# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第百五十条の二 (Article 150-2)

- 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: 第百五十条の二 (Article 150-2)（国民保健の向上のための匿名診療等関連情報の利用又は提供） — address `art-150-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第百五十条の二（国民保健の向上のための匿名診療等関連情報の利用又は提供） — Use or Provision of Anonymized Medical Care-Related Information to Improve the Health of the People
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-150-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-150-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150-2</sup>

**第一項**  厚生労働大臣は、国民保健の向上に資するため、匿名診療等関連情報（診療等関連情報に係る特定の被保険者その他の厚生労働省令で定める者（次条において「本人」という。）を識別すること及びその作成に用いる診療等関連情報を復元することができないようにするために厚生労働省令で定める基準に従い加工した診療等関連情報をいう。以下同じ。）を利用し、又は厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、次の各号に掲げる者であって、匿名診療等関連情報の提供を受けて行うことについて相当の公益性を有すると認められる業務としてそれぞれ当該各号に定めるものを行うものに提供することができる。
<sup>art-150-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-150-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150-2/par-1</sup>
In order to contribute to improving the health of the people, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may use anonymized medical care-related information (meaning medical care-related information processed in accordance with the standards specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare so as to make it impossible to identify a specific insured person or other person specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare to whom the medical care-related information pertains (referred to as "the person themselves" in the following Article) and to restore the medical care-related information used in producing it; the same applies hereinafter), or may, as specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, provide it to a person listed in the following items who conducts the business specified respectively in those items as business found to have considerable public interest in being conducted upon receipt of anonymized medical care-related information:
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  **一**  国の他の行政機関及び地方公共団体　適正な保健医療サービスの提供に資する施策の企画及び立案に関する調査
  <sup>art-150-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-150-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150-2/par-1/item-1</sup>
  other administrative organs of the national government and local governments: surveys concerning the planning and drafting of policies that contribute to the provision of appropriate health and medical services;
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  **二**  大学その他の研究機関　疾病の原因並びに疾病の予防、診断及び治療の方法に関する研究その他の公衆衛生の向上及び増進に関する研究
  <sup>art-150-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-150-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150-2/par-1/item-2</sup>
  universities and other research institutions: research on the causes of diseases and on methods of preventing, diagnosing and treating diseases, and other research on the improvement and promotion of public health;
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  **三**  民間事業者その他の厚生労働省令で定める者　医療分野の研究開発に資する分析その他の厚生労働省令で定める業務（特定の商品又は役務の広告又は宣伝に利用するために行うものを除く。）
  <sup>art-150-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-150-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150-2/par-1/item-3</sup>
  private business operators and other persons specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare: analysis contributing to research and development in the medical field and other business specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (excluding that conducted for use in advertising or promoting specific goods or services).
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**第二項**  厚生労働大臣は、前項の規定による利用又は提供を行う場合には、当該匿名診療等関連情報を高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律第十六条の二第一項に規定する匿名医療保険等関連情報、介護保険法第百十八条の三第一項に規定する匿名介護保険等関連情報その他の厚生労働省令で定めるものと連結して利用し、又は連結して利用することができる状態で提供することができる。
<sup>art-150-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-150-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150-2/par-2</sup>
When using or providing information pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may use the anonymized medical care-related information concerned in linkage with the anonymized medical insurance-related information prescribed in Article 16-2, paragraph (1) of the Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People, the anonymized long-term care insurance-related information prescribed in Article 118-3, paragraph (1) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act, or other information specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, or provide it in a state in which it can be used in linkage with such information.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  厚生労働大臣は、第一項の規定により匿名診療等関連情報を提供しようとする場合には、あらかじめ、社会保障審議会の意見を聴かなければならない。
<sup>art-150-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-150-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150-2/par-3</sup>
When intending to provide anonymized medical care-related information pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must hear the opinions of the Social Security Council in advance.
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## Cites
- art-150-2/par-1: 次条 → 健康保険法 第百五十条の三 (Article 150-3), art-150-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-150-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150-3
- art-150-2/par-2: 前項 → 健康保険法 第百五十条の二第一項 (Article 150-2, paragraph (1)), art-150-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-150-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150-2/par-1
- art-150-2/par-2: 介護保険法第百十八条の三第一項 → e-Gov law 409AC0000000123, 第百十八条の三第一項 (Article 118-3, paragraph (1)), art-118-3/par-1 — not held in this collection
- art-150-2/par-3: 第一項 → 健康保険法 第百五十条の二第一項 (Article 150-2, paragraph (1)), art-150-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-150-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150-2/par-1

## Cited by

6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 健康保険法 第七十七条第三項（療養の給付に要する費用の額の定めに関する厚生労働大臣の調査） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-77/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-77/par-3
- 健康保険法 第百五十条の二第二項（国民保健の向上のための匿名診療等関連情報の利用又は提供） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-150-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150-2/par-2
- 健康保険法 第百五十条の二第三項（国民保健の向上のための匿名診療等関連情報の利用又は提供） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-150-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150-2/par-3
- 健康保険法 第百五十条の三第一項（照合等の禁止） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-150-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150-3/par-1
- 健康保険法 第百五十条の九第一項（基盤機構等への委託） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-150-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150-9/par-1
- 健康保険法 第百五十条の十第一項（手数料） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-150-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150-10/par-1

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## 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