# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第五十二条 (Article 52)
- 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: 第五十二条 (Article 52)（保険給付の種類） — address `art-52`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-52
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-52
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### 第五十二条（保険給付の種類） — (Types of Insurance Benefits)
caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
art-52 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-52 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-52
**第一項** 被保険者に係るこの法律による保険給付は、次のとおりとする。
art-52/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-52/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-52/par-1
Insurance benefits for an insured person provided by this Act are as follows:
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**一** 療養の給付並びに入院時食事療養費、入院時生活療養費、保険外併用療養費、療養費、訪問看護療養費及び移送費の支給
art-52/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-52/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-52/par-1/item-1
benefits for medical treatment, as well as payment of dietary treatment expenses for inpatients, living support expenses for inpatients, medical expenses combined with treatment outside insurance coverage, medical expenses, medical expenses for home-nursing, and transport expenses;
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**二** 傷病手当金の支給
art-52/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-52/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-52/par-1/item-2
payment of injury and sickness allowance;
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**三** 埋葬料の支給
art-52/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-52/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-52/par-1/item-3
payment of burial charges;
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**四** 出産育児一時金の支給
art-52/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-52/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-52/par-1/item-4
payment of lump-sum allowance for childbirth and childcare;
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**五** 出産手当金の支給
art-52/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-52/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-52/par-1/item-5
payment of childbirth allowance;
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**六** 家族療養費、家族訪問看護療養費及び家族移送費の支給
art-52/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-52/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-52/par-1/item-6
payment of dependent's medical expenses, dependent's medical expenses for home-nursing, and dependent's transport expenses;
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**七** 家族埋葬料の支給
art-52/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-52/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-52/par-1/item-7
payment of dependent's burial charges;
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**八** 家族出産育児一時金の支給
art-52/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-52/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-52/par-1/item-8
lump-sum allowance for dependent's childbirth and childcare; and
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**九** 高額療養費及び高額介護合算療養費の支給
art-52/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-52/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-52/par-1/item-9
payment of high-cost medical expenses and expenses for high-cost medical treatment combined with long-term care;
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## Cited by
3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.
- 住民基本台帳法 別表第一 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/appdx-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/appdx-1
- 健康保険法 第五十三条第一項（健康保険組合の付加給付） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-53/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-53/par-1
- 健康保険法 第百六十条第三項第一号（保険料率） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-160/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-160/par-3/item-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
- This site's parser, version 189 — 健康保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-10