# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第百八十一条の二 (Article 181-2)

- 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: 第百八十一条の二 (Article 181-2)（協会による広報及び保険料の納付の勧奨等） — address `art-181-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-181-2
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### 第百八十一条の二（協会による広報及び保険料の納付の勧奨等） — (Public Relations and Recommendation of Payment of Insurance Premiums by JHIA)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-181-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-181-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-181-2</sup>

**第一項**  協会は、その管掌する健康保険の事業の円滑な運営が図られるよう、当該事業の意義及び内容に関する広報を実施するとともに、保険料の納付の勧奨その他厚生労働大臣の行う保険料の徴収に係る業務に対する適切な協力を行うものとする。
<sup>art-181-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-181-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-181-2/par-1</sup>
In order to facilitate smooth operation of the health insurance business that JHIA administers, JHIA is to conduct public relations on the significance and content of the business, while appropriately cooperating with the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare in recommending the payment of insurance premiums and in conducting other affairs pertaining to the collection of insurance premiums.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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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
- This site's parser, version 189 — 健康保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-10