# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 9)
- 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: 第九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 9)（入院時食事療養費及び訪問看護療養費の支給等に関する規定の施行前の準備） — address `suppl-4061-56/art-9`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第九条（入院時食事療養費及び訪問看護療養費の支給等に関する規定の施行前の準備） — Preparation Prior to Enforcement of Provisions Concerning Payment, etc. of Dietary Treatment Expenses for Inpatients and Medical Expenses for Home-Nursing
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suppl-4061-56/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-4061-56/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4061-56/art-9
**第一項** 厚生大臣は、新健保法第四十三条ノ十七第二項の標準負担額、新健保法第四十四条ノ八第一項の厚生省令及び同条第二項に規定する指定訪問看護の事業の運営に関する基準（指定訪問看護の取扱いに関する部分を除く。）、その他新健保法に基づく制度の実施の大綱に関するものを定めようとするときは、施行日前においても新健保法第一条ノ二に規定する政令で定める審議会に諮問することができる。
suppl-4061-56/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-4061-56/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4061-56/art-9/par-1
When the Minister of Health and Welfare intends to specify the amount of standard co-payment prescribed in Article 43-17, paragraph (2) of the Revised Health Insurance Act, the Ministry of Health and Welfare Order under Article 44-8, paragraph (1) of the Revised Health Insurance Act and the standards for the operation of the business of designated home nursing prescribed in paragraph (2) of that Article (excluding the part concerning the handling of designated home nursing), and other matters concerning the outline of the implementation of the system based on the Revised Health Insurance Act, the Minister may consult the council specified by Cabinet Order prescribed in Article 1-2 of the Revised Health Insurance Act even before the Effective Date.
machine translation, not official
**第二項** 厚生大臣は、新健保法第四十三条ノ十七第二項の基準、同条第九項において準用する新健保法第四十三条ノ四第一項及び第四十三条ノ六第一項の厚生省令、新健保法第四十四条ノ四第四項に規定する定め並びに新健保法第四十四条ノ八第二項に規定する指定訪問看護の事業の運営に関する基準（指定訪問看護の取扱いに関する部分に限る。）を定めようとするときは、施行日前においても中央社会保険医療協議会に諮問することができる。
suppl-4061-56/art-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-4061-56/art-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4061-56/art-9/par-2
When the Minister of Health and Welfare intends to specify the standards in Article 43-17, paragraph (2) of the Revised Health Insurance Act, the Ministry of Health and Welfare Order under Article 43-4, paragraph (1) and Article 43-6, paragraph (1) of the Revised Health Insurance Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (9) of that Article, the provisions prescribed in Article 44-4, paragraph (4) of the Revised Health Insurance Act, and the standards for the operation of the business of designated home nursing prescribed in Article 44-8, paragraph (2) of the Revised Health Insurance Act (limited to the part concerning the handling of designated home nursing), the Minister may consult the Central Social Insurance Medical Council even before the Effective Date.
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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-20261010T183826-018, 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