# 国民健康保険法 / National Health Insurance Act — 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2) - 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: 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)（検討） — address `suppl-5081-31/art-2` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-5081-31/art-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-5081-31/art-2 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二条（検討） — Review caption: machine translation, not official suppl-5081-31/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-5081-31/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-5081-31/art-2 **第一項** 政府は、この法律の公布後において、持続可能な医療保険制度を実現する観点から、社会経済情勢の変化及び社会の要請に対応し、必要な保険給付等の適切な実施並びに世代間及び世代内の負担の公平性の確保を図るための更なる改革について速やかに検討を加え、その結果に基づいて所要の措置を講ずるものとする。 suppl-5081-31/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-5081-31/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-5081-31/art-2/par-1 After the promulgation of this Act, from the viewpoint of realizing a sustainable medical insurance system, the government is to promptly examine further reforms to ensure the appropriate implementation of necessary insurance benefits, etc. and fairness of burdens between and within generations, in response to changes in the socioeconomic situation and the needs of Society, and take required measures based on the results. machine translation, not official **第三項** 前項に定める事項のほか、政府は、この法律の施行後五年を目途として、この法律による改正後のそれぞれの法律（以下この項において「改正後の各法律」という。）の施行の状況等を勘案し、必要があると認めるときは、改正後の各法律の規定について検討を加え、その結果に基づいて所要の措置を講ずるものとする。 suppl-5081-31/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-5081-31/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-5081-31/art-2/par-3 In addition to the matters specified in the preceding paragraph, the government is to, with a target of five years after the enforcement of this Act, taking into account the conditions of enforcement, etc. of the respective Acts as amended by this Act (referred to as "the respective Acts as amended" in this paragraph), examine the provisions of the respective Acts as amended where it finds it necessary, and take required measures based on the results. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-5081-31/art-2/par-3: この項 → 国民健康保険法 附則第二条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (3)), suppl-5081-31/art-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-5081-31/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-5081-31/art-2/par-3 ## 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一号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-5081-31/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-5081-31/art-1/par-1/item-1 - 国民健康保険法 附則第二条第三項（検討） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-5081-31/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-5081-31/art-2/par-3 --- ## 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-20261017T183826-043, 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