# 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 / Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People — 第五十五条の二 (Article 55-2) - 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: 第五十五条の二 (Article 55-2)（国民健康保険法第百十六条の二の規定の適用を受ける者の特例） — address `art-55-2` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-55-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-55-2 - 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. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第五十五条の二（国民健康保険法第百十六条の二の規定の適用を受ける者の特例） — (Special Provisions for Persons Covered by the Provisions of Article 116-2 of the National Health Insurance Act) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-55-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-55-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-55-2 **第一項** 国民健康保険法第百十六条の二第一項及び第二項の規定の適用を受ける国民健康保険の被保険者であつて、これらの規定により住所を有するものとみなされた市町村（以下この項において「従前住所地市町村」という。）の加入する後期高齢者医療広域連合以外の後期高齢者医療広域連合の区域内に住所を有する者（第二号の場合においては、六十五歳以上七十五歳未満の者に限る。）が、次の各号のいずれかに該当するに至つた場合は、第五十条の規定にかかわらず、従前住所地市町村の加入する後期高齢者医療広域連合（第二号及び次項において「従前住所地後期高齢者医療広域連合」という。）が行う後期高齢者医療の被保険者とする。この場合において、当該被保険者は、第五十二条の規定にかかわらず、当該各号のいずれかに該当するに至つた日から、その資格を取得する。 art-55-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-55-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-55-2/par-1 When an insured of National Health Insurance to whom Article 116-2, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the National Health Insurance Act apply, and who has an address within the area of an Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older other than the Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older to which the municipality in which the insured is deemed to have an address pursuant to those provisions (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as the "municipality of the previous domicile") belongs (in the case of item (ii), limited to a person who is 65 years of age or older and less than 75 years of age), comes to fall under any of the following items, the person is, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 50, to be an insured for old-old medical care provided by the Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older to which the municipality of the previous domicile belongs (referred to as the "Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older of the previous domicile" in item (ii) and the following paragraph). In this case, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 52, the insured acquires the qualification from the day on which the insured comes to fall under any of those items. machine translation, not official **一** 七十五歳に達したとき。 art-55-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-55-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-55-2/par-1/item-1 when the person has reached 75 years of age; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、第五十条第二号の政令で定める程度の障害の状態にある旨の従前住所地後期高齢者医療広域連合の認定を受けたとき。 art-55-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-55-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-55-2/par-1/item-2 if the person has been certified by the Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older of the previous domicile as having a disability of a degree of severity specified by Cabinet Order as referred to in Article 50, item (ii), pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "if the person has been certified by the Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older of the previous domicile as having a disability of a degree of severity specified by Cabinet Order as referred to in Article 50, item (ii), pursuant to the provisions of Prefectural or Municipal Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4903/tb **第二項** 前条の規定は、前項の規定により従前住所地後期高齢者医療広域連合が行う後期高齢者医療の被保険者とされる者について準用する。この場合において、必要な技術的読替えは、政令で定める。 art-55-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-55-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-55-2/par-2 The provisions of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to a person who is deemed to be an insured for Old-Old Healthcare provided by the Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older of the Previous Domicile pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph. In this case, the necessary technical replacement of terms is specified by Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The provisions of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to a person who is deemed to be a insured for Old-Old Healthcare provided by the Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older of the Previous Domicile pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph. In this case, the necessary technical replacement of terms is specified by Cabinet Order." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4903/tb --- ## Cites - art-55-2: 国民健康保険法第百十六条の二 → 国民健康保険法 第百十六条の二 (Article 116-2), art-116-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-116-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-116-2 - art-55-2/par-1: 国民健康保険法第百十六条の二第一項 → 国民健康保険法 第百十六条の二第一項 (Article 116-2, paragraph (1)), art-116-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-116-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-116-2/par-1 - art-55-2/par-1: 第二項 → 国民健康保険法 第百十六条の二第二項 (Article 116-2, paragraph (2)), art-116-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-116-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-116-2/par-2 - art-55-2/par-1: この項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第五十五条の二第一項 (Article 55-2, paragraph (1)), art-55-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-55-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-55-2/par-1 - art-55-2/par-1: 第二号 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第五十五条の二第一項第二号 (Article 55-2, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-55-2/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-55-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-55-2/par-1/item-2 - art-55-2/par-1: 第五十条 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第五十条 (Article 50), art-50 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-50 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-50 - art-55-2/par-1: 次項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第五十五条の二第二項 (Article 55-2, paragraph (2)), art-55-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-55-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-55-2/par-2 - art-55-2/par-1: 第五十二条 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第五十二条 (Article 52), art-52 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-52 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-52 - art-55-2/par-1/item-2: 第五十条第二号 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第五十条第一項第二号 (Article 50, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-50/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-50/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-50/par-1/item-2 - art-55-2/par-2: 前条 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第五十五条 (Article 55), art-55 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-55 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-55 - art-55-2/par-2: 前項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第五十五条の二第一項 (Article 55-2, paragraph (1)), art-55-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-55-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-55-2/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 第五十五条第一項（病院等に入院、入所又は入居中の被保険者の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-55/par-1 - 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第五十五条の二第一項（国民健康保険法第百十六条の二の規定の適用を受ける者の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-55-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-55-2/par-1 - 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第五十五条の二第二項（国民健康保険法第百十六条の二の規定の適用を受ける者の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-55-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-55-2/par-2 - 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 附則第三十二条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4271-31/art-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4271-31/art-32/par-1 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律, written 2026-10-19 - 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 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People (高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律), Article 55-2, paragraph (1), item (ii) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4903/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People (高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律), Article 55-2, paragraph (2) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (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-20261019T115100-001, 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