# 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 / Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People — 第十三条 (Article 13) - 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: 第十三条 (Article 13)（診療報酬に係る意見の提出等） — address `art-13` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-13 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-13 - 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. --- ### 第十三条（診療報酬に係る意見の提出等） — (Submission of Opinions on Medical Fees) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-13 **第一項** 都道府県は、前条第一項の評価の結果、第九条第二項第二号の目標の達成のために必要があると認めるときは、厚生労働大臣に対し、健康保険法第七十六条第二項の規定による定め及び同法第八十八条第四項の規定による定め並びに第七十一条第一項に規定する療養の給付に要する費用の額の算定に関する基準及び第七十八条第四項に規定する厚生労働大臣が定める基準（次項及び次条第一項において「診療報酬」という。）に関する意見を提出することができる。 art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-13/par-1 If a prefecture finds it necessary for achieving the goals set forth in Article 9, paragraph (2), item (ii) as a result of the evaluation referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the prefecture may submit to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare its opinions on the provisions under Article 76, paragraph (2) of the Health Insurance Act, the provisions under Article 88, paragraph (4) of the same Act, the standards for calculating the amount of expenses required for benefits for medical treatment provided in Article 71, paragraph (1), and the standards specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare provided in Article 78, paragraph (4) (referred to as "medical fees" in the following paragraph and paragraph (1) of the following Article). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 厚生労働大臣は、前項の規定により都道府県から意見が提出されたときは、当該意見に配慮して、診療報酬を定めるように努めなければならない。 art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-13/par-2 When the prefectural government submits its opinions pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must endeavor to determine the medical fees in consideration of the opinions. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-13/par-1: 前条第一項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第十二条第一項 (Article 12, paragraph (1)), art-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-12/par-1 - art-13/par-1: 第九条第二項第二号 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第九条第二項第二号 (Article 9, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-9/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-9/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-9/par-2/item-2 - art-13/par-1: 健康保険法第七十六条第二項 → 健康保険法 第七十六条第二項 (Article 76, paragraph (2)), art-76/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-76/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-76/par-2 - art-13/par-1: 同法第八十八条第四項 → 健康保険法 第八十八条第四項 (Article 88, paragraph (4)), art-88/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-88/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-88/par-4 - art-13/par-1: 第七十一条第一項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第七十一条第一項 (Article 71, paragraph (1)), art-71/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-71/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-71/par-1 - art-13/par-1: 第七十八条第四項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第七十八条第四項 (Article 78, paragraph (4)), art-78/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-78/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-78/par-4 - art-13/par-1: 次項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第十三条第二項 (Article 13, paragraph (2)), art-13/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-13/par-2 - art-13/par-1: 次条第一項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第十四条第一項 (Article 14, paragraph (1)), art-14/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-14/par-1 - art-13/par-2: 前項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第十三条第一項 (Article 13, paragraph (1)), art-13/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-13/par-1 ## Cited by 4 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 第四条第二項（地方公共団体の責務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-4/par-2 - 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第十三条第一項（診療報酬に係る意見の提出等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-13/par-1 - 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第十三条第二項（診療報酬に係る意見の提出等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-13/par-2 - 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 附則第二十五条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4271-31/art-25/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4271-31/art-25/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