# 介護保険法 / Long-Term Care Insurance Act — 第五十五条 (Article 55) - 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: 第五十五条 (Article 55)（介護予防サービス費等に係る支給限度額） — address `art-55` - 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-55 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-55 - 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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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第五十五条（介護予防サービス費等に係る支給限度額） — (Maximum Payment pertaining to an Allowance for Preventive Long-Term Care Service) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-55 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-55 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-55 **第一項** 居宅要支援被保険者が介護予防サービス等区分（介護予防サービス（これに相当するサービスを含む。以下この条において同じ。）及び地域密着型介護予防サービス（これに相当するサービスを含む。以下この条において同じ。）について、その種類ごとの相互の代替性の有無等を勘案して厚生労働大臣が定める二以上の種類からなる区分をいう。以下この条において同じ。）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介護予防サービス等区分に係る介護予防サービスにつき支給する介護予防サービス費の額の総額及び特例介護予防サービス費の額の総額並びに地域密着型介護予防サービスにつき支給する地域密着型介護予防サービス費の額の総額及び特例地域密着型介護予防サービス費の額の総額の合計額は、介護予防サービス費等区分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。 art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-55/par-1 Total sum of the total amounts of the Allowance for Preventive Long-Term Care Service and Exceptional Allowance for Preventive Service of Long-Term Care that are paid for Preventive Service of Long-Term Care, and the Allowance for Community-Based Preventive Long-Term Care Service and Exceptional Allowance for Community-Based Preventive Service of Long-Term Care that are paid for Designated Provider of Community-Based Service for Preventive Long-Term Care, as pertaining to a single category of Preventive Service of Long-Term Care, etc., that an In-Home Person Requiring Support receives monthly by category of Preventive Service of Long-Term Care, etc. (which means categories of two or more types as determined by the Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare, with regard to Preventive Service of Long-Term Care (including equivalent services; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) and Community-Based Preventive Service of Long-Term Care (including equivalent services; the same applies hereinafter in this Article), after considering the inter-substitution by type; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) during the period provided by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare, may not exceed the amount equivalent to 90 percent of the amount calculated pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare based on the base amount of maximum benefit for the payment categories of Preventive Service of Long-Term Care, etc. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の介護予防サービス費等区分支給限度基準額は、介護予防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介護予防サービス等区分に係る介護予防サービス及び地域密着型介護予防サービスの要支援状態区分に応じた標準的な利用の態様、当該介護予防サービス及び地域密着型介護予防サービスに係る第五十三条第二項各号及び第五十四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-55/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-55/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-55/par-2 The base amount of maximum benefit for the payment categories of Allowance for Preventive Long-Term Care Service, etc., as set forth in the preceding paragraph is to be the amount determined by the Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare by category of Preventive Service of Long-Term Care, etc., after considering the types of standard use that are according to the categories of Needed Support Condition, of Preventive Service of Long-Term Care, and of Community-Based Preventive Service of Long-Term Care pertaining to the categories of said Preventive Service of Long-Term Care, etc., during the period as determined by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare as prescribed in the same paragraph, standards provided by the Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare as set forth in each item of Article 53, paragraph (2) and each item of Article 54-2, paragraph (2) pertaining to said Preventive Service of Long-Term Care and Community-Based Preventive Service of Long-Term Care. 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、第一項の介護予防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介護予防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-55/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-55/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-55/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 the maximum benefit by payment category of Preventive Service of Long-Term Care, etc., as set forth in paragraph (1), may determine that an amount exceeding said base amount as the base amount of maximum benefit by payment category of Preventive Service of Long-Term Care in said Municipality. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 市町村は、居宅要支援被保険者が介護予防サービス及び地域密着型介護予防サービスの種類（介護予防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介護予防サービスにつき支給する介護予防サービス費の額の総額及び特例介護予防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介護予防サービスにつき支給する地域密着型介護予防サービス費の額の総額及び特例地域密着型介護予防サービス費の額の総額の合計額について、介護予防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-55/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-55/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-55/par-4 A Municipality may stipulate that the total sum of the total amounts of Allowance for Preventive Long-Term Care Service and Exceptional Allowance for Preventive Service of Long-Term Care that are paid for single type of Preventive Service of Long-Term Care and the total amount of Allowance for Community-Based Preventive Long-Term Care Service and Exceptional Allowance for Community-Based Preventive Service of Long-Term Care that are paid for single type of Community-Based Preventive Service of Long-Term Care as allowances that were paid monthly to an In-Home Person Requiring Support by type of Preventive Service of Long-Term Care and Community-Based Preventive Service of Long-Term Care (limited to those types included in categories of Preventive Service of Long-Term Care, etc., and provided by the Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare; the same applies in the following paragraph) during the period as determined by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare may not exceed the amount equivalent to 90 percent of the amount calculated pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare based on the base amount of maximum benefit by payment type of Preventive Service of Long-Term Care, etc. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 前項の介護予防サービス費等種類支給限度基準額は、介護予防サービス及び地域密着型介護予防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介護予防サービス及び地域密着型介護予防サービスの要支援状態区分に応じた標準的な利用の態様、当該介護予防サービス及び地域密着型介護予防サービスに係る第五十三条第二項各号及び第五十四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、当該介護予防サービス及び地域密着型介護予防サービスを含む介護予防サービス等区分に係る第一項の介護予防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-55/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-55/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-55/par-5 The base amount of maximum benefit by payment type of Preventive Service of Long-Term Care, etc., as set forth in the preceding paragraph is to be the amount that a Municipality stipulates by ordinance, by type of Preventive Service of Long-Term Care and Community-Based Preventive Service of Long-Term Care, after considering the type of standard use that is according to each Category of Needed Support Condition, of said Preventive Service of Long-Term Care and Community-Based Preventive Service of Long-Term Care during the period as determined by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare as prescribed in the same paragraph, standards determined by the Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare as set forth in each item of Article 53, paragraph (2) and each item of Article 54-2, paragraph (2) pertaining to said Preventive Service of Long-Term Care and Community-Based Preventive Service of Long-Term Care, etc., within the base amount of maximum benefit by payment category of Preventive Service of Long-Term Care, etc., as set forth in paragraph (1) pertaining to the categories of Preventive Service of Long-Term Care, etc., that include said Preventive Service of Long-Term Care and Community-Based Preventive Service of Long-Term Care (said base amount, with regard to the Municipality that provides Order pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3), is to be the amount by which measures pursuant to the provisions of said municipal ordinance are undertaken). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 介護予防サービス費若しくは特例介護予防サービス費又は地域密着型介護予防サービス費若しくは特例地域密着型介護予防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介護予防サービス費若しくは特例介護予防サービス費又は地域密着型介護予防サービス費若しくは特例地域密着型介護予防サービス費の額は、第五十三条第二項各号若しくは第五十四条第三項又は第五十四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-55/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-55/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-55/par-6 In a case when the total amount as prescribed in paragraph (1) exceeds the amount equivalent to 90 percent of the amount as prescribed in the same paragraph or when the total amount as prescribed in paragraph (4) exceeds the amount equivalent to 90 percent of the amount as prescribed in the same paragraph by payment of an Allowance for Preventive Long-Term Care Service or Exceptional Allowance for Preventive Long-Term Care Service, or an Allowance for Community-Based Preventive Long-Term Care Service or an Exceptional Allowance for Community-Based Preventive Long-Term Care Service, the amount of said Allowance for Preventive Long-Term Care Service or Exceptional Allowance for Preventive Long-Term Care Service, or Allowance for Community-Based Preventive Long-Term Care Service or Exceptional Allowance for Community-Based Preventive 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 53, paragraph (2), Article 54, paragraph (3), each item of Article 54-2, paragraph (2), paragraph (4) of that Article, or paragraph (2) of the preceding Article. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-55/par-1: この条 → 介護保険法 第五十五条 (Article 55), art-55 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-55 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-55 - art-55/par-2: 前項 → 介護保険法 第五十五条第一項 (Article 55, paragraph (1)), art-55/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-55/par-1 - art-55/par-2: 第五十三条第二項 → 介護保険法 第五十三条第二項 (Article 53, paragraph (2)), art-53/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-53/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-53/par-2 - art-55/par-2: 第五十四条の二第二項 → 介護保険法 第五十四条の二第二項 (Article 54-2, paragraph (2)), art-54-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-54-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-54-2/par-2 - art-55/par-3: 前項 → 介護保険法 第五十五条第二項 (Article 55, paragraph (2)), art-55/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-55/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-55/par-2 - art-55/par-3: 第一項 → 介護保険法 第五十五条第一項 (Article 55, paragraph (1)), art-55/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-55/par-1 - art-55/par-4: 次項 → 介護保険法 第五十五条第五項 (Article 55, paragraph (5)), art-55/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-55/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-55/par-5 - art-55/par-5: 前項 → 介護保険法 第五十五条第四項 (Article 55, paragraph (4)), art-55/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-55/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-55/par-4 - art-55/par-5: 第五十三条第二項 → 介護保険法 第五十三条第二項 (Article 53, paragraph (2)), art-53/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-53/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-53/par-2 - art-55/par-5: 第五十四条の二第二項 → 介護保険法 第五十四条の二第二項 (Article 54-2, paragraph (2)), art-54-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-54-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-54-2/par-2 - art-55/par-5: 第一項 → 介護保険法 第五十五条第一項 (Article 55, paragraph (1)), art-55/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-55/par-1 - art-55/par-5: 第三項 → 介護保険法 第五十五条第三項 (Article 55, paragraph (3)), art-55/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-55/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-55/par-3 - art-55/par-6: 第一項 → 介護保険法 第五十五条第一項 (Article 55, paragraph (1)), art-55/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-55/par-1 - art-55/par-6: 第四項 → 介護保険法 第五十五条第四項 (Article 55, paragraph (4)), art-55/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-55/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-55/par-4 - art-55/par-6: 第五十三条第二項 → 介護保険法 第五十三条第二項 (Article 53, paragraph (2)), art-53/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-53/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-53/par-2 - art-55/par-6: 第五十四条第三項 → 介護保険法 第五十四条第三項 (Article 54, paragraph (3)), art-54/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-54/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-54/par-3 - art-55/par-6: 第五十四条の二第二項 → 介護保険法 第五十四条の二第二項 (Article 54-2, paragraph (2)), art-54-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-54-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-54-2/par-2 - art-55/par-6: 第四項 → 介護保険法 第五十四条の二第四項 (Article 54-2, paragraph (4)), art-54-2/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-54-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-54-2/par-4 - art-55/par-6: 前条第二項 → 介護保険法 第五十四条の三第二項 (Article 54-3, paragraph (2)), art-54-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-54-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-54-3/par-2 ## Cited by 16 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 介護保険法 第五十五条第一項（介護予防サービス費等に係る支給限度額） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-55/par-1 - 介護保険法 第五十五条第二項（介護予防サービス費等に係る支給限度額） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-55/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-55/par-2 - 介護保険法 第五十五条第三項（介護予防サービス費等に係る支給限度額） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-55/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-55/par-3 - 介護保険法 第五十五条第四項（介護予防サービス費等に係る支給限度額） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-55/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-55/par-4 - 介護保険法 第五十五条第五項（介護予防サービス費等に係る支給限度額） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-55/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-55/par-5 - 介護保険法 第五十五条第六項（介護予防サービス費等に係る支給限度額） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-55/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-55/par-6 - 介護保険法 第五十九条の二第一項第一号（一定以上の所得を有する居宅要支援被保険者に係る介護予防サービス費等の額） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-59-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-59-2/par-1/item-1 - 介護保険法 第五十九条の二第一項第二号（一定以上の所得を有する居宅要支援被保険者に係る介護予防サービス費等の額） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-59-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-59-2/par-1/item-2 - 介護保険法 第五十九条の二第一項第三号（一定以上の所得を有する居宅要支援被保険者に係る介護予防サービス費等の額） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-59-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-59-2/par-1/item-3 - 介護保険法 第五十九条の二第一項第四号（一定以上の所得を有する居宅要支援被保険者に係る介護予防サービス費等の額） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-59-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-59-2/par-1/item-4 - 介護保険法 第六十九条第三項第七号（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-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-69/par-3/item-7 - 介護保険法 第六十九条第三項第八号（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-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-69/par-3/item-8 - 介護保険法 第六十九条第三項第九号（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-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-69/par-3/item-9 - 介護保険法 第六十九条第三項第十号（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-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-69/par-3/item-10 - 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-20261018T203319-005, 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