# 国民健康保険法 / National Health Insurance Act — 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3)

- 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
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- Provision: 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3) — address `suppl-4021-31/art-3`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4021-31/art-3
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4021-31/art-3
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### 第三条
<sup>suppl-4021-31/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4021-31/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4021-31/art-3</sup>

**第一項**  平成二年四月一日前に行われた療養の給付並びに同日前に支給された特定療養費、療養費及び高額療養費の支給に要する費用並びに平成元年度以前の年度の老人保健法（昭和五十七年法律第八十号）の規定による医療費拠出金の納付に要する費用についての国庫負担金、調整交付金及び補助金については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4021-31/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4021-31/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4021-31/art-3/par-1</sup>
The provisions then in force continue to govern the share of the national treasury, adjusting subsidies and subsidies for the expenses required for benefits for medical treatment provided before April 1, 1990 and for payment of specified medical expenses, medical expenses and high-cost medical expenses paid before that date, and for the expenses required for payment of medical expense contributions under the provisions of the Act on Health and Medical Services for the Elderly (Act No. 80 of 1982) for fiscal years up to and including fiscal 1989.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 国民健康保険法 附則第六条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4021-31/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4021-31/art-6/par-1

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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-20261017T183826-016, 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
