# 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 / Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People — 第百二十四条の七 (Article 124-7)

- 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: 第百二十四条の七 (Article 124-7)（通知） — address `art-124-7`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-124-7
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-124-7
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### 第百二十四条の七（通知） — (Notification)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-124-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-124-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-124-7</sup>

    **第一項**  保険者は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、機構に対し、各年度における当該保険者に係る出産育児一時金等の支給に要する費用の額その他厚生労働省令で定める事項を通知しなければならない。
    <sup>art-124-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-124-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-124-7/par-1</sup>
    Insurers must, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, notify the Organization of the amount of expenses required for payment of lump-sum allowance for childbirth and childcare, etc. pertaining to the relevant Insurer in each fiscal year and other matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **第二項**  後期高齢者医療広域連合は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、機構に対し、各年度における当該後期高齢者医療広域連合に係る被保険者の数その他厚生労働省令で定める事項を通知しなければならない。
    <sup>art-124-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-124-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-124-7/par-2</sup>
    An Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older must, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, notify the Organization of the number of insured pertaining to the Association in each fiscal year and other matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

## Cited by

1 provision cites 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

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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-20261019T105826-005, 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
