# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第四十八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 48)

- 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
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- Provision: 第四十八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 48)（検討） — address `suppl-5061-47/art-48`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-5061-47/art-48
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### 第四十八条（検討） — Review
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<sup>suppl-5061-47/art-48 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-5061-47/art-48 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-5061-47/art-48</sup>

**第一項**  政府は、この法律の施行後五年を目途として、少子化の進展に対処するための子ども及び子育ての支援に関する施策の在り方について、加速化プラン実施施策の実施状況及びその効果並びに前条第二項の観点を踏まえて検討を行い、その結果に基づいて所要の措置を講ずるものとする。
<sup>suppl-5061-47/art-48/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-5061-47/art-48/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-5061-47/art-48/par-1</sup>
The government is to, with a target of five years after this Act comes into effect, conduct a review of the state of measures concerning support for children and child-rearing to address the advance of the declining birthrate, based on the status of implementation and the effects of the Acceleration Plan measures and the viewpoint set forth in paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, and take the required measures based on the results of that review.
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## Cites
- suppl-5061-47/art-48/par-1: 前条第二項 → 健康保険法 附則第四十七条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 47, paragraph (2)), suppl-5061-47/art-47/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-5061-47/art-47/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-5061-47/art-47/par-2

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 健康保険法 附則第四十七条第二項（子ども・子育て支援納付金の導入に当たっての経過措置及び留意事項） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-5061-47/art-47/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-5061-47/art-47/par-2

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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-20261010T183826-041, 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
