# 介護保険法 / Long-Term Care Insurance Act — 第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7) - 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: 第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7) — address `suppl-4171-77/art-7` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4171-77/art-7 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4171-77/art-7 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第七条 suppl-4171-77/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4171-77/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4171-77/art-7 **第一項** この法律の施行前に第三条の規定による改正前の介護保険法（以下「旧介護保険法」という。）第七条第二十一項に規定する介護老人福祉施設（入所定員が二十九人以下であるものに限る。以下この条において「小規模介護老人福祉施設」という。）に入所することにより当該小規模介護老人福祉施設の所在する場所に住所を変更したと認められる被保険者であって、当該小規模介護老人福祉施設に入所した際他の市町村（当該小規模介護老人福祉施設が所在する市町村以外の市町村をいう。）の区域内に住所を有していたと認められるものは、施行日以後引き続き当該小規模介護老人福祉施設に入所している間は、介護保険法第九条の規定にかかわらず、当該他の市町村が行う介護保険の被保険者とする。ただし、二以上の旧介護保険法第七条第十九項に規定する介護保険施設（以下この条において「旧介護保険施設」という。）に継続して入所している被保険者であって、現に入所している小規模介護老人福祉施設（以下この条において「現入所施設」という。）に入所する直前に入所していた旧介護保険施設（以下この項において「直前入所施設」という。）及び現入所施設のそれぞれに入所することにより直前入所施設及び現入所施設のそれぞれの所在する場所に順次住所を変更したと認められるもの（次項において「特定継続入所被保険者」という。）については、この限りでない。 suppl-4171-77/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4171-77/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4171-77/art-7/par-1 An Insured Person who, by being admitted before the enforcement of this Act to a Facility Covered by Public Aid Providing Long-Term Care to the Elderly prescribed in Article 7, paragraph (21) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act prior to its amendment by the provisions of Article 3 (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Long-Term Care Insurance Act") (limited to one with a capacity of 29 residents or less; hereinafter in this Article referred to as a "small-scale Facility Covered by Public Aid Providing Long-Term Care to the Elderly"), is found to have changed his or her domicile to the location where said small-scale Facility Covered by Public Aid Providing Long-Term Care to the Elderly is located, and who is found to have had a domicile within the area of another Municipality (meaning a Municipality other than the Municipality where said small-scale Facility Covered by Public Aid Providing Long-Term Care to the Elderly is located) when admitted to said small-scale Facility Covered by Public Aid Providing Long-Term Care to the Elderly, is to be, while continuing to be admitted to said small-scale Facility Covered by Public Aid Providing Long-Term Care to the Elderly on or after the Effective Date, an Insured Person of Long-Term Care Insurance provided by said other Municipality, notwithstanding Article 9 of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act; provided, however, that this does not apply to an Insured Person who is continuously admitted to two or more Former Facilities Covered by Long-Term Care Insurance prescribed in Article 7, paragraph (19) of the Former Long-Term Care Insurance Act (hereinafter in this Article referred to as "Former Facilities Covered by Long-Term Care Insurance") and who is found to have changed his or her domicile consecutively to the location of each of the Former Facility Covered by Long-Term Care Insurance (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as the "facility of immediately preceding admission") to which the Insured Person was admitted immediately before being admitted to the small-scale Facility Covered by Public Aid Providing Long-Term Care to the Elderly in which the Insured Person is currently admitted (hereinafter in this Article referred to as the "current facility of admission") and the current facility of admission, by being admitted to each of the facility of immediately preceding admission and the current facility of admission (referred to as an "insured person in specified continuous admission" in the following paragraph). machine translation, not official **第二項** 特定継続入所被保険者のうち、次の各号に掲げるものは、介護保険法第九条の規定にかかわらず、当該各号に定める市町村が行う介護保険の被保険者とする。 suppl-4171-77/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4171-77/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4171-77/art-7/par-2 Among insured persons in specified continuous admission, those set forth in the following items are to be Insured Persons of Long-Term Care Insurance provided by the Municipality specified in the respective items, notwithstanding Article 9 of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act: machine translation, not official **一** 継続して入所している二以上の旧介護保険施設のそれぞれに入所することによりそれぞれの旧介護保険施設の所在する場所に順次住所を変更したと認められる被保険者であって、当該二以上の旧介護保険施設のうち最初の旧介護保険施設に入所した際他の市町村（現入所施設が所在する市町村以外の市町村をいう。）の区域内に住所を有していたと認められるもの　当該他の市町村 suppl-4171-77/art-7/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4171-77/art-7/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4171-77/art-7/par-2/item-1 An Insured Person who is found to have changed his or her domicile consecutively to the location of each of two or more Former Facilities Covered by Long-Term Care Insurance by being admitted to each of the two or more Former Facilities Covered by Long-Term Care Insurance to which the Insured Person is continuously admitted, and who is found to have had a domicile within the area of another Municipality (meaning a Municipality other than the Municipality where the current facility of admission is located) when admitted to the first of those two or more Former Facilities Covered by Long-Term Care Insurance: said other Municipality; machine translation, not official **二** 継続して入所している二以上の旧介護保険施設のうち一の旧介護保険施設から継続して他の旧介護保険施設に入所すること（以下この号において「継続入所」という。）により当該一の旧介護保険施設の所在する場所以外の場所から当該他の旧介護保険施設の所在する場所への住所の変更（以下この号において「特定住所変更」という。）を行ったと認められる被保険者であって、最後に行った特定住所変更に係る継続入所の際他の市町村（現入所施設が所在する市町村以外の市町村をいう。）の区域内に住所を有していたと認められるもの　当該他の市町村 suppl-4171-77/art-7/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4171-77/art-7/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4171-77/art-7/par-2/item-2 An Insured Person who is found to have changed domicile from a location other than the location where one of the two or more Former Facilities Covered by Long-Term Care Insurance to which the Insured Person is continuously admitted is located to the location where another Former Facility Covered by Long-Term Care Insurance is located (hereinafter in this item referred to as a "Change of Specified Domicile") by continuing from that one Former Facility Covered by Long-Term Care Insurance to admission to that other Former Facility Covered by Long-Term Care Insurance (hereinafter in this item referred to as "Continuous Admission"), and who is found to have had a domicile within the area of another Municipality (meaning a Municipality other than the Municipality where the current facility of admission is located) at the time of the Continuous Admission pertaining to the most recent Change of Specified Domicile: said other Municipality. machine translation, not official **第三項** 前二項の規定の適用を受ける被保険者については、現入所施設及びその者が現入所施設に入所する前に入所していた旧介護保険施設をそれぞれ新介護保険法第十三条第一項に規定する住所地特例対象施設とみなして、同条の規定を適用する。 suppl-4171-77/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4171-77/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4171-77/art-7/par-3 With regard to an Insured Person to whom the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs apply, Article 13 of the New Long-Term Care Insurance Act applies by deeming the current facility of admission and the Former Facility Covered by Long-Term Care Insurance to which the person was admitted before being admitted to the current facility of admission each to be a Facility Subject to Domicile Exception prescribed in Article 13, paragraph (1) of the New Long-Term Care Insurance Act. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4171-77/art-7/par-1: この条 → 介護保険法 附則第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7), suppl-4171-77/art-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4171-77/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4171-77/art-7 - suppl-4171-77/art-7/par-1: 介護保険法第九条 → 介護保険法 第九条 (Article 9), art-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-9 - suppl-4171-77/art-7/par-1: この項 → 介護保険法 附則第七条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7, paragraph (1)), suppl-4171-77/art-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4171-77/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4171-77/art-7/par-1 - suppl-4171-77/art-7/par-1: 次項 → 介護保険法 附則第七条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7, paragraph (2)), suppl-4171-77/art-7/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4171-77/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4171-77/art-7/par-2 - suppl-4171-77/art-7/par-2: 介護保険法第九条 → 介護保険法 第九条 (Article 9), art-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-9 - suppl-4171-77/art-7/par-2/item-2: この号 → 介護保険法 附則第七条第二項第二号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7, paragraph (2), item (ii)), suppl-4171-77/art-7/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4171-77/art-7/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4171-77/art-7/par-2/item-2 - suppl-4171-77/art-7/par-3: 前二項 → 介護保険法 附則第七条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7, paragraph (1)), suppl-4171-77/art-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4171-77/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4171-77/art-7/par-1 - suppl-4171-77/art-7/par-3: 前二項 → 介護保険法 附則第七条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7, paragraph (2)), suppl-4171-77/art-7/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4171-77/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4171-77/art-7/par-2 - suppl-4171-77/art-7/par-3: 新介護保険法第十三条第一項 → 介護保険法 第十三条第一項 (Article 13, paragraph (1)), art-13/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-13/par-1 - suppl-4171-77/art-7/par-3: 同条 → 介護保険法 第十三条 (Article 13), art-13 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-13 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 介護保険法 附則第七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4171-77/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4171-77/art-7/par-1 - 介護保険法 附則第七条第二項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4171-77/art-7/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4171-77/art-7/par-2/item-2 - 介護保険法 附則第七条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4171-77/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4171-77/art-7/par-3 --- ## 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-20261018T212610-039, translated 2026-10-19 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch long-term-care-insurance-act-20261019T014622-003, 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