# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第百九十九条の二 (Article 199-2)

- 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: 第百九十九条の二 (Article 199-2)（厚生労働大臣と協会の連携） — address `art-199-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-199-2
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-199-2
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### 第百九十九条の二（厚生労働大臣と協会の連携） — (Coordination between the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare and Association)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-199-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-199-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-199-2</sup>

**第一項**  厚生労働大臣及び協会は、この法律に基づく協会が管掌する健康保険の事業が、適正かつ円滑に行われるよう、必要な情報交換を行う等、相互の緊密な連携の確保に努めるものとする。
<sup>art-199-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-199-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-199-2/par-1</sup>
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare and JHIA are to endeavor to ensure mutual close cooperation including the exchange of necessary information to enable the health insurance services administered by JHIA based on this Act to be provided appropriately and smoothly.
<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