# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第十三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 13)

- 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: 第十三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 13) — address `suppl-4181-83/art-13`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-4181-83/art-13
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### 第十三条
<sup>suppl-4181-83/art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-4181-83/art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4181-83/art-13</sup>

**第一項**  厚生労働大臣は、設立委員を命じて、協会の設立に関する事務を処理させる。
<sup>suppl-4181-83/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-4181-83/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4181-83/art-13/par-1</sup>
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare appoints committee members and has them handle the affairs relating to the establishment of JHIA.
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**第二項**  設立委員は、協会の職員の労働条件及び協会の職員の採用の基準を定めなければならない。
<sup>suppl-4181-83/art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-4181-83/art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4181-83/art-13/par-2</sup>
The committee members must determine the working conditions of JHIA's employees and the standards for hiring JHIA's employees.
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**第三項**  設立委員は、定款を定め、並びに第四条の規定の施行の日を含む事業年度のうち同日以後の期間に係る事業計画及び予算を作成し、その定款、事業計画及び予算について厚生労働大臣の認可を受けなければならない。
<sup>suppl-4181-83/art-13/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-4181-83/art-13/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4181-83/art-13/par-3</sup>
The committee members must determine the constitution, prepare a business plan and budget for the period on or after the date of enforcement of the provisions of Article 4 within the business year that includes that date, and obtain authorization from the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare for the constitution, business plan and budget.
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**第四項**  設立委員は、第四条の規定の施行の日までに、平成二十年十月改正健保法第七条の二十二第一項に規定する運営規則を定め、これを厚生労働大臣に届け出なければならない。
<sup>suppl-4181-83/art-13/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-4181-83/art-13/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4181-83/art-13/par-4</sup>
The committee members must, by the date of enforcement of the provisions of Article 4, determine the operating rules prescribed in Article 7-22, paragraph (1) of the Health Insurance Act as Amended in October 2008 and notify the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare of those rules.
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**第五項**  設立委員は、協会の設立の準備を完了したときは、遅滞なく、その旨を厚生労働大臣に届け出るとともに、その事務を前条第一項の規定により指名された理事長となるべき者に引き継がなければならない。
<sup>suppl-4181-83/art-13/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-4181-83/art-13/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4181-83/art-13/par-5</sup>
When the committee members have completed the preparations for the establishment of JHIA, they must without delay notify the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare to that effect and hand over their affairs to the person who is to become the president designated pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第六項**  厚生労働大臣は、第三項の認可をしたときは、直ちにその旨を告示するものとする。
<sup>suppl-4181-83/art-13/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-4181-83/art-13/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4181-83/art-13/par-6</sup>
When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare has given the authorization referred to in paragraph (3), the Minister is to give public notice to that effect immediately.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第七項**  協会は、前項の告示があったときは、第四条の規定の施行の日に、成立する。この場合において、協会は、遅滞なく、その定款を公告しなければならない。
<sup>suppl-4181-83/art-13/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-4181-83/art-13/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4181-83/art-13/par-7</sup>
JHIA is established on the date of enforcement of the provisions of Article 4 when the public notice referred to in the preceding paragraph has been given. In this case, JHIA must without delay give public notice of its constitution.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4181-83/art-13/par-4: 平成二十年十月改正健保法第七条の二十二第一項 → 健康保険法 第七条の二十二第一項 (Article 7-22, paragraph (1)), art-7-22/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-7-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-22/par-1
- suppl-4181-83/art-13/par-5: 前条第一項 → 健康保険法 附則第十二条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 12, paragraph (1)), suppl-4181-83/art-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-4181-83/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4181-83/art-12/par-1
- suppl-4181-83/art-13/par-6: 第三項 → 健康保険法 附則第十三条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 13, paragraph (3)), suppl-4181-83/art-13/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-4181-83/art-13/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4181-83/art-13/par-3
- suppl-4181-83/art-13/par-7: 前項 → 健康保険法 附則第十三条第六項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 13, paragraph (6)), suppl-4181-83/art-13/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-4181-83/art-13/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4181-83/art-13/par-6

## Cited by

3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 健康保険法 附則第十三条第六項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-4181-83/art-13/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4181-83/art-13/par-6
- 健康保険法 附則第十三条第七項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-4181-83/art-13/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4181-83/art-13/par-7
- 健康保険法 附則第百三十三条第一項（その他の経過措置の政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-4181-83/art-133/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4181-83/art-133/par-1

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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-20261010T183826-025, 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
