# 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)（国民健康保険法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — address `suppl-4271-31/art-3`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第三条（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-4271-31/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4271-31/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4271-31/art-3</sup>

**第一項**  附則第一条第三号に掲げる規定の施行の際現に第三条の規定による改正前の国民健康保険法（以下「第三号改正前国保法」という。）附則第十条第三項の規定により厚生労働大臣が定める国民健康保険組合は、第十条の規定による改正後の高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律（以下「第三号改正後高確法」という。）第七条第三項の規定により厚生労働大臣が定める国民健康保険組合とみなす。
<sup>suppl-4271-31/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4271-31/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4271-31/art-3/par-1</sup>
A National Health Insurance Society that, at the time of enforcement of the provisions listed in Article 1, item (iii) of the Supplementary Provisions, is specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare pursuant to Article 10, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the National Health Insurance Act prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 3 (hereinafter referred to as the "National Health Insurance Act Before the item (iii) Amendment") is deemed to be a National Health Insurance Society specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare pursuant to Article 7, paragraph (3) of the Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People as amended by the provisions of Article 10 (hereinafter referred to as the "item (iii) Amended Elderly Medical Care Assurance Act").
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4271-31/art-3/par-1: 附則第一条第三号 → 国民健康保険法 附則第一条第一項第三号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (iii)), suppl-4271-31/art-1/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4271-31/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4271-31/art-1/par-1/item-3

## Cited by

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

- 国民健康保険法 附則第一条第一項第三号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4271-31/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4271-31/art-1/par-1/item-3

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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-20261017T183826-036, 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
