# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第七十五条の二 (Article 75-2) - 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: 第七十五条の二 (Article 75-2)（一部負担金の額の特例） — address `art-75-2` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-75-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-75-2 - 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. --- ### 第七十五条の二（一部負担金の額の特例） — (Special Provisions for the Amount of Co-payment) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-75-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-75-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-75-2 **第一項** 保険者は、災害その他の厚生労働省令で定める特別の事情がある被保険者であって、保険医療機関又は保険薬局に第七十四条第一項の規定による一部負担金を支払うことが困難であると認められるものに対し、次の措置を採ることができる。 art-75-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-75-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-75-2/par-1 An insurer may take any of the following measures with respect to an insured person who is in a disaster or other special circumstances specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and regarding whom it is found difficult to make co-payment to a medical institution providing services covered by health insurance or pharmacy providing services covered by health insurance pursuant to the provisions of Article 74, paragraph (1): Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 一部負担金を減額すること。 art-75-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-75-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-75-2/par-1/item-1 to reduce the amount of co-payment; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 一部負担金の支払を免除すること。 art-75-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-75-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-75-2/par-1/item-2 to exempt the insured person from making co-payment; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 保険医療機関又は保険薬局に対する支払に代えて、一部負担金を直接に徴収することとし、その徴収を猶予すること。 art-75-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-75-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-75-2/par-1/item-3 to decide to collect co-payment directly from the insured person in lieu of co-payment to the medical institution medical institution providing services covered by health insurance or pharmacy providing services covered by health insurance or to postpone the collection. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の措置を受けた被保険者は、第七十四条第一項の規定にかかわらず、前項第一号の措置を受けた被保険者にあってはその減額された一部負担金を保険医療機関又は保険薬局に支払うをもって足り、同項第二号又は第三号の措置を受けた被保険者にあっては一部負担金を保険医療機関又は保険薬局に支払うことを要しない。 art-75-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-75-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-75-2/par-2 Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 74, paragraph (1), if the measure referred to in item (i) of the preceding paragraph has been taken with respect to an insured person, it is sufficient for the person to pay the amount of co-payment so reduced to the relevant medical institution or pharmacy providing services covered by health insurance, and if the measure referred to in item (ii) or (iii) has been taken with respect to an insured person, the person is not required to make co-payment to the relevant medical institution providing services covered by health insurance or pharmacy providing services covered by health insurance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前条の規定は、前項の場合における一部負担金の支払について準用する。 art-75-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-75-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-75-2/par-3 The provisions of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to co-payment in the case referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-75-2/par-1: 第七十四条第一項 → 健康保険法 第七十四条第一項 (Article 74, paragraph (1)), art-74/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-74/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-74/par-1 - art-75-2/par-2: 前項 → 健康保険法 第七十五条の二第一項 (Article 75-2, paragraph (1)), art-75-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-75-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-75-2/par-1 - art-75-2/par-2: 第七十四条第一項 → 健康保険法 第七十四条第一項 (Article 74, paragraph (1)), art-74/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-74/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-74/par-1 - art-75-2/par-2: 前項第一号 → 健康保険法 第七十五条の二第一項第一号 (Article 75-2, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-75-2/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-75-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-75-2/par-1/item-1 - art-75-2/par-2: 同項第二号 → 健康保険法 第七十五条の二第一項第二号 (Article 75-2, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-75-2/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-75-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-75-2/par-1/item-2 - art-75-2/par-2: 第三号 → 健康保険法 第七十五条の二第一項第三号 (Article 75-2, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-75-2/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-75-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-75-2/par-1/item-3 - art-75-2/par-3: 前条 → 健康保険法 第七十五条 (Article 75), art-75 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-75 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-75 - art-75-2/par-3: 前項 → 健康保険法 第七十五条の二第二項 (Article 75-2, paragraph (2)), art-75-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-75-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-75-2/par-2 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 健康保険法 第七十四条第二項（一部負担金） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-74/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-74/par-2 - 健康保険法 第七十五条の二第二項（一部負担金の額の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-75-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-75-2/par-2 - 健康保険法 第七十五条の二第三項（一部負担金の額の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-75-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-75-2/par-3 - 健康保険法 第八十六条第二項第一号（保険外併用療養費） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-86/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-86/par-2/item-1 - 健康保険法 第八十八条第四項（訪問看護療養費） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-88/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-88/par-4 - 健康保険法 第百十条の二第一項（家族療養費の額の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-110-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-110-2/par-1 - 健康保険法 第百四十九条第一項（準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-149/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-149/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 - This site's parser, version 189 — 健康保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-10