# 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-5041-77`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-5041-77
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-5041-77
- Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it.
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## 附　則 令和四年六月二二日法律第七七号
<sup>suppl-5041-77 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-5041-77 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-5041-77</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-5041-77/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-5041-77/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-5041-77/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、令和五年四月一日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、この法律の公布の日又は当該各号に定める法律の公布の日のいずれか遅い日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-5041-77/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-5041-77/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-5041-77/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on April 1, 2023; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of whichever is later of the date of promulgation of this Act or the date of promulgation of the Act specified in those items.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  略
  <sup>suppl-5041-77/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-5041-77/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-5041-77/art-1/par-1/item-1</sup>
  Omitted
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  附則第十一条の規定　こども家庭庁設置法の施行に伴う関係法律の整備に関する法律（令和四年法律第七十六号）
  <sup>suppl-5041-77/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-5041-77/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-5041-77/art-1/par-1/item-2</sup>
  The provisions of Article 11 of the Supplementary Provisions: the Act on Arrangement of Relevant Acts Incidental to Enforcement of the Act for Establishment of the Children and Families Agency (Act No. 76 of 2022)
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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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 — Machine translation, batch elderly-medical-care-act-20261019T112331-026, 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