# 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 / Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People — 第百十七条 (Article 117) - Law: 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 (Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People), 昭和五十七年法律第八十号 - English title "Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People": 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: 第百十七条 (Article 117) — address `art-117` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-117 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-117 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百十七条 art-117 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-117 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-117 **第一項** 指定法人は、政令で定めるところにより、著しく高額な医療に関する給付の発生が後期高齢者医療の財政に与える影響を緩和するため、後期高齢者医療広域連合に対して被保険者に係る著しく高額な医療に関する給付に係る交付金を交付する事業（以下「特別高額医療費共同事業」という。）を行うものとする。 art-117/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-117/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-117/par-1 A designated corporation, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, in order to mitigate the impact of the occurrence of benefits related to extremely expensive medical care on the finances of medical care for the elderly, is to implement a project to provide Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older with grants related to benefits related to extremely expensive medical care pertaining to insured (hereinafter referred to as a "special joint high medical care cost project"). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 指定法人は、特別高額医療費共同事業に要する費用に充てるため、政令で定めるところにより、後期高齢者医療広域連合から拠出金を徴収する。 art-117/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-117/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-117/par-2 Designated Corporations, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, collect contributions from the Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older to cover the expenses required for the Special high medical care cost Joint Enterprise. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 後期高齢者医療広域連合は、前項の規定による拠出金を納付する義務を負う。 art-117/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-117/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-117/par-3 A Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older is liable to pay contributions pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-117/par-3: 前項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百十七条第二項 (Article 117, paragraph (2)), art-117/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-117/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-117/par-2 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百四条第一項（保険料） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-104/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-104/par-1 - 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百四条第三項（保険料） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-104/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-104/par-3 - 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百十六条第二項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-116/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-116/par-2/item-1 - 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百十六条第二項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-116/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-116/par-2/item-2 - 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百十六条第二項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-116/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-116/par-2/item-3 - 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百十六条第二項第四号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-116/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-116/par-2/item-4 - 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百十七条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-117/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-117/par-3 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/357AC0000000080/20261001_507AC0000000087), retrieved 2026-10-19 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4903/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19 - This site's parser, version 209 — 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19