# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第百五十六条 (Article 156) - 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: 第百五十六条 (Article 156)（被保険者の保険料額） — address `art-156` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-156 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-156 - 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. --- ### 第百五十六条（被保険者の保険料額） — (Insured Person's Amount of Insurance Premiums) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-156 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-156 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-156 **第一項** 被保険者に関する保険料額は、各月につき、次の各号に掲げる被保険者の区分に応じ、当該各号に定める額とする。 art-156/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-156/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-156/par-1 The amount of insurance premium relating to an insured person is the amount per month prescribed respectively in the following items in accordance with the classification of persons listed in the items: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 介護保険法第九条第二号に規定する被保険者（以下「介護保険第二号被保険者」という。）である被保険者　一般保険料等額（各被保険者の標準報酬月額及び標準賞与額にそれぞれ一般保険料率（基本保険料率と特定保険料率とを合算した率をいう。）と子ども・子育て支援金率とを合算した率を乗じて得た額をいう。以下同じ。）と介護保険料額（各被保険者の標準報酬月額及び標準賞与額にそれぞれ介護保険料率を乗じて得た額をいう。以下同じ。）との合算額 art-156/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-156/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-156/par-1/item-1 an insured person who is an insured person prescribed in Article 9, item (ii) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act (hereinafter referred to as an "item (ii) insured person"): the sum of the amount of general insurance premium, etc. (meaning the amount obtained by multiplying the standard monthly remuneration amount and standard bonus amount of each insured person respectively by the combined rate of the general insurance rate (meaning the combined rate of the basic insurance rate and the specified insurance rate) and the children and child-rearing support payment rate; hereinafter the same applies) and the amount of long-term care insurance premium (meaning the amount obtained by multiplying the standard monthly remuneration amount and standard bonus amount of each insured person respectively by the long-term care insurance rate; hereinafter the same applies); or machine translation, not official **二** 介護保険第二号被保険者である被保険者以外の被保険者　一般保険料等額 art-156/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-156/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-156/par-1/item-2 an insured person other than an item (ii) insured person: the amount of general insurance premium, etc. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項第一号の規定にかかわらず、介護保険第二号被保険者である被保険者が介護保険第二号被保険者に該当しなくなった場合においては、その月分の保険料額は、一般保険料等額とする。ただし、その月に再び介護保険第二号被保険者となった場合その他政令で定める場合は、この限りでない。 art-156/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-156/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-156/par-2 Notwithstanding the provisions of item (i) of the preceding paragraph, when an insured person who is an item (ii) insured person ceases to fall under the category of item (ii) insured person, the amount of insurance premium for that month is the amount of general insurance premium, etc.; provided, however, that this does not apply if the person becomes an item (ii) insured person again within the same month or in other cases specified by Cabinet Order. machine translation, not official **第三項** 前二項の規定にかかわらず、前月から引き続き被保険者である者がその資格を喪失した場合においては、その月分の保険料は、算定しない。 art-156/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-156/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-156/par-3 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, when a person who continues to be insured from the previous month loses the eligibility, the insurance premium for the month is not included in the calculation of premium amount. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-156/par-1/item-1: 介護保険法第九条第二号 → e-Gov law 409AC0000000123, 第九条第一項第二号 (Article 9, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-9/par-1/item-2 — not held in this collection - art-156/par-2: 前項第一号 → 健康保険法 第百五十六条第一項第一号 (Article 156, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-156/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-156/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-156/par-1/item-1 - art-156/par-3: 前二項 → 健康保険法 第百五十六条第一項 (Article 156, paragraph (1)), art-156/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-156/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-156/par-1 - art-156/par-3: 前二項 → 健康保険法 第百五十六条第二項 (Article 156, paragraph (2)), art-156/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-156/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-156/par-2 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 健康保険法 第百五十六条第二項（被保険者の保険料額） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-156/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-156/par-2 - 健康保険法 第百五十六条第三項（被保険者の保険料額） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-156/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-156/par-3 - 健康保険法 第百五十七条第二項（任意継続被保険者の保険料） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-157/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-157/par-2 - 健康保険法 附則第七条第一項（特定被保険者） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-2111-70/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-2111-70/art-7/par-1 - 健康保険法 附則第七条第二項（特定被保険者） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-2111-70/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-2111-70/art-7/par-2 - 健康保険法 附則第七条第三項（特定被保険者） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-2111-70/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-2111-70/art-7/par-3 - 健康保険法 附則第八条第一項（承認健康保険組合） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-2111-70/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-2111-70/art-8/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-20261010T183826-004, translated 2026-10-11 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch health-insurance-act-20261010T193238-001, 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