# 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 / Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People — 第十条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 10)

- 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: 第十条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 10) — address `suppl-4141-102/art-10`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第十条
<sup>suppl-4141-102/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4141-102/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4141-102/art-10</sup>

**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第三条の規定による改正前の老人保健法（以下「旧老健法」という。）の規定による医療費又は高額医療費の支給については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4141-102/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4141-102/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4141-102/art-10/par-1</sup>
With regard to the payment of medical expenses or high-cost medical expenses under the provisions of the Act on Health and Medical Services for the Elderly before amendment by the provisions of Article 3 (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Elderly Health Act") pertaining to medical care, provision of drugs, or medical treatment provided before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

## 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 附則第三十六条第一項（政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4141-102/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4141-102/art-36/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, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch elderly-medical-care-act-20261019T102707-017, 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
