# 介護保険法 / Long-Term Care Insurance Act — 第四十三条 (Article 43) - 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: 第四十三条 (Article 43)（居宅介護サービス費等に係る支給限度額） — address `art-43` - 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-43 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-43 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の居宅介護サービス費等区分支給限度基準額は、居宅サービス等区分ごとに、同項に規定する厚生労働省令で定める期間における当該居宅サービス等区分に係る居宅サービス及び地域密着型サービスの要介護状態区分に応じた標準的な利用の態様、当該居宅サービス及び地域密着型サービスに係る第四十一条第四項各号及び第四十二条の二第二項各号の厚生労働大臣が定める基準等を勘案して厚生労働大臣が定める額とする。 art-43/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-43/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-43/par-2 The base amount of maximum payment by classification of Allowance for In-Home Long-Term Care Service, etc., as prescribed in the preceding paragraph is to be an amount determined by the Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare by classification of In-Home Service, etc., and by considering the standard use, according to the categories of Condition of Need for Long-Term Care, of In-Home Service pertaining to the category of said In-Home Service and Community-Based Service, etc., during the period as determined by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare as prescribed in the same paragraph, and standards, etc., provided by the Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare as set forth in each item of Article 41, paragraph (4) and each item of Article 42-2, paragraph (2) pertaining to said In-Home Service and Community-Based Service. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 市町村は、前項の規定にかかわらず、条例で定めるところにより、第一項の居宅介護サービス費等区分支給限度基準額に代えて、その額を超える額を、当該市町村における居宅介護サービス費等区分支給限度基準額とすることができる。 art-43/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-43/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-43/par-3 A Municipality, notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph and pursuant to the provisions of a municipal ordinance, in lieu of the base amount of maximum payment for the categories of allowances for In-Home Long-Term Care, etc., as prescribed in paragraph (1), may determine an amount exceeding said base amount as the base amount of maximum payment for the categories of allowances for In-Home Long-Term Care, etc., in said Municipality. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 市町村は、居宅要介護被保険者が居宅サービス及び地域密着型サービスの種類（居宅サービス等区分に含まれるものであって厚生労働大臣が定めるものに限る。次項において同じ。）ごとに月を単位として厚生労働省令で定める期間において受けた一の種類の居宅サービスにつき支給する居宅介護サービス費の額の総額及び特例居宅介護サービス費の額の総額の合計額並びに一の種類の地域密着型サービスにつき支給する地域密着型介護サービス費の額の総額及び特例地域密着型介護サービス費の額の総額の合計額について、居宅介護サービス費等種類支給限度基準額を基礎として、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより算定した額の百分の九十に相当する額を超えることができないこととすることができる。 art-43/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-43/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-43/par-4 A Municipality, with regard to the total sum of the total amount of allowances for In-Home Long-Term Care and exceptional allowances for In-Home Long-Term Care that are paid by each type of In-Home Service and the total amount of allowances for Community-Based Service and exceptional allowances for Community-Based Service that are paid by each type of Community-Based Service when said allowances are paid monthly to an Insured In-Home Person Requiring Long-Term Care by the type of In-Home Service and Community-Based Service (limited to those types that are included in categories of In-Home Service, etc., and that are determined by the Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare) during the period as determined by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare, may determine that said total sum may not exceed 90 percent of the calculated standard amount pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare based on base amount of maximum payment for the categories of allowances for In-Home Long-Term Care, etc. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 前項の居宅介護サービス費等種類支給限度基準額は、居宅サービス及び地域密着型サービスの種類ごとに、同項に規定する厚生労働省令で定める期間における当該居宅サービス及び地域密着型サービスの要介護状態区分に応じた標準的な利用の態様、当該居宅サービス及び地域密着型サービスに係る第四十一条第四項各号及び第四十二条の二第二項各号の厚生労働大臣が定める基準等を勘案し、当該居宅サービス及び地域密着型サービスを含む居宅サービス等区分に係る第一項の居宅介護サービス費等区分支給限度基準額（第三項の規定に基づき条例を定めている市町村にあっては、当該条例による措置が講じられた額とする。）の範囲内において、市町村が条例で定める額とする。 art-43/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-43/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-43/par-5 The base amount of maximum payment for the categories of allowances for In-Home Long-Term Care, etc., as set forth in the preceding paragraph is to be the amount specified by a municipal ordinance within the limit of the base amount of maximum payment for the categories of allowances for In-Home Long-Term Care, etc., prescribed in paragraph (1) pertaining to the categories of In-Home Service, etc., including said In-Home Service and Community-Based Service (with regard to the Municipality that provides a municipal ordinance pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3), the base amount is to be the amount for which measures pursuant to the provisions of said municipal ordinance are undertaken) by considering each type of In-Home Service and Community-Based Service for its standard use according to the categories of Condition of Need for Long-Term Care of said In-Home Service and Community-Based Service during the period as determined by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare as prescribed in the preceding paragraph and of standards, etc., provided by the Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare as set forth in each item of Article 41, paragraph (4) and each item of Article 42-2, paragraph (2) pertaining to said In-Home Service and Community-Based Service. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 居宅介護サービス費若しくは特例居宅介護サービス費又は地域密着型介護サービス費若しくは特例地域密着型介護サービス費を支給することにより第一項に規定する合計額が同項に規定する百分の九十に相当する額を超える場合又は第四項に規定する合計額が同項に規定する百分の九十に相当する額を超える場合における当該居宅介護サービス費若しくは特例居宅介護サービス費又は地域密着型介護サービス費若しくは特例地域密着型介護サービス費の額は、第四十一条第四項各号若しくは第四十二条第三項又は第四十二条の二第二項各号若しくは第四項若しくは前条第二項の規定にかかわらず、政令で定めるところにより算定した額とする。 art-43/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-43/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-43/par-6 In the case where, by payment of an Allowance for In-Home Long-Term Care Service, an Exceptional Allowance for In-Home Long-Term Care Service, an Allowance for Community-Based Long-Term Care Service or an Exceptional Allowance for Community-Based Long-Term Care Service, the total amount prescribed in paragraph (1) exceeds the amount equivalent to 90 percent prescribed in the same paragraph, or the total amount prescribed in paragraph (4) exceeds the amount equivalent to 90 percent prescribed in the same paragraph, the amount of said Allowance for In-Home Long-Term Care Service, Exceptional Allowance for In-Home Long-Term Care Service, Allowance for Community-Based Long-Term Care Service or Exceptional Allowance for Community-Based Long-Term Care Service is to be the amount calculated pursuant to the provisions of a Cabinet Order, notwithstanding the provisions of each item of Article 41, paragraph (4), Article 42, paragraph (3), each item of Article 42-2, paragraph (2), Article 42-2, paragraph (4), or paragraph (2) of the preceding Article. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-43/par-1: この条 → 介護保険法 第四十三条 (Article 43), art-43 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-43 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-43 - art-43/par-2: 前項 → 介護保険法 第四十三条第一項 (Article 43, paragraph (1)), art-43/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-43/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-43/par-1 - art-43/par-2: 第四十一条第四項 → 介護保険法 第四十一条第四項 (Article 41, paragraph (4)), art-41/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-41/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-41/par-4 - art-43/par-2: 第四十二条の二第二項 → 介護保険法 第四十二条の二第二項 (Article 42-2, paragraph (2)), art-42-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-42-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-42-2/par-2 - art-43/par-3: 前項 → 介護保険法 第四十三条第二項 (Article 43, paragraph (2)), art-43/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-43/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-43/par-2 - art-43/par-3: 第一項 → 介護保険法 第四十三条第一項 (Article 43, paragraph (1)), art-43/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-43/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-43/par-1 - art-43/par-4: 次項 → 介護保険法 第四十三条第五項 (Article 43, paragraph (5)), art-43/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-43/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-43/par-5 - art-43/par-5: 前項 → 介護保険法 第四十三条第四項 (Article 43, paragraph (4)), art-43/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-43/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-43/par-4 - art-43/par-5: 第四十一条第四項 → 介護保険法 第四十一条第四項 (Article 41, paragraph (4)), art-41/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-41/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-41/par-4 - art-43/par-5: 第四十二条の二第二項 → 介護保険法 第四十二条の二第二項 (Article 42-2, paragraph (2)), art-42-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-42-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-42-2/par-2 - art-43/par-5: 第一項 → 介護保険法 第四十三条第一項 (Article 43, paragraph (1)), art-43/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-43/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-43/par-1 - art-43/par-5: 第三項 → 介護保険法 第四十三条第三項 (Article 43, paragraph (3)), art-43/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-43/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-43/par-3 - art-43/par-6: 第一項 → 介護保険法 第四十三条第一項 (Article 43, paragraph (1)), art-43/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-43/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-43/par-1 - art-43/par-6: 第四項 → 介護保険法 第四十三条第四項 (Article 43, paragraph (4)), art-43/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-43/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-43/par-4 - art-43/par-6: 第四十一条第四項 → 介護保険法 第四十一条第四項 (Article 41, paragraph (4)), art-41/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-41/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-41/par-4 - art-43/par-6: 第四十二条第三項 → 介護保険法 第四十二条第三項 (Article 42, paragraph (3)), art-42/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-42/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-42/par-3 - art-43/par-6: 第四十二条の二第二項 → 介護保険法 第四十二条の二第二項 (Article 42-2, paragraph (2)), art-42-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-42-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-42-2/par-2 - art-43/par-6: 第四項 → 介護保険法 第四十二条の二第四項 (Article 42-2, paragraph (4)), art-42-2/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-42-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-42-2/par-4 - art-43/par-6: 前条第二項 → 介護保険法 第四十二条の三第二項 (Article 42-3, paragraph (2)), art-42-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-42-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-42-3/par-2 ## Cited by 16 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 介護保険法 第四十三条第一項（居宅介護サービス費等に係る支給限度額） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-43/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-43/par-1 - 介護保険法 第四十三条第二項（居宅介護サービス費等に係る支給限度額） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-43/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-43/par-2 - 介護保険法 第四十三条第三項（居宅介護サービス費等に係る支給限度額） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-43/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-43/par-3 - 介護保険法 第四十三条第四項（居宅介護サービス費等に係る支給限度額） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-43/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-43/par-4 - 介護保険法 第四十三条第五項（居宅介護サービス費等に係る支給限度額） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-43/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-43/par-5 - 介護保険法 第四十三条第六項（居宅介護サービス費等に係る支給限度額） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-43/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-43/par-6 - 介護保険法 第四十九条の二第一項第一号（一定以上の所得を有する要介護被保険者に係る居宅介護サービス費等の額） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-49-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-49-2/par-1/item-1 - 介護保険法 第四十九条の二第一項第二号（一定以上の所得を有する要介護被保険者に係る居宅介護サービス費等の額） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-49-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-49-2/par-1/item-2 - 介護保険法 第四十九条の二第一項第三号（一定以上の所得を有する要介護被保険者に係る居宅介護サービス費等の額） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-49-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-49-2/par-1/item-3 - 介護保険法 第四十九条の二第一項第四号（一定以上の所得を有する要介護被保険者に係る居宅介護サービス費等の額） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-49-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-49-2/par-1/item-4 - 介護保険法 第六十九条第三項第一号（保険料を徴収する権利が消滅した場合の保険給付の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-69/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-69/par-3/item-1 - 介護保険法 第六十九条第三項第二号（保険料を徴収する権利が消滅した場合の保険給付の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-69/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-69/par-3/item-2 - 介護保険法 第六十九条第三項第三号（保険料を徴収する権利が消滅した場合の保険給付の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-69/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-69/par-3/item-3 - 介護保険法 第六十九条第三項第四号（保険料を徴収する権利が消滅した場合の保険給付の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-69/par-3/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-69/par-3/item-4 - 介護保険法 第百二十一条第二項（国の負担） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-121/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-121/par-2 - 介護保険法 第百四十八条第一項（市町村相互財政安定化事業） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-148/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-148/par-1 --- ## 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-20261018T212610-003, 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