# 国民健康保険法 / National Health Insurance Act — 第八十五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 85)

- 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: 第八十五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 85) — address `suppl-4171-123/art-85`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4171-123/art-85
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4171-123/art-85
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### 第八十五条
<sup>suppl-4171-123/art-85 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4171-123/art-85 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4171-123/art-85</sup>

**第一項**  当分の間、国民健康保険法第百十六条の二第一項中「又は施設」とあるのは「、施設又は住居」と、同項第三号中「又は」とあるのは「若しくは」と、「入所」とあるのは「入所又は同条第十八項に規定する共同生活援助を行う住居への入居」とする。
<sup>suppl-4171-123/art-85/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4171-123/art-85/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4171-123/art-85/par-1</sup>
For the time being, the phrase "clinic or facility" in Article 116-2, paragraph (1) of the National Health Insurance Act is deemed to be replaced with "clinic, facility or residence", the phrase "又は" (or) in item (iii) of that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "若しくは" (or, joining a smaller group of alternatives), and the phrase "admission" in that item is deemed to be replaced with "admission or move-in to a residence providing the group-home assistance prescribed in paragraph (18) of the same Article".
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  前項の規定により読み替えられた国民健康保険法第百十六条の二の規定は、同条第一項第三号に掲げる入所又は入居をすることにより、附則第一条第二号に掲げる規定の施行の日以後に当該施設又は住居の所在する場所に住所を変更したと認められる国民健康保険の被保険者であって、当該施設又は住居に入所又は入居をした際、当該施設又は住居が所在する市町村以外の市町村の区域内に住所を有していたと認められるものについて、適用する。
<sup>suppl-4171-123/art-85/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4171-123/art-85/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4171-123/art-85/par-2</sup>
The provisions of Article 116-2 of the National Health Insurance Act as replaced pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph apply to an insured person under the national health insurance program who is found to have changed their domicile, on or after the effective date of the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions, to the location of the facility or residence, by the admission or move-in set forth in paragraph (1), item (iii) of that Article, and who, at the time of admission or move-in to that facility or residence, is found to have been domiciled within the area of a Municipality other than the Municipality in which that facility or residence is located.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4171-123/art-85/par-2: 前項 → 国民健康保険法 附則第八十五条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 85, paragraph (1)), suppl-4171-123/art-85/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4171-123/art-85/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4171-123/art-85/par-1
- suppl-4171-123/art-85/par-2: 附則第一条第二号 → 国民健康保険法 附則第一条第一項第二号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (ii)), suppl-4171-123/art-1/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4171-123/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4171-123/art-1/par-1/item-2

## Cited by

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

- 国民健康保険法 附則第一条第一項第二号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4171-123/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4171-123/art-1/par-1/item-2
- 国民健康保険法 附則第八十五条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4171-123/art-85/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4171-123/art-85/par-2

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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-20261017T183826-027, 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
