# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4) - 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: 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4)（協会が管掌する健康保険の被保険者に係る給付の事業） — address `suppl-2111-70/art-4` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-2111-70/art-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-2111-70/art-4 - 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. --- ### 第四条（協会が管掌する健康保険の被保険者に係る給付の事業） — (Benefits for Insured Persons Covered by Health Insurance Administered by JHIA) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-2111-70/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-2111-70/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-2111-70/art-4 **第一項** 被保険者を使用する事業主（健康保険組合が組織されている事業所の事業主を除く。）及び当該被保険者で組織する法人その他の政令で定めるもの（次項において「法人等」という。）であって、政令で定める要件に該当するものとして厚生労働大臣の承認を受けたもの（以下この条において「承認法人等」という。）は、当該被保険者の療養に関して保険給付があった場合において、第七十四条第一項の規定により当該被保険者が支払った一部負担金に相当する額の範囲内において、当該被保険者に対し、給付をすることができる。 suppl-2111-70/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-2111-70/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-2111-70/art-4/par-1 A corporation organized by an employer of insured persons (excluding employers of a place of business at which a health insurance society is organized) and those insured persons or another organization specified by Cabinet Order (referred to as a "corporation") and approved by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare as one that meets the requirements prescribed by Cabinet Order (hereinafter referred to as an "approved corporation" in this Article) may provide payment to an insured person for insurance benefits relating to medical treatment for the insured person up to an amount equivalent to the amount of co-payment paid by the insured person pursuant to the provisions of Article 74, paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の法人等が承認を受けようとするときは、あらかじめ、協会の同意を得なければならない。 suppl-2111-70/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-2111-70/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-2111-70/art-4/par-2 When a corporation referred to in the preceding paragraph intends to receive approval, it must obtain consent from JHIA in advance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 承認法人等は、第一項の給付に要する費用に充てるため、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、事業主又は被保険者から費用を徴収することができる。 suppl-2111-70/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-2111-70/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-2111-70/art-4/par-3 An approved corporation may collect expenses to allocate for payment referred to in paragraph (1) from employers or insured persons as specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 承認法人等の事業に関して必要な事項は、厚生労働省令で定める。 suppl-2111-70/art-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-2111-70/art-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-2111-70/art-4/par-4 Necessary matters concerning the business of approved corporations are specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-2111-70/art-4/par-1: 次項 → 健康保険法 附則第四条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (2)), suppl-2111-70/art-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-2111-70/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-2111-70/art-4/par-2 - suppl-2111-70/art-4/par-1: この条 → 健康保険法 附則第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4), suppl-2111-70/art-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-2111-70/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-2111-70/art-4 - suppl-2111-70/art-4/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 - suppl-2111-70/art-4/par-2: 前項 → 健康保険法 附則第四条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (1)), suppl-2111-70/art-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-2111-70/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-2111-70/art-4/par-1 - suppl-2111-70/art-4/par-3: 第一項 → 健康保険法 附則第四条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (1)), suppl-2111-70/art-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-2111-70/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-2111-70/art-4/par-1 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 健康保険法 附則第四条第一項（協会が管掌する健康保険の被保険者に係る給付の事業） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-2111-70/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-2111-70/art-4/par-1 - 健康保険法 附則第四条第二項（協会が管掌する健康保険の被保険者に係る給付の事業） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-2111-70/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-2111-70/art-4/par-2 - 健康保険法 附則第四条第三項（協会が管掌する健康保険の被保険者に係る給付の事業） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-2111-70/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-2111-70/art-4/par-3 - 健康保険法 附則第三十九項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-3261-78/par-39 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3261-78/par-39 - 労働者災害補償保険法 附則第三十九項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-accident-insurance-act/suppl-3261-78/par-39 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000050/suppl-3261-78/par-39 --- ## 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