# 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 / Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People — 第百二十四条の四 (Article 124-4)

- 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: 第百二十四条の四 (Article 124-4)（出産育児交付金） — address `art-124-4`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-124-4
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### 第百二十四条の四（出産育児交付金） — (Childbirth and Childcare Grants)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-124-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-124-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-124-4</sup>

    **第一項**  機構は、出産育児一時金等の支給に要する費用の一部に充てるため、保険者に対して、出産育児交付金を交付する。
    <sup>art-124-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-124-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-124-4/par-1</sup>
    The Organization provides childbirth and childcare grants to Insurers in order to cover part of the expenses required for payment of lump-sum allowance for childbirth and childcare, etc.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **第二項**  前項の出産育児交付金は、第百二十四条の二第一項の規定により機構が徴収する出産育児支援金をもつて充てる。
    <sup>art-124-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-124-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-124-4/par-2</sup>
    The childbirth and childcare grants referred to in the preceding paragraph are to be covered by the childbirth and childcare support benefits collected by the Organization pursuant to the provisions of Article 124-2, paragraph (1).
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **第三項**  第一項の規定により各保険者に対して交付される出産育児交付金の額は、医療保険各法の規定により算定される額とする。
    <sup>art-124-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-124-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-124-4/par-3</sup>
    The amount of childbirth and childcare grant to be granted to each insurer pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) is the amount calculated pursuant to the provisions of the Medical Insurance Acts.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-124-4/par-2: 前項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百二十四条の四第一項 (Article 124-4, paragraph (1)), art-124-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-124-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-124-4/par-1
- art-124-4/par-2: 第百二十四条の二第一項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百二十四条の二第一項 (Article 124-2, paragraph (1)), art-124-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-124-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-124-2/par-1
- art-124-4/par-3: 第一項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百二十四条の四第一項 (Article 124-4, paragraph (1)), art-124-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-124-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-124-4/par-1

## Cited by

6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 健康保険法 第百五十二条の二第一項（出産育児交付金） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-152-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-152-2/par-1
- 国民健康保険法 第七十三条の二第一項（出産育児交付金） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-73-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-73-2/par-1
- 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百二十四条の三第一項（出産育児支援金の額） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-124-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-124-3/par-1
- 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百二十四条の四第二項（出産育児交付金） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-124-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-124-4/par-2
- 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百二十四条の四第三項（出産育児交付金） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-124-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-124-4/par-3
- 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百二十四条の九第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-124-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-124-9/par-2

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## 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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch elderly-medical-care-act-20261019T112331-004, translated 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