# 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 / Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People — 第五条 (Article 5)

- 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: 第五条 (Article 5)（保険者の責務） — address `art-5`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第五条（保険者の責務） — (Responsibilities of Insurers)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-5</sup>

**第一項**  保険者は、加入者の高齢期における健康の保持のために必要な事業を積極的に推進するよう努めるとともに、高齢者医療制度の運営が健全かつ円滑に実施されるよう協力しなければならない。
<sup>art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-5/par-1</sup>
An insurer must endeavor to actively promote the services necessary for maintaining the health of its members in old age, and must cooperate so that the operation of the medical care system for the elderly is implemented in a sound and smooth manner.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</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 第六条第一項（医療の担い手等の責務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-6/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
- 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