# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6)

- 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: 第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6) — address `suppl-4121-140/art-6`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-4121-140/art-6
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4121-140/art-6
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### 第六条
<sup>suppl-4121-140/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-4121-140/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4121-140/art-6</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行の日（以下「施行日」という。）前に行われた診療、薬剤の支給又は手当に係る健康保険法の規定による高額療養費の支給については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4121-140/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-4121-140/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4121-140/art-6/par-1</sup>
With regard to the payment of high-cost medical expenses under the provisions of the Health Insurance Act pertaining to medical care, medication or treatment given before the day on which this Act comes into effect (hereinafter referred to as the "Effective Date"), the provisions then in force continue to govern.
<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-20261010T183826-020, 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