# 介護保険法 / Long-Term Care Insurance Act — 第五十六条 (Article 56) - 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: 第五十六条 (Article 56)（介護予防福祉用具購入費の支給） — address `art-56` - 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-56 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-56 - 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. --- ### 第五十六条（介護予防福祉用具購入費の支給） — (Payment of an Allowance for Purchasing Equipment for Preventive Long-Term Care Covered by Public Aid) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-56 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-56 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-56 **第一項** 市町村は、居宅要支援被保険者が、特定介護予防福祉用具販売に係る指定介護予防サービス事業者から当該指定に係る介護予防サービス事業を行う事業所において販売される特定介護予防福祉用具を購入したときは、当該居宅要支援被保険者に対し、介護予防福祉用具購入費を支給する。 art-56/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-56/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-56/par-1 A Municipality, when an Insured In-Home Person Requiring Support purchases from a Designated Provider of a Preventive Service to Long-Term Care pertaining to the Sale of Specified Equipment for Preventive Long-Term Care Covered by Public Aid, Specified Equipment for Preventive Long-Term Care Covered by Public Aid that is sold by a Provider that performs Preventive Service of Long-Term Care Business pertaining to said designation, pays an Allowance for Purchasing Equipment for Preventive Long-Term Care Covered by Public Aid to said Insured In-Home Person Requiring Support. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 介護予防福祉用具購入費は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、市町村が必要と認める場合に限り、支給するものとする。 art-56/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-56/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-56/par-2 An Allowance for Purchasing Equipment for Preventive Long-Term Care Covered by Public Aid is to be paid pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare only when a Municipality determines it necessary. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 介護予防福祉用具購入費の額は、現に当該特定介護予防福祉用具の購入に要した費用の額の百分の九十に相当する額とする。 art-56/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-56/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-56/par-3 The amount of Allowance for Purchasing Equipment for Preventive Long-Term Care Covered by Public Aid is to be the amount equivalent to 90 percent of the actual expenses required to purchase said Specified Equipment for Preventive Long-Term Care Covered by Public Aid. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 居宅要支援被保険者が月を単位として厚生労働省令で定める期間において購入した特定介護予防福祉用具につき支給する介護予防福祉用具購入費の額の総額は、介護予防福祉用具購入費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-56/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-56/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-56/par-4 The total amount of Allowance for Purchasing Equipment for Preventive Long-Term Care Covered by Public Aid that is paid monthly for Specified Equipment for Preventive Long-Term Care Covered by Public Aid that an Insured In-Home Person Requiring Support purchases 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 payment of the Allowance for Purchasing Equipment for Preventive Long-Term Care Covered by Public Aid . Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 前項の介護予防福祉用具購入費支給限度基準額は、同項に規定する厚生労働省令で定める期間における特定介護予防福祉用具の購入に通常要する費用を勘案して厚生労働大臣が定める額とする。 art-56/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-56/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-56/par-5 The base amount of maximum payment of the Allowance for Purchasing Equipment for Preventive Long-Term Care Covered by Public Aid as set forth in the preceding paragraph is to be the amount determined by the Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare after considering the expenses normally required to purchase Specified Equipment for Preventive Long-Term Care Covered by Public Aid during the period as determined by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare as set forth in the same paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 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、第四項の介護予防福祉用具購入費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福祉用具購入費支給限度基準額とすることができる。 art-56/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-56/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-56/par-6 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 of the Allowance for Purchasing Equipment for Preventive Long-Term Care Covered by Public Aid as set forth in paragraph (4), may stipulate an amount that exceeds said base amount as the base amount of maximum payment for the Allowance for Purchasing Equipment for Preventive Long-Term Care Covered by Public Aid in said Municipality. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第七項** 介護予防福祉用具購入費を支給することにより第四項に規定する総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福祉用具購入費の額は、第三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-56/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-56/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-56/par-7 In a case 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 due to payment of an Allowance for Purchasing Equipment for Preventive Long-Term Care Covered by Public Aid , the amount of said Allowance for Purchasing Equipment for Preventive Long-Term Care Covered by Public Aid is to be the amount calculated pursuant to the provisions of a Cabinet Order, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (3). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-56/par-5: 前項 → 介護保険法 第五十六条第四項 (Article 56, paragraph (4)), art-56/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-56/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-56/par-4 - art-56/par-6: 前項 → 介護保険法 第五十六条第五項 (Article 56, paragraph (5)), art-56/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-56/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-56/par-5 - art-56/par-6: 第四項 → 介護保険法 第五十六条第四項 (Article 56, paragraph (4)), art-56/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-56/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-56/par-4 - art-56/par-7: 第四項 → 介護保険法 第五十六条第四項 (Article 56, paragraph (4)), art-56/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-56/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-56/par-4 - art-56/par-7: 第三項 → 介護保険法 第五十六条第三項 (Article 56, paragraph (3)), art-56/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-56/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-56/par-3 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 介護保険法 第五十六条第五項（介護予防福祉用具購入費の支給） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-56/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-56/par-5 - 介護保険法 第五十六条第六項（介護予防福祉用具購入費の支給） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-56/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-56/par-6 - 介護保険法 第五十六条第七項（介護予防福祉用具購入費の支給） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-56/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-56/par-7 - 介護保険法 第五十九条の二第一項第五号（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-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-59-2/par-1/item-5 - 介護保険法 第六十九条第三項第十二号（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-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-69/par-3/item-12 - 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 - 介護保険法 附則第五条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-5081-51/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-5081-51/art-5/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 - This site's parser, version 209 — 介護保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-18