# 介護保険法 / Long-Term Care Insurance Act — 第百二十五条 (Article 125)

- Law: 介護保険法 (Long-Term Care Insurance Act), 平成九年法律第百二十三号
- English title "Long-Term Care 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: 第百二十五条 (Article 125)（介護給付費交付金） — address `art-125`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-125
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-125
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### 第百二十五条（介護給付費交付金） — (Grant for Long-Term Care Benefit Expenses)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-125 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-125 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-125</sup>

  **第一項**  市町村の介護保険に関する特別会計において負担する費用のうち、介護給付及び予防給付に要する費用の額に第二号被保険者負担率を乗じて得た額（以下「医療保険納付対象額」という。）については、政令で定めるところにより、機構が市町村に対して交付する介護給付費交付金をもって充てる。
  <sup>art-125/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-125/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-125/par-1</sup>
  With regard to the amount (hereinafter referred to as "Amount Subject to Medical Insurance Premium Payment") that is obtained by multiplying the payment percentage of the Secondary Insured Person group by the amount of expense necessary for Long-Term Care Benefits and Prevention Benefits among the expenses that are imposed upon a special account pertaining to Municipal Long-Term Care Insurance, pursuant to the provisions of a Cabinet Order, a Grant for Long-Term Care Benefit Expenses that is provided to a Municipality by the Organization is to be allocated to said amount.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第二項**  前項の第二号被保険者負担率は、すべての市町村に係る被保険者の見込数の総数に対するすべての市町村に係る第二号被保険者の見込数の総数の割合に二分の一を乗じて得た率を基準として設定するものとし、三年ごとに、当該割合の推移を勘案して政令で定める。
  <sup>art-125/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-125/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-125/par-2</sup>
  The payment proportion of a Secondary Insured Person group as prescribed in the preceding paragraph is to be established based on the percentage obtained by multiplying 50 percent to the percentage of the total prospective number of Secondary Insured Persons pertaining to all Municipalities to the total prospective number of Insured Persons pertaining to all Municipalities and is to be specified by a Cabinet Order by taking into consideration the changes of said proportion every three years.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  第百二十一条第二項の規定は、第一項に規定する介護給付及び予防給付に要する費用の額について準用する。
  <sup>art-125/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-125/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-125/par-3</sup>
  The provisions of Article 121, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to the amount of expenses necessary for Long-Term Care Benefits and Prevention Benefits as prescribed in paragraph (1).
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第四項**  第一項の介護給付費交付金は、第百五十条第一項の規定により機構が徴収する納付金をもって充てる。
  <sup>art-125/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-125/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-125/par-4</sup>
  The payment that is collected by the Organization pursuant to the provisions of Article 150, paragraph (1) is to be allocated to the Grant for Long-Term Care Benefit Expenses as set forth in paragraph (1).
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-125/par-2: 前項 → 介護保険法 第百二十五条第一項 (Article 125, paragraph (1)), art-125/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-125/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-125/par-1
- art-125/par-3: 第百二十一条第二項 → 介護保険法 第百二十一条第二項 (Article 121, paragraph (2)), art-121/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-121/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-121/par-2
- art-125/par-3: 第一項 → 介護保険法 第百二十五条第一項 (Article 125, paragraph (1)), art-125/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-125/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-125/par-1
- art-125/par-4: 第一項 → 介護保険法 第百二十五条第一項 (Article 125, paragraph (1)), art-125/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-125/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-125/par-1
- art-125/par-4: 第百五十条第一項 → 介護保険法 第百五十条第一項 (Article 150, paragraph (1)), art-150/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-150/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-150/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 介護保険法 第百二十二条の二第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-122-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-122-2/par-4
- 介護保険法 第百二十五条第二項（介護給付費交付金） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-125/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-125/par-2
- 介護保険法 第百二十五条第三項（介護給付費交付金） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-125/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-125/par-3
- 介護保険法 第百二十五条第四項（介護給付費交付金） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-125/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-125/par-4
- 介護保険法 第百二十六条第一項（地域支援事業支援交付金） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-126/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-126/par-1
- 介護保険法 第百四十八条第二項（市町村相互財政安定化事業） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-148/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-148/par-2
- 介護保険法 第百六十条第一項第二号（機構の業務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-160/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-160/par-1/item-2
- 介護保険法 第百六十九条第一項（政府保証） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-169/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-169/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 介護保険法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/409AC0000000123/20261001_507AC0000000087), retrieved 2026-10-18
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Long-Term Care Insurance Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3807/tb), retrieved 2026-10-18
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch long-term-care-insurance-act-20261018T212610-029, translated 2026-10-19
- This site's parser, version 209 — 介護保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-18
