# 国民健康保険法 / National Health Insurance Act — 第九章の二 (Chapter 9-2) - Law: 国民健康保険法 (National Health Insurance Act), 昭和三十三年法律第百九十二号 - English title "National Health 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: 第九章の二 (Chapter 9-2) — address `ch-9-2` - Text: the text as amended with effect from 2029-06-24 (On a day set by Cabinet Order, no later than 24 June 2029 — the amending law allows up to three years from promulgation. The exact day is not fixed yet.) — NOT yet in force (revision 20290624_508AC0000000051) - URL (this text's page, at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/amendments/20290624_508AC0000000051/text/ch-9-2 - The same address in the text in force (its wording there may differ): https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/ch-9-2 - Every provision below carries its address and its place on this text's page on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. The Ministry's English is given only where this text's Japanese is a wording the Ministry translated — the same as the text in force, or for a text not yet in force, a wording it translated ahead; every other paragraph's English is machine translation. --- ## 第九章の二　保健事業等に関する援助等 — Chapter IX-2 Assistance, etc. for Healthcare Services, etc. heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ch-9-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/amendments/20290624_508AC0000000051/text/ch-9-2 ### 第百四条（保健事業等に関する援助等） — (Assistance, etc. for Healthcare Services, etc.) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-104 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/amendments/20290624_508AC0000000051/text/ch-9-2#art-104 **第一項** 連合会及び指定法人は、国民健康保険事業の運営の安定化を図るため、市町村が行う第八十二条第一項及び第九項に規定する事業、療養の給付等に要する費用の適正化のための事業その他の事業（以下この条において「保健事業等」という。）に関する調査研究及び保健事業等の実施に係る市町村相互間の連絡調整を行うとともに、保健事業等に関し、専門的な技術又は知識を有する者の派遣、情報の提供、保健事業等の実施状況の分析及び評価その他の必要な援助を行うよう努めなければならない。 art-104/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/amendments/20290624_508AC0000000051/text/ch-9-2#art-104/par-1 Each Federation and each Designated Association must, in order to promote the stable operation of national health insurance services, endeavor to conduct research and study regarding the services set forth in paragraphs (1) and (9) of Article 82, services to make the cost incurred in providing benefits for medical treatment, etc. reasonable and other services provided by Municipalities (hereinafter referred to as "health services, etc." in this Article) and to carry out liaison and coordination among Municipalities involved in the implementation of health services, etc., as well as to dispatch persons with specialized skills and knowledge, to provide information, to analyze and evaluate the status of implementation of health services, etc., and to provide other necessary assistance for health services, etc. machine translation, not official ### 第百五条（国及び地方公共団体の措置） — (Measures by National and Local Governments) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-105 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/amendments/20290624_508AC0000000051/text/ch-9-2#art-105 **第一項** 国及び地方公共団体は、前条の規定により連合会又は指定法人が行う事業を促進するために必要な助言、情報の提供その他の措置を講ずるよう努めなければならない。 art-105/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/amendments/20290624_508AC0000000051/text/ch-9-2#art-105/par-1 The national and local governments must strive to give advice, provide information and take other measures necessary to promote the services provided by a Federation or Designated Association pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-104/par-1: 第八十二条第一項 → 国民健康保険法 第八十二条第一項 (Article 82, paragraph (1)), art-82/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/amendments/20290624_508AC0000000051/text/ch-6#art-82/par-1 - art-104/par-1: 第九項 → 国民健康保険法 第八十二条第九項 (Article 82, paragraph (9)), art-82/par-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/amendments/20290624_508AC0000000051/text/ch-6#art-82/par-9 - art-104/par-1: この条 → 国民健康保険法 第百四条 (Article 104), art-104 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/amendments/20290624_508AC0000000051/text/ch-9-2#art-104 - art-105/par-1: 前条 → 国民健康保険法 第百四条 (Article 104), art-104 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/amendments/20290624_508AC0000000051/text/ch-9-2#art-104 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 国民健康保険法 — the text as 令和八年法律第五十一号 leaves it, from a date not yet fixed (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/333AC0000000192/20290624_508AC0000000051), retrieved 2026-10-17 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — National Health Insurance Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2453/tb), retrieved 2026-10-17 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch national-health-insurance-act-20261017T183826-009, translated 2026-10-18 - This site's parser, version 209 — 国民健康保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-17