# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第二十二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 22)

- 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: 第二十二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 22) — address `suppl-3591-77/art-22`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-3591-77/art-22
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### 第二十二条
<sup>suppl-3591-77/art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-3591-77/art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3591-77/art-22</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行の際現に旧日雇健保法の規定により傷病手当金又は出産手当金を受けることができる者に対し、同一の疾病若しくは負傷又は出産に関し引き続き新健保法の規定により支給する傷病手当金又は出産手当金については、新健保法第六十九条の十五第二項第一号中「標準賃金日額の合算額のうち最大のものの五十分の一」とあるのは「標準賃金日額の合算額が最大となるように二十八の日を選んだ場合における当該合算額の二百八十分の六」と、同項第二号中「標準賃金日額の合算額のうち最大のものの五十分の一」とあるのは「標準賃金日額の合算額が最大となるように七十八の日を選んだ場合における当該合算額の七百八十分の六」と、新健保法第六十九条の十八第二項中「分べんの月前の標準賃金日額の合算額一月分の五十分の一」とあるのは「分べんの日の属する月の前四月間の保険料が納付された日のうちからその納付された日に係る当該日雇特例被保険者の標準賃金日額の合算額が最大となるように二十八の日を選んだ場合における当該合算額の二百八十分の六」とする。
<sup>suppl-3591-77/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-3591-77/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3591-77/art-22/par-1</sup>
With regard to injury and sickness allowance or childbirth allowance to be paid continuously under the provisions of the Revised Health Insurance Act in respect of the same sickness, injury or childbirth to a person who, at the time this Act comes into effect, is actually entitled to receive injury and sickness allowance or childbirth allowance under the provisions of the Former Day Laborers Health Insurance Act, in Article 69-15, paragraph (2), item (i) of the Revised Health Insurance Act, the phrase "1/50th of the largest of the total amounts of standard daily wages" is deemed to be replaced with "6/280ths of the total amount of standard daily wages in the case where 28 days are selected so that the total amount of standard daily wages is the largest"; in item (ii) of that paragraph, the phrase "1/50th of the largest of the total amounts of standard daily wages" is deemed to be replaced with "6/780ths of the total amount of standard daily wages in the case where 78 days are selected so that the total amount of standard daily wages is the largest"; and in Article 69-18, paragraph (2) of the Revised Health Insurance Act, the phrase "1/50th of the total amount of standard daily wages for one month prior to the month of childbirth" is deemed to be replaced with "6/280ths of the total amount in the case where 28 days are selected, from among the days for which insurance premiums were paid in the four months preceding the month including the day of childbirth, so that the total amount of the standard daily wages of the specially-insured day laborer relating to those days of payment is the largest".
<sup>machine translation, not official</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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch health-insurance-act-20261010T183826-015, translated 2026-10-11
- This site's parser, version 189 — 健康保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-10
