article 110 of the Former Long-Term Care Insurance Act as Amended, Article 30, Article 43, Article 44, Article 80 and Article 84 of the New Act for Supporting Independence of Persons with Disabilities, and Article 3 of the Act on Advancement of Comprehensive Service Related to Education, Child Care, etc. of Preschool Children as amended by the provisions of Article 20, and of the provisions of Article 4 of the Supplementary Provisions, review how the standards prescribed in those provisions and the standards established by the head of a national administrative organ based on those provisions ought to be, and, when it finds it necessary, is to take the necessary measures based on the results.
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## Cites
- suppl-4231-37/art-46/par-1: 新介護保険法第四十二条 → 介護保険法 第四十二条 (Article 42), art-42 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-42 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-42
- suppl-4231-37/art-46/par-1: 第五十四条 → 介護保険法 第五十四条 (Article 54), art-54 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-54 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-54
- suppl-4231-37/art-46/par-1: 第七十四条 → 介護保険法 第七十四条 (Article 74), art-74 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-74 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-74
- suppl-4231-37/art-46/par-1: 第七十八条の四 → 介護保険法 第七十八条の四 (Article 78-4), art-78-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-78-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-78-4
- suppl-4231-37/art-46/par-1: 第八十八条 → 介護保険法 第八十八条 (Article 88), art-88 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-88 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-88
- suppl-4231-37/art-46/par-1: 第九十七条 → 介護保険法 第九十七条 (Article 97), art-97 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-97 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-97
- suppl-4231-37/art-46/par-1: 第百十五条の四 → 介護保険法 第百十五条の四 (Article 115-4), art-115-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-4
- suppl-4231-37/art-46/par-1: 第百十五条の十四 → 介護保険法 第百十五条の十四 (Article 115-14), art-115-14 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-14

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 介護保険法 附則第一条第一項第二号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4231-37/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4231-37/art-1/par-1/item-2
- 介護保険法 附則第六条第一項（介護保険法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4231-37/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4231-37/art-6/par-1

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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-20261018T212610-043, 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
