# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第百六十八条 (Article 168)

- 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: 第百六十八条 (Article 168)（日雇特例被保険者の保険料額） — address `art-168`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-168
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### 第百六十八条（日雇特例被保険者の保険料額） — (Amount of Insurance Premium for Specially-Insured Day Laborers)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-168 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-168 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-168</sup>

**第一項**  日雇特例被保険者に関する保険料額は、一日につき、次に掲げる額の合算額とする。
<sup>art-168/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-168/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-168/par-1</sup>
The amount of insurance premium per day relating to a specially-insured day laborer is the sum of the amounts listed below:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **一**  その者の標準賃金日額の等級に応じ、次に掲げる額の合算額を基準として政令で定めるところにより算定した額
  <sup>art-168/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-168/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-168/par-1/item-1</sup>
  the amount calculated as specified by Cabinet Order based on the sum of the amounts listed below according to the specially-insured day laborer's standard daily wage grade:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **イ**  標準賃金日額に平均保険料等率（各都道府県単位保険料率に各支部被保険者の総報酬額の総額を乗じて得た額の総額を協会が管掌する健康保険の被保険者の総報酬額の総額で除して得た率と子ども・子育て支援金率とを合算した率をいう。以下同じ。）と介護保険料率とを合算した率（介護保険第二号被保険者である日雇特例被保険者以外の日雇特例被保険者については、平均保険料等率）を乗じて得た額
    <sup>art-168/par-1/item-1/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-168/par-1/item-1/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-168/par-1/item-1/sub-1</sup>
    the amount obtained by multiplying the standard daily wage amount by the combined rate of the average insurance rate, etc. (meaning the rate obtained by combining the children and child-rearing support payment rate with the rate obtained by dividing the total amount of the amounts obtained by multiplying the insurance premium rate for each prefecture by the total amount of the total remuneration of single branch-insured persons by the total amount of the total remuneration of insured persons covered by health insurance administered by JHIA; the same applies hereinafter) and the long-term care insurance rate (in the case of specially-insured day laborers who are not item (ii) insured persons, the average insurance rate, etc.); and
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **ロ**  イに掲げる額に百分の三十一を乗じて得た額
    <sup>art-168/par-1/item-1/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-168/par-1/item-1/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-168/par-1/item-1/sub-2</sup>
    the amount obtained by multiplying the amount listed in (a) by 0.31; and
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **二**  賞与額（その額に千円未満の端数がある場合には、これを切り捨てるものとし、その額が四十万円（第百二十四条第二項の規定による標準賃金日額の等級区分の改定が行われたときは、政令で定める額。以下この号において同じ。）を超える場合には、四十万円とする。）に平均保険料等率と介護保険料率とを合算した率（介護保険第二号被保険者である日雇特例被保険者以外の日雇特例被保険者については、平均保険料等率）を乗じて得た額
  <sup>art-168/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-168/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-168/par-1/item-2</sup>
  the amount obtained by multiplying the amount of bonus (the amount is to be rounded down to the nearest 1,000 yen; if the amount exceeds 400,000 yen (an amount specified by Cabinet Order if the grades of the standard daily wages have been altered pursuant to the provisions of Article 124, paragraph (2); the same applies hereinafter in this item) the amount is to be 400,000 yen) by the combined rate of the average insurance rate, etc. and the long-term care insurance rate (by the average insurance rate, etc. in the case of specially-insured day laborers who are not item (ii) insured persons);
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  第四十条第三項の規定は前項第二号の政令の制定又は改正について、第四十八条の規定は日雇特例被保険者の賞与額に関する事項について、第百二十五条第二項の規定は賞与の全部又は一部が通貨以外のもので支払われる場合におけるその価額の算定について準用する。
<sup>art-168/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-168/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-168/par-2</sup>
The provisions of Article 40, paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis to the establishment or amendment of Cabinet Order referred to in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph, the provisions of Article 48 apply mutatis mutandis to particulars relating to the amount of bonus for specially-insured day laborers, and the provisions of Article 125, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to the calculation of the amount of bonus in cases where all or part the bonus is to be paid by means other than currency.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The provisions of Article 43, paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis to the establishment or amendment of Cabinet Order referred to in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph, the provisions of Article 48 apply mutatis mutandis to particulars relating to the amount of bonus for specially-insured day laborers, and the provisions of Article 125, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to the calculation of the amount of bonus in cases where all or part the bonus is to be paid by means other than currency." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3266/tb</sup>

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## Cites
- art-168/par-1/item-2: 第百二十四条第二項 → 健康保険法 第百二十四条第二項 (Article 124, paragraph (2)), art-124/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-124/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-124/par-2
- art-168/par-1/item-2: この号 → 健康保険法 第百六十八条第一項第二号 (Article 168, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-168/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-168/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-168/par-1/item-2
- art-168/par-2: 第四十条第三項 → 健康保険法 第四十条第三項 (Article 40, paragraph (3)), art-40/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-40/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-40/par-3
- art-168/par-2: 前項第二号 → 健康保険法 第百六十八条第一項第二号 (Article 168, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-168/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-168/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-168/par-1/item-2
- art-168/par-2: 第四十八条 → 健康保険法 第四十八条 (Article 48), art-48 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-48 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-48
- art-168/par-2: 第百二十五条第二項 → 健康保険法 第百二十五条第二項 (Article 125, paragraph (2)), art-125/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-125/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-125/par-2

## Cited by

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

- 健康保険法 第百六十八条第一項第二号（日雇特例被保険者の保険料額） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-168/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-168/par-1/item-2
- 健康保険法 第百六十八条第二項（日雇特例被保険者の保険料額） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-168/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-168/par-2
- 健康保険法 第百六十九条第一項（日雇特例被保険者に係る保険料の負担及び納付義務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-169/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-169/par-1
- 健康保険法 第二百四条第一項第七号（機構への厚生労働大臣の権限に係る事務の委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-204/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-204/par-1/item-7
- 健康保険法 第二百五条の二第一項第二号（機構への事務の委託） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-205-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-205-2/par-1/item-2
- 健康保険法 第二百八条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-208/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-208/par-1/item-1
- 健康保険法 附則第二十九条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-4181-83/art-29/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4181-83/art-29/par-3

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## Sources

- claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-10-11
- 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
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Health Insurance Act (健康保険法), Article 168, paragraph (2) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3266/tb), retrieved 2026-10-10
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch health-insurance-act-20261010T183826-005, 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