# 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 / Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) - 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-4061-84` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4061-84 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4061-84 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ## 附　則 平成六年七月一日法律第八四号 suppl-4061-84 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4061-84 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4061-84 ### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4061-84/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4061-84/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4061-84/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、公布の日から施行する。ただし、第三条中母子保健法第十八条の改正規定（「又は保健所を設置する市」を「、保健所を設置する市又は特別区」に改める部分を除く。）は平成七年一月一日から、第二条、第四条、第五条、第七条、第九条、第十一条、第十三条、第十五条、第十七条、第十八条及び第二十条の規定並びに附則第三条から第十一条まで、附則第二十三条から第三十七条まで及び附則第三十九条の規定は平成九年四月一日から施行する。 suppl-4061-84/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4061-84/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4061-84/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the amending provisions of Article 18 of the Maternal and Child Health Act in Article 3 (excluding the part replacing "or a city that establishes a public health center" with ", a city that establishes a public health center or a special ward") come into effect on January 1, 1995, and the provisions of Articles 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 18 and 20 and the provisions of Articles 3 through 11, Articles 23 through 37 and Article 39 of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect on April 1, 1997. machine translation, not official ### 第十三条（その他の処分、申請等に係る経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Other Dispositions, Applications, etc. caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4061-84/art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4061-84/art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4061-84/art-13 **第一項** この法律（附則第一条ただし書に規定する規定については、当該規定。以下この条及び次条において同じ。）の施行前に改正前のそれぞれの法律の規定によりされた許可等の処分その他の行為（以下この条において「処分等の行為」という。）又はこの法律の施行の際現に改正前のそれぞれの法律の規定によりされている許可等の申請その他の行為（以下この条において「申請等の行為」という。）に対するこの法律の施行の日以後における改正後のそれぞれの法律の適用については、附則第五条から第十条までの規定又は改正後のそれぞれの法律（これに基づく命令を含む。）の経過措置に関する規定に定めるものを除き、改正後のそれぞれの法律の相当規定によりされた処分等の行為又は申請等の行為とみなす。 suppl-4061-84/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4061-84/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4061-84/art-13/par-1 With regard to the application of the respective Acts after amendment, on or after the date on which this Act comes into effect, to a disposition such as a permission or other act carried out before this Act (or, for the provisions prescribed in the proviso to Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions, those provisions; the same applies hereinafter in this Article and in the following Article) comes into effect pursuant to the provisions of the respective Acts prior to amendment (hereinafter referred to in this Article as a "disposition or other act") or to an application for a permission or other act actually made pursuant to the provisions of the respective Acts prior to amendment at the time this Act comes into effect (hereinafter referred to in this Article as an "application or other act"), except as provided for in the provisions of Articles 5 through 10 of the Supplementary Provisions or in the provisions concerning transitional measures of the respective Acts after amendment (including orders based on them), these are deemed to be a disposition or other act or an application or other act carried out pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the respective Acts after amendment. machine translation, not official ### 第十四条（罰則に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4061-84/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4061-84/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4061-84/art-14 **第一項** この法律の施行前にした行為及びこの法律の附則において従前の例によることとされる場合におけるこの法律の施行後にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4061-84/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4061-84/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4061-84/art-14/par-1 With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act comes into effect and to acts committed after this Act comes into effect in the cases where the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the Supplementary Provisions of this Act, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official ### 第十五条（その他の経過措置の政令への委任） — Delegation of Other Transitional Measures to Cabinet Order caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4061-84/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4061-84/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4061-84/art-15 **第一項** この附則に規定するもののほか、この法律の施行に伴い必要な経過措置は政令で定める。 suppl-4061-84/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4061-84/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4061-84/art-15/par-1 Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary in connection with the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4061-84/art-13/par-1: 附則第一条 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 附則第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1), suppl-4061-84/art-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4061-84/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4061-84/art-1 - suppl-4061-84/art-13/par-1: この条 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 附則第十三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 13), suppl-4061-84/art-13 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4061-84/art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4061-84/art-13 - suppl-4061-84/art-13/par-1: 次条 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 附則第十四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 14), suppl-4061-84/art-14 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4061-84/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4061-84/art-14 ## 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 附則第十三条第一項（その他の処分、申請等に係る経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4061-84/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4061-84/art-13/par-1 --- ## 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-20261019T112331-010, translated 2026-10-19 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch elderly-medical-care-act-20261019T112331-011, 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