# 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-4091-94` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4091-94 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4091-94 - 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 平成九年六月二〇日法律第九四号 suppl-4091-94 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4091-94 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4091-94 ### 第一条（施行期日等） — Effective Date, etc. caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4091-94/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4091-94/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4091-94/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、平成九年九月一日から施行する。 suppl-4091-94/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4091-94/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4091-94/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect on September 1, 1997. machine translation, not official ### 第八条（老人保健法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Act on Health and Medical Services for the Elderly caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4091-94/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4091-94/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4091-94/art-8 **第一項** 施行日前に行われた診療、薬剤の支給又は手当に係る老人保健法の規定による医療費の額については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4091-94/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4091-94/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4091-94/art-8/par-1 With regard to the amount of medical expenses under the provisions of the Act on Health and Medical Services for the Elderly pertaining to medical care, provision of drugs, or medical treatment provided before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official **第二項** 施行日から平成十一年三月三十一日までの間におけるこの法律による改正後の老人保健法第二十八条第一項の規定の適用については、同項第二号中「千二百円（次条第二項の規定により当該一部負担金の額が改定されたときは、直近の同項の規定による改定後の当該一部負担金の額とする。）」とあるのは、施行日から平成十年三月三十一日までの間は「千円」と、同年四月一日から平成十一年三月三十一日までの間は「千百円」とする。 suppl-4091-94/art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4091-94/art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4091-94/art-8/par-2 With regard to the application of Article 28, paragraph (1) of the Act on Health and Medical Services for the Elderly as amended by this Act during the period from the Effective Date to March 31, 1999, the phrase "1,200 yen (if the amount of that co-payment is revised pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of the following Article, the amount of that co-payment after the most recent revision pursuant to that paragraph)" in item (ii) of that paragraph is deemed to be "1,000 yen" during the period from the Effective Date to March 31, 1998, and "1,100 yen" during the period from April 1 of the same year to March 31, 1999. machine translation, not official ### 第十五条（検討等） — Review, Etc. caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4091-94/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4091-94/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4091-94/art-15 **第一項** 政府は、薬剤の支給に係る一部負担その他この法律による改正に係る事項について、この法律の施行後の薬剤費を含む医療費の動向、医療保険の財政状況、社会経済情勢の変化等を勘案し、この法律の施行後三年以内に検討を加え、必要があると認めるときは、その結果に基づいて所要の措置を講ずるものとする。 suppl-4091-94/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4091-94/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4091-94/art-15/par-1 The government is to review, within three years after this Act comes into effect, the co-payment pertaining to the provision of drugs and other matters pertaining to the amendments by this Act, taking into account trends in medical expenses including medication costs after this Act comes into effect, the financial condition of medical insurance, changes in the socioeconomic situation, etc., and if it finds it necessary, take required measures based on the results. machine translation, not official ### 第十六条（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-4091-94/art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4091-94/art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4091-94/art-16 **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-4091-94/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4091-94/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4091-94/art-16/par-1 Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary incidental to the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order. machine translation, not official --- ## 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-20261019T112331-011, 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