# 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 / Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People — 第二十六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 26) - 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: 第二十六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 26) — address `suppl-4271-31/art-26` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4271-31/art-26 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4271-31/art-26 - 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. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二十六条 suppl-4271-31/art-26 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4271-31/art-26 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4271-31/art-26 **第一項** 厚生労働大臣は、新全国計画の作成のため、第二号施行日前においても、第二号改正後高確法第八条第六項の規定の例により、関係行政機関の長に協議することができる。 suppl-4271-31/art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4271-31/art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4271-31/art-26/par-1 The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may, for the purpose of preparing the new national plan, consult with the heads of the relevant administrative organs, even before the item (ii) Effective Date, in the same manner as under the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (6) of the item (ii) Amended Elderly Medical Care Assurance Act. machine translation, not official **第二項** 都道府県は、新都道府県計画の作成のため、第二号施行日前においても、第二号改正後高確法第九条第七項の規定の例により、関係市町村（高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律第百五十七条の二第一項の保険者協議会が組織されている都道府県にあっては、関係市町村及び当該保険者協議会）に協議することができる。 suppl-4271-31/art-26/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4271-31/art-26/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4271-31/art-26/par-2 A prefecture may, for the purpose of preparing the new prefectural plan, consult with the relevant municipalities (or, for a prefecture in which the Council of Insurers under Article 157-2, paragraph (1) of the Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People has been organized, the relevant municipalities and that Council of Insurers), even before the item (ii) Effective Date, in the same manner as under the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (7) of the item (ii) Amended Elderly Medical Care Assurance Act. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4271-31/art-26/par-1: 第二号改正後高確法第八条第六項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第八条第六項 (Article 8, paragraph (6)), art-8/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-8/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-8/par-6 - suppl-4271-31/art-26/par-2: 第二号改正後高確法第九条第七項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第九条第七項 (Article 9, paragraph (7)), art-9/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-9/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-9/par-7 - suppl-4271-31/art-26/par-2: 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律第百五十七条の二第一項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百五十七条の二第一項 (Article 157-2, paragraph (1)), art-157-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-157-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-157-2/par-1 ## 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 附則第一条第一項第一号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4271-31/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4271-31/art-1/par-1/item-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-20261019T112331-023, 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