# 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-4181-20`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4181-20
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4181-20
- Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it.
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## 附　則 平成一八年三月三一日法律第二〇号
<sup>suppl-4181-20 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4181-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4181-20</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4181-20/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4181-20/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4181-20/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、平成十八年四月一日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-4181-20/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4181-20/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4181-20/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on April 1, 2006.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第十五条（国民健康保険法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the National Health Insurance Act
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4181-20/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4181-20/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4181-20/art-15</sup>

**第一項**  前条の規定による改正後の国民健康保険法第百十六条の二第一項第六号の規定（入居に係る部分に限る。）は、施行日以後に同号に掲げる特定施設に入居をすることにより当該特定施設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、当該特定施設に入居をした際、当該特定施設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し、施行日前に当該特定施設に入居をすることにより当該特定施設の所在する場所に住所を変更したと認められる者については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4181-20/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4181-20/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4181-20/art-15/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Article 116-2, paragraph (1), item (vi) of the National Health Insurance Act as amended by the provisions of the preceding Article (limited to the part concerning move-in) apply to an insured person under the national health insurance program who is found to have changed their domicile to the location of the specified facility set forth in that item by moving into that specified facility on or after the date of enforcement, and who, at the time of moving into that specified facility, is found to have been domiciled within the area of a Municipality other than the Municipality in which that specified facility is located, and the provisions then in force continue to govern a person who is found to have changed their domicile to the location of that specified facility by moving into that specified facility before the date of enforcement.
<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-20261017T183826-028, 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
