# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第二十四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 24)

- 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: 第二十四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 24) — address `suppl-4181-83/art-24`
- 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-24
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4181-83/art-24
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### 第二十四条
<sup>suppl-4181-83/art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-4181-83/art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4181-83/art-24</sup>

**第一項**  第四条の規定の施行の日前に社会保険庁長官が健康保険法の規定によってした保険給付は、協会が同法の相当する規定によってした保険給付とみなす。
<sup>suppl-4181-83/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-4181-83/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4181-83/art-24/par-1</sup>
Insurance benefits paid by the Director-General of the Social Insurance Agency pursuant to the provisions of the Health Insurance Act before the date of enforcement of the provisions of Article 4 are deemed to be insurance benefits paid by JHIA pursuant to the corresponding provisions of that Act.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  第四条の規定の施行の日前に給付事由が生じた健康保険法の規定による保険給付のうち同日においてまだ支給していないものについては、協会によって支給するものとする。
<sup>suppl-4181-83/art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-4181-83/art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4181-83/art-24/par-2</sup>
Of the insurance benefits under the provisions of the Health Insurance Act for which the grounds for benefits arose before the date of enforcement of the provisions of Article 4, those not yet paid on that date are to be paid by JHIA.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

## Cited by

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

- 健康保険法 附則第一条第一項第五号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-4181-83/art-1/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4181-83/art-1/par-1/item-5
- 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-20261010T183826-026, 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
