# 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 / Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People — 第百三十九条 (Article 139)

- 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
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- Provision: 第百三十九条 (Article 139)（機構の業務） — address `art-139`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第百三十九条（機構の業務） — Operations of the Organization
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-139 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-139 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-139</sup>

**第一項**  機構は、医療情報基盤・診療報酬審査支払機構法第十八条に規定する業務のほか、第一条に規定する目的を達成するため、次に掲げる業務を行う。
<sup>art-139/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-139/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-139/par-1</sup>
The Organization is to conduct operations listed in the following items in order to accomplish the purposes as prescribed in Article 1 in addition to operations as prescribed in Article 18 of the Medical Information Infrastructure and Medical Fee Examination and Payment Organization Act:
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  **一**  保険者（国民健康保険にあつては、都道府県。次条を除き、以下この章において同じ。）から前期高齢者納付金等を徴収し、保険者に対し前期高齢者交付金を交付する業務及びこれに附帯する業務
  <sup>art-139/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-139/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-139/par-1/item-1</sup>
  operations to collect Young-Old Payments, etc. from an Insurer (or a prefecture in the case of national health insurance; hereinafter the same applies in this Chapter, except in the following Article) and to provide Young-Old Grants to the Insurer, and operations incidental thereto;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **二**  保険者から後期高齢者支援金等を徴収し、後期高齢者医療広域連合に対し後期高齢者交付金を交付する業務及びこれに附帯する業務
  <sup>art-139/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-139/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-139/par-1/item-2</sup>
  services for collecting Medical Care Assistance for the Elderly Aged 75 and over, etc. from insurers and providing the Old-Old Subsidy to the Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older, and services incidental thereto;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **三**  後期高齢者医療広域連合から出産育児支援金を徴収し、保険者から出産育児関係事務費拠出金を徴収し、及び保険者に対し出産育児交付金を交付する業務並びにこれに附帯する業務
  <sup>art-139/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-139/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-139/par-1/item-3</sup>
  operations to collect childbirth and childcare support benefits from Associations of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older, to collect contributions for childbirth and childcare related office expenses from Insurers, and to provide childbirth and childcare grants to Insurers, and operations incidental thereto.
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**第二項**  機構は、前項の業務に支障のない限りにおいて、厚生労働大臣の認可を受けて、第一条に規定する目的の達成に資する事業を行うことができる。
<sup>art-139/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-139/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-139/par-2</sup>
The Organization may carry out activities that contribute to achieving the purpose prescribed in Article 1 with the authorization of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare to the extent that the activities set forth in the preceding paragraph are not hindered.
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**第三項**  前二項に規定する業務は、高齢者医療制度関係業務という。
<sup>art-139/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-139/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-139/par-3</sup>
The operations prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs are referred to as the operations related to the medical care system for the elderly.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-139/par-1: 第一条 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第一条 (Article 1), art-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-1
- art-139/par-1/item-1: 次条 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百四十条 (Article 140), art-140 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-140 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-140
- art-139/par-2: 前項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百三十九条第一項 (Article 139, paragraph (1)), art-139/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-139/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-139/par-1
- art-139/par-2: 第一条 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第一条 (Article 1), art-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-1
- art-139/par-3: 前二項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百三十九条第一項 (Article 139, paragraph (1)), art-139/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-139/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-139/par-1
- art-139/par-3: 前二項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百三十九条第二項 (Article 139, paragraph (2)), art-139/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-139/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-139/par-2

## Cited by

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

- 国民健康保険法 附則第五条第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-5051-31/art-5/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-5051-31/art-5/par-5
- 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第三十六条第一項（前期高齢者納付金等の徴収及び納付義務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-36/par-1
- 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第四十条第一項（前期高齢者関係事務費拠出金の額） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-40/par-1
- 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百十八条第一項（後期高齢者支援金等の徴収及び納付義務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-118/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-118/par-1
- 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百二十二条第一項（後期高齢者関係事務費拠出金の額） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-122/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-122/par-1
- 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（出産育児支援金の徴収及び納付義務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-124-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-124-2/par-1
- 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百二十四条の五第一項（出産育児関係事務費拠出金の徴収及び納付義務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-124-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-124-5/par-1
- 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百二十四条の六第一項（出産育児関係事務費拠出金の額） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-124-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-124-6/par-1
- 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百三十九条第二項（機構の業務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-139/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-139/par-2
- 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百三十九条第三項（機構の業務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-139/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-139/par-3
- 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百四十二条第一項（報告等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-142/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-142/par-1
- 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百四十二条第二項（報告等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-142/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-142/par-2
- 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百四十三条第一項（区分経理） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-143/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-143/par-1
- 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百四十六条第一項（利益及び損失の処理） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-146/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-146/par-1
- 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百四十六条第三項（利益及び損失の処理） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-146/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-146/par-3
- 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 附則第十一条第一項（病床転換助成事業に係る機構の業務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-3571-80/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-3571-80/art-11/par-1
- 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 附則第十一条第二項（病床転換助成事業に係る機構の業務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-3571-80/art-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-3571-80/art-11/par-2
- 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 附則第三十八条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4181-83/art-38/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4181-83/art-38/par-3
- 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 附則第三十八条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4181-83/art-38/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4181-83/art-38/par-4
- 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 附則第五条第五項（国民健康保険法等の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-5051-31/art-5/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-5051-31/art-5/par-5
- 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 附則第十二条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-5051-31/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-5051-31/art-12/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