# 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 / Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People — 第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6)

- 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: 第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6)（病床転換助成交付金） — address `suppl-3571-80/art-6`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第六条（病床転換助成交付金） — (Subsidies for Ward Transfer)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>suppl-3571-80/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-3571-80/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-3571-80/art-6</sup>

**第一項**  都道府県が附則第四条の規定により支弁する費用の二十七分の十二に相当する額については、政令で定めるところにより、機構が当該都道府県に対して交付する病床転換助成交付金をもつて充てる。
<sup>suppl-3571-80/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-3571-80/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-3571-80/art-6/par-1</sup>
The amount equivalent to 12/27 of the expenses borne by a prefecture pursuant to the provisions of Article 4 of the Supplementary Provisions is to be covered, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, by the bed conversion subsidies granted by the Organization to that prefecture.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  前項の病床転換助成交付金は、次条第一項の規定により機構が徴収する病床転換支援金をもつて充てる。
<sup>suppl-3571-80/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-3571-80/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-3571-80/art-6/par-2</sup>
The bed conversion subsidies referred to in the preceding paragraph are to be covered by the bed conversion support payments collected by the Organization pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the following Article.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-3571-80/art-6/par-1: 附則第四条 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 附則第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4), suppl-3571-80/art-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-3571-80/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-3571-80/art-4
- suppl-3571-80/art-6/par-2: 前項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 附則第六条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6, paragraph (1)), suppl-3571-80/art-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-3571-80/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-3571-80/art-6/par-1
- suppl-3571-80/art-6/par-2: 次条第一項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 附則第七条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7, paragraph (1)), suppl-3571-80/art-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-3571-80/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-3571-80/art-7/par-1

## Cited by

2 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 附則第六条第二項（病床転換助成交付金） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-3571-80/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-3571-80/art-6/par-2
- 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 附則第十二条第一項（厚生労働省令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-3571-80/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-3571-80/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-20261019T112331-005, 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
