# 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 / Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People — 第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8)

- 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: 第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8)（病床転換支援金の額） — address `suppl-3571-80/art-8`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第八条（病床転換支援金の額） — (Amount of Ward Transfer Support Grants)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>suppl-3571-80/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-3571-80/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-3571-80/art-8</sup>

**第一項**  前条第一項の規定により各保険者から徴収する病床転換支援金の額は、当該年度における病床転換助成事業に要する費用の二十七分の十二に相当する額を、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより算定した当該年度におけるすべての保険者に係る加入者の見込総数で除して得た額に、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより算定した当該年度における当該保険者に係る加入者の見込数を乗じて得た額とする。
<sup>suppl-3571-80/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-3571-80/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-3571-80/art-8/par-1</sup>
The amount of a ward transfer support grant to be collected from each of the insurers pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article is to be the amount obtained by multiplying the amount obtained by dividing the amount equivalent to 12 / 27 of the expenses required for a ward transfer promotion services in the relevant fiscal year by the prospective total number of subscribers pertaining to all of the insurers in the relevant fiscal year calculated as specified by the Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, by the prospective number of subscribers pertaining to the relevant insurers in the relevant fiscal year calculated as specified by the Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-3571-80/art-8/par-1: 前条第一項 → 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
- 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 附則第十三条第一項（前期高齢者交付金及び前期高齢者納付金の額の算定の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-3571-80/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-3571-80/art-13/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
