# 介護保険法 / Long-Term Care Insurance Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions)

- 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-5011-26`
- 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-5011-26
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-5011-26
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## 附　則 令和元年六月七日法律第二六号
<sup>suppl-5011-26 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-5011-26 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-5011-26</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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<sup>suppl-5011-26/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-5011-26/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-5011-26/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、公布の日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-5011-26/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-5011-26/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-5011-26/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect on the dates specified in those items:
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  **一から三まで**  略
  <sup>suppl-5011-26/art-1/par-1/item-1-to-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-5011-26/art-1/par-1/item-1-to-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-5011-26/art-1/par-1/item-1-to-3</sup>
  Omitted
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  **四**  第十条の規定及び次条の規定　平成三十三年四月一日
  <sup>suppl-5011-26/art-1/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-5011-26/art-1/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-5011-26/art-1/par-1/item-4</sup>
  The provisions of Article 10 and the provisions of the following Article: April 1, 2021.
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### 第二条（介護保険法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act
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<sup>suppl-5011-26/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-5011-26/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-5011-26/art-2</sup>

**第一項**  前条第四号に掲げる規定の施行の日（以下この条において「第四号施行日」という。）前に第十条の規定による改正前の介護保険法（以下この条において「旧介護保険法」という。）の規定によりされた命令その他の行為（以下この項において「命令等の行為」という。）又は同号に掲げる規定の施行の際現に旧介護保険法の規定によりされている届出その他の行為（以下この項において「届出等の行為」という。）で、第四号施行日においてこれらの行為に係る行政事務を行うべき者が異なることとなるものは、第四号施行日以後における第十条の規定による改正後の介護保険法（以下この条において「新介護保険法」という。）の適用については、新介護保険法の相当規定によりされた命令等の行為又は届出等の行為とみなす。
<sup>suppl-5011-26/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-5011-26/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-5011-26/art-2/par-1</sup>
Where an order or other act (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as an "order or other act") made pursuant to the provisions of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act prior to amendment by the provisions of Article 10 (hereinafter in this Article referred to as the "Former Long-Term Care Insurance Act") before the date of enforcement of the provisions listed in item (iv) of the preceding Article (hereinafter in this Article referred to as the "item (iv) Effective Date"), or a notification or other act (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as a "notification or other act") that is pending, at the time of enforcement of the provisions listed in that item, under the provisions of the Former Long-Term Care Insurance Act, is such that the person who is to handle the administrative affairs pertaining to those acts will be different on the item (iv) Effective Date, that act is deemed, with regard to the application of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 10 (hereinafter in this Article referred to as the "New Long-Term Care Insurance Act") on or after the item (iv) Effective Date, to be an order or other act or a notification or other act made pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the New Long-Term Care Insurance Act.
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**第二項**  第四号施行日前に旧介護保険法の規定により都道府県に対し、届出その他の手続をしなければならない事項で、第四号施行日前にその手続がされていないものについては、これを、新介護保険法の相当規定により地方自治法（昭和二十二年法律第六十七号）第二百五十二条の二十二第一項の中核市に対して届出その他の手続をしなければならない事項についてその手続がされていないものとみなして、新介護保険法の規定を適用する。
<sup>suppl-5011-26/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-5011-26/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-5011-26/art-2/par-2</sup>
With regard to matters for which a notification or other procedure must be carried out with a prefecture pursuant to the provisions of the Former Long-Term Care Insurance Act before the item (iv) Effective Date and for which that procedure has not been carried out before the item (iv) Effective Date, the provisions of the New Long-Term Care Insurance Act apply by deeming those matters to be matters for which a notification or other procedure must be carried out with a core city prescribed in Article 252-22, paragraph (1) of the Local Autonomy Act (Act No. 67 of 1947) pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the New Long-Term Care Insurance Act and for which that procedure has not been carried out.
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### 第四条（政令への委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order
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<sup>suppl-5011-26/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-5011-26/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-5011-26/art-4</sup>

**第一項**  前二条に規定するもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置（罰則に関する経過措置を含む。）は、政令で定める。
<sup>suppl-5011-26/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-5011-26/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-5011-26/art-4/par-1</sup>
Beyond what is provided for in the preceding two Articles, transitional measures necessary for the enforcement of this Act (including transitional measures concerning penal provisions) are specified by Cabinet Order.
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## Cites
- suppl-5011-26/art-1/par-1/item-4: 次条 → 介護保険法 附則第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2), suppl-5011-26/art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-5011-26/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-5011-26/art-2
- suppl-5011-26/art-2/par-1: 前条第四号 → 介護保険法 附則第一条第一項第四号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (iv)), suppl-5011-26/art-1/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-5011-26/art-1/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-5011-26/art-1/par-1/item-4
- suppl-5011-26/art-2/par-1: この条 → 介護保険法 附則第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2), suppl-5011-26/art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-5011-26/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-5011-26/art-2
- suppl-5011-26/art-2/par-1: この項 → 介護保険法 附則第二条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)), suppl-5011-26/art-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-5011-26/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-5011-26/art-2/par-1
- suppl-5011-26/art-2/par-2: 地方自治法（昭和二十二年法律第六十七号）第二百五十二条の二十二第一項 → e-Gov law 322AC0000000067, 第二百五十二条の二十二第一項 (Article 252-22, paragraph (1)), art-252-22/par-1 — not held in this collection

## 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四号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-5011-26/art-1/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-5011-26/art-1/par-1/item-4
- 介護保険法 附則第二条第一項（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-5011-26/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-5011-26/art-2/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-20261018T212610-049, 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
