# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第百五十条 (Article 150) - Law: 健康保険法 (Health Insurance Act), 大正十一年法律第七十号 - English title "Health Insurance Act": 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: 第百五十条 (Article 150)（保健事業及び福祉事業） — address `art-150` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-150 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百五十条（保健事業及び福祉事業） — Healthcare Services and Welfare Services caption: machine translation, not official art-150 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-150 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150 **第一項** 保険者は、高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律第二十条の規定による特定健康診査（次項において単に「特定健康診査」という。）及び同法第二十四条の規定による特定保健指導（以下この項及び第百五十四条の二において「特定健康診査等」という。）を行うものとするほか、特定健康診査等以外の事業であって、健康教育、健康相談及び健康診査並びに健康管理及び疾病の予防に係る被保険者及びその被扶養者（以下この条において「被保険者等」という。）の自助努力についての支援その他の被保険者等の健康の保持増進のために必要な事業を行うように努めなければならない。 art-150/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-150/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150/par-1 An insurer must provide specified health checks pursuant to the provisions of Article 20 of the Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People (referred to simply as "specified health checks" in the following paragraph) and specified health guidance pursuant to the provisions of Article 24 of the same Act (referred to as "specified health checks, etc." hereinafter in this paragraph and Article 154-2), and must endeavor to provide services other than specified health checks, etc., such as health education, health consulting, and health checks, as well as support for the self-help efforts of insured persons and their dependents (hereinafter referred to as "insured persons, etc." in this Article) concerning health management and disease prevention, and other necessary services for the maintenance and promotion of the health of insured persons, etc. machine translation, not official **第二項** 保険者は、前項の規定により被保険者等の健康の保持増進のために必要な事業を行うに当たって必要があると認めるときは、被保険者等を使用している事業者等（労働安全衛生法（昭和四十七年法律第五十七号）第二条第三号に規定する事業者その他の法令に基づき健康診断（特定健康診査に相当する項目を実施するものに限る。）を実施する責務を有する者その他厚生労働省令で定める者をいう。以下この条において同じ。）又は使用していた事業者等に対し、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、同法その他の法令に基づき当該事業者等が保存している当該被保険者等に係る健康診断に関する記録の写しその他これに準ずるものとして厚生労働省令で定めるものを提供するよう求めることができる。 art-150/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-150/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150/par-2 When an insurer finds it necessary in providing the services necessary for maintaining and promoting the health of insured persons, etc. pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, it may, as specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, request a business operator, etc. that employs insured persons, etc. (meaning an employer prescribed in Article 2, item (iii) of the Industrial Safety and Health Act (Act No. 57 of 1972), any other person who has the duty to conduct health examinations (limited to those that cover items corresponding to specified health checks) under laws and regulations, and any other person specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) or a business operator, etc. that formerly employed them to provide a copy of the records on health examinations pertaining to those insured persons, etc. that the business operator, etc. keeps pursuant to that Act or other laws and regulations, or anything specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as equivalent thereto. machine translation, not official **第三項** 前項の規定により、労働安全衛生法その他の法令に基づき保存している被保険者等に係る健康診断に関する記録の写しの提供を求められた事業者等は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、当該記録の写しを提供しなければならない。 art-150/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-150/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150/par-3 A business operator, etc. that is requested pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph to provide a copy of the records on health examinations pertaining to insured persons, etc. that it keeps pursuant to the Industrial Safety and Health Act or other laws and regulations must provide a copy of those records as specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. machine translation, not official **第四項** 保険者は、第一項の事業を行うに当たっては、高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律第十六条第一項に規定する医療保険等関連情報、事業者等から提供を受けた被保険者等に係る健康診断に関する記録の写しその他必要な情報を活用し、適切かつ有効に行うものとする。 art-150/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-150/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150/par-4 In providing the services referred to in paragraph (1), an insurer is to make use of the medical insurance-related information prescribed in Article 16, paragraph (1) of the Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People, copies of records on health examinations pertaining to insured persons, etc. provided by business operators, etc., and other necessary information, for the appropriate and effective provision of the services. machine translation, not official **第五項** 保険者は、被保険者等の療養のために必要な費用に係る資金若しくは用具の貸付けその他の被保険者等の療養若しくは療養環境の向上又は被保険者等の出産のために必要な費用に係る資金の貸付けその他の被保険者等の福祉の増進のために必要な事業を行うことができる。 art-150/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-150/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150/par-5 An insurers may provide services such as the loaning of funds or equipment necessary for medical treatment for insured persons, etc. and funds necessary for improving medical treatment and the medical care environment for insured persons, etc. and childbirth for insured persons, etc. or other services for promoting the welfare of insured persons. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 保険者は、第一項及び前項の事業に支障がない場合に限り、被保険者等でない者にこれらの事業を利用させることができる。この場合において、保険者は、これらの事業の利用者に対し、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、利用料を請求することができる。 art-150/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-150/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150/par-6 An insurer may allow persons other than insured persons, etc. to use the services referred to in paragraph (1) and the preceding paragraph, only if the services will not be impeded. In this case, the insurer may request a user of these services to pay a fee pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第七項** 厚生労働大臣は、健康保険組合に対し、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、第一項又は第五項の事業を行うことを命ずることができる。 art-150/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-150/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150/par-7 The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may, as specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, order a health insurance society to provide the services referred to in paragraph (1) or (5). machine translation, not official **第八項** 厚生労働大臣は、第一項の規定により保険者が行う被保険者等の健康の保持増進のために必要な事業に関して、その適切かつ有効な実施を図るため、指針の公表、情報の提供その他の必要な支援を行うものとする。 art-150/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-150/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150/par-8 The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to publish guidelines, and provide information and other support services regarding services that insurers provide pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) that are necessary for maintaining and promoting insured persons' health, in order for those services to be provided appropriately and effectively. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第九項** 前項の指針は、健康増進法（平成十四年法律第百三号）第九条第一項に規定する健康診査等指針と調和が保たれたものでなければならない。 art-150/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-150/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150/par-9 The guidelines referred to in the preceding paragraph must be in harmony with health check guidelines prescribed by Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Health Promotion Act (Act No. 103 of 2002). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-150/par-1: 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律第二十条 → e-Gov law 357AC0000000080, 第二十条 (Article 20), art-20 — not held in this collection - art-150/par-1: 次項 → 健康保険法 第百五十条第二項 (Article 150, paragraph (2)), art-150/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-150/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150/par-2 - art-150/par-1: 同法第二十四条 → e-Gov law 357AC0000000080, 第二十四条 (Article 24), art-24 — not held in this collection - art-150/par-1: この項 → 健康保険法 第百五十条第一項 (Article 150, paragraph (1)), art-150/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-150/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150/par-1 - art-150/par-1: 第百五十四条の二 → 健康保険法 第百五十四条の二 (Article 154-2), art-154-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-154-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-154-2 - art-150/par-1: この条 → 健康保険法 第百五十条 (Article 150), art-150 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-150 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150 - art-150/par-2: 前項 → 健康保険法 第百五十条第一項 (Article 150, paragraph (1)), art-150/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-150/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150/par-1 - art-150/par-2: 労働安全衛生法（昭和四十七年法律第五十七号）第二条第三号 → e-Gov law 347AC0000000057, 第二条第一項第三号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-2/par-1/item-3 — not held in this collection - art-150/par-2: この条 → 健康保険法 第百五十条 (Article 150), art-150 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-150 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150 - art-150/par-3: 前項 → 健康保険法 第百五十条第二項 (Article 150, paragraph (2)), art-150/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-150/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150/par-2 - art-150/par-4: 第一項 → 健康保険法 第百五十条第一項 (Article 150, paragraph (1)), art-150/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-150/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150/par-1 - art-150/par-4: 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律第十六条第一項 → e-Gov law 357AC0000000080, 第十六条第一項 (Article 16, paragraph (1)), art-16/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-150/par-6: 第一項 → 健康保険法 第百五十条第一項 (Article 150, paragraph (1)), art-150/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-150/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150/par-1 - art-150/par-6: 前項 → 健康保険法 第百五十条第五項 (Article 150, paragraph (5)), art-150/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-150/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150/par-5 - art-150/par-7: 第一項 → 健康保険法 第百五十条第一項 (Article 150, paragraph (1)), art-150/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-150/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150/par-1 - art-150/par-7: 第五項 → 健康保険法 第百五十条第五項 (Article 150, paragraph (5)), art-150/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-150/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150/par-5 - art-150/par-8: 第一項 → 健康保険法 第百五十条第一項 (Article 150, paragraph (1)), art-150/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-150/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150/par-1 - art-150/par-9: 前項 → 健康保険法 第百五十条第八項 (Article 150, paragraph (8)), art-150/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-150/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150/par-8 - art-150/par-9: 健康増進法（平成十四年法律第百三号）第九条第一項 → e-Gov law 414AC0000000103, 第九条第一項 (Article 9, paragraph (1)), art-9/par-1 — not held in this collection ## Cited by 11 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 住民基本台帳法 別表第一 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/appdx-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/appdx-1 - 健康保険法 第五条第一項（全国健康保険協会管掌健康保険） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-5/par-1 - 健康保険法 第百五十条第一項（保健事業及び福祉事業） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-150/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150/par-1 - 健康保険法 第百五十条第二項（保健事業及び福祉事業） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-150/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150/par-2 - 健康保険法 第百五十条第三項（保健事業及び福祉事業） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-150/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150/par-3 - 健康保険法 第百五十条第四項（保健事業及び福祉事業） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-150/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150/par-4 - 健康保険法 第百五十条第六項（保健事業及び福祉事業） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-150/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150/par-6 - 健康保険法 第百五十条第七項（保健事業及び福祉事業） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-150/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150/par-7 - 健康保険法 第百五十条第八項（保健事業及び福祉事業） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-150/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150/par-8 - 健康保険法 第百五十条第九項（保健事業及び福祉事業） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-150/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150/par-9 - 健康保険法 第百八十八条第一項（準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-188/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-188/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 健康保険法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/211AC0000000070/20261001_507AC0000000087), retrieved 2026-10-10 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Health Insurance Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3266/tb), retrieved 2026-10-10 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch health-insurance-act-20261010T183826-003, translated 2026-10-11 - This site's parser, version 189 — 健康保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-10