# 生活保護法 / Public Assistance Act — 第三十四条の二 (Article 34-2) - Law: 生活保護法 (Public Assistance Act), 昭和二十五年法律第百四十四号 - English title "Public Assistance 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: 第三十四条の二 (Article 34-2)（介護扶助の方法） — address `art-34-2` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-34-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-34-2 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三十四条の二（介護扶助の方法） — (Method of Long-Term Care Assistance) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-34-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-34-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-34-2 **第一項** 介護扶助は、現物給付によつて行うものとする。ただし、これによることができないとき、これによることが適当でないとき、その他保護の目的を達するために必要があるときは、金銭給付によつて行うことができる。 art-34-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-34-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-34-2/par-1 Long-term care assistance shall be provided by way of performance in kind; provided, however, that when this method cannot be used, when it is not appropriate to use this method, or when it is necessary in order to achieve the purpose of public assistance, long-term care assistance may be provided by way of performance in money. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項に規定する現物給付のうち、居宅介護（第十五条の二第二項に規定する居宅介護をいう。以下同じ。）、福祉用具の給付、施設介護、介護予防（同条第五項に規定する介護予防をいう。以下同じ。）、介護予防福祉用具及び介護予防・日常生活支援（同条第七項に規定する介護予防・日常生活支援をいう。第五十四条の二第一項において同じ。）の給付は、介護機関（その事業として居宅介護を行う者及びその事業として居宅介護支援計画（第十五条の二第三項に規定する居宅介護支援計画をいう。第五十四条の二第一項及び別表第二において同じ。）を作成する者、その事業として介護保険法第八条第十三項に規定する特定福祉用具販売を行う者（第五十四条の二第一項及び別表第二において「特定福祉用具販売事業者」という。）、地域密着型介護老人福祉施設、介護老人福祉施設、介護老人保健施設及び介護医療院、その事業として介護予防を行う者及びその事業として介護予防支援計画（第十五条の二第六項に規定する介護予防支援計画をいう。第五十四条の二第一項及び別表第二において同じ。）を作成する者、その事業として同法第八条の二第十一項に規定する特定介護予防福祉用具販売を行う者（第五十四条の二第一項及び別表第二において「特定介護予防福祉用具販売事業者」という。）並びに介護予防・日常生活支援事業者（その事業として同法第百十五条の四十五第一項第一号に規定する第一号事業を行う者をいう。以下同じ。）をいう。以下同じ。）であつて、第五十四条の二第一項の規定により指定を受けたもの（同条第二項本文の規定により同条第一項の指定を受けたものとみなされたものを含む。）にこれを委託して行うものとする。 art-34-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-34-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-34-2/par-2 Out of the performance in kind prescribed in the preceding paragraph, in-home care services (meaning the in-home care services prescribed in Article 15-2, paragraph (2); the same applies hereinafter), the furnishing of welfare equipment, facility care services, care prevention services (meaning the care prevention services prescribed in paragraph (5) of that Article; the same applies hereinafter), the furnishing of welfare equipment for care prevention, and care prevention and daily life support (meaning the care prevention and daily life support prescribed in paragraph (7) of that Article; the same applies in Article 54-2, paragraph (1)) shall be provided by way of entrusting such assistance to a long-term care provider (which means a person who provides in-home care services as his/her business, a person who prepares in-home care support plans (meaning the in-home care support plans prescribed in Article 15-2, paragraph (3); the same applies in Article 54-2, paragraph (1) and Appended Table 2) as his/her business, a person who sells specified welfare equipment prescribed in Article 8, paragraph (13) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act as his/her business (referred to as a "specified welfare equipment dealer" in Article 54-2, paragraph (1) and Appended Table 2), a Community-Based Facility for the Elderly Covered by Public Aid Requiring Long-Term Care, a Facility Covered by Public Aid Providing Long-Term Care to the Elderly, a long-term care health facility and an integrated facility for medical and long-term care, a person who provides care prevention services as his/her business, a person who prepares care prevention support plans (meaning the care prevention support plans prescribed in Article 15-2, paragraph (6); the same applies in Article 54-2, paragraph (1) and Appended Table 2) as his/her business, a person who sells specified welfare equipment for care prevention prescribed in Article 8-2, paragraph (11) of that Act as his/her business (referred to as a "specified care prevention welfare equipment dealer" in Article 54-2, paragraph (1) and Appended Table 2), and a care prevention and daily life support provider (meaning a person who conducts, as his/her business, a category 1 project prescribed in Article 115-45, paragraph (1), item (i) of that Act; the same applies hereinafter); the same applies hereinafter) who has been designated pursuant to the provisions of Article 54-2, paragraph (1) (including one that is deemed to have received the designation under paragraph (1) of that Article pursuant to the provisions of the main clause of paragraph (2) of that Article). machine translation, not official **第三項** 前条第七項及び第八項の規定は、介護扶助について準用する。 art-34-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-34-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-34-2/par-3 The provisions of paragraphs (7) and (8) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to long-term care assistance. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-34-2/par-2: 前項 → 生活保護法 第三十四条の二第一項 (Article 34-2, paragraph (1)), art-34-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-34-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-34-2/par-1 - art-34-2/par-2: 第十五条の二第二項 → 生活保護法 第十五条の二第二項 (Article 15-2, paragraph (2)), art-15-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-15-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-15-2/par-2 - art-34-2/par-2: 同条第五項 → 生活保護法 第十五条の二第五項 (Article 15-2, paragraph (5)), art-15-2/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-15-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-15-2/par-5 - art-34-2/par-2: 同条第七項 → 生活保護法 第十五条の二第七項 (Article 15-2, paragraph (7)), art-15-2/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-15-2/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-15-2/par-7 - art-34-2/par-2: 第五十四条の二第一項 → 生活保護法 第五十四条の二第一項 (Article 54-2, paragraph (1)), art-54-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-54-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-54-2/par-1 - art-34-2/par-2: 第十五条の二第三項 → 生活保護法 第十五条の二第三項 (Article 15-2, paragraph (3)), art-15-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-15-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-15-2/par-3 - art-34-2/par-2: 別表第二 → 生活保護法 別表第二 (Appended Table 2), appdx-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/appdx-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/appdx-2 - art-34-2/par-2: 介護保険法第八条第十三項 → 介護保険法 第八条第十三項 (Article 8, paragraph (13)), art-8/par-13 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-8/par-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-8/par-13 - art-34-2/par-2: 第十五条の二第六項 → 生活保護法 第十五条の二第六項 (Article 15-2, paragraph (6)), art-15-2/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-15-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-15-2/par-6 - art-34-2/par-2: 同法第八条の二第十一項 → 介護保険法 第八条の二第十一項 (Article 8-2, paragraph (11)), art-8-2/par-11 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-8-2/par-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-8-2/par-11 - art-34-2/par-2: 同法第百十五条の四十五第一項第一号 → 介護保険法 第百十五条の四十五第一項第一号 (Article 115-45, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-115-45/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-45/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-45/par-1/item-1 - art-34-2/par-2: 同条第二項 → 生活保護法 第五十四条の二第二項 (Article 54-2, paragraph (2)), art-54-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-54-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-54-2/par-2 - art-34-2/par-3: 前条第七項 → 生活保護法 第三十四条第七項 (Article 34, paragraph (7)), art-34/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-34/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-34/par-7 - art-34-2/par-3: 第八項 → 生活保護法 第三十四条第八項 (Article 34, paragraph (8)), art-34/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-34/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-34/par-8 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 生活保護法 第三十四条の二第二項（介護扶助の方法） — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-34-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-34-2/par-2 - 生活保護法 第三十七条の二第一項（保護の方法の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-37-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-37-2/par-1 - 生活保護法 附則第十五項（介護老人福祉施設に入所中の被保護者に対する保護の実施機関の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-3251-144/par-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-3251-144/par-15 - 生活保護法 附則第二十三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4231-72/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4231-72/art-23/par-1 - 生活保護法 別表第三 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/appdx-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/appdx-3 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 生活保護法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/325AC0000000144/20261001_507AC0000000087), retrieved 2026-10-19 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Public Assistance Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/24/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch public-assistance-act-20261019T143855-001, translated 2026-10-20 - This site's parser, version 210 — 生活保護法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19