# 国民健康保険法 / National Health Insurance Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions)

- 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-3371-57`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-3371-57
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-3371-57
- Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it.
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## 附　則 昭和三七年三月三一日法律第五七号
<sup>suppl-3371-57 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-3371-57 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-3371-57</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、昭和三十七年四月一日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-3371-57/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-3371-57/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-3371-57/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on April 1, 1962.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  この法律の施行前に行なわれた療養の給付及びこの法律の施行前に行なわれた療養に係る療養費の支給に要する費用についての国庫の負担及び補助については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-3371-57/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-3371-57/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-3371-57/par-2</sup>
The provisions then in force continue to govern the burden and subsidies borne by the national treasury for the expenses required for benefits for medical treatment provided before this Act comes into effect and for payment of medical expenses pertaining to medical treatment given before this Act comes into effect.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 国民健康保険法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/333AC0000000192/20261001_507AC0000000087), 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-20261017T183826-012, 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