# 介護保険法 / Long-Term Care Insurance Act — 第五十五条 (Supplementary Provisions, 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 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 55) — address `suppl-4271-31/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/suppl-4271-31/art-55 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4271-31/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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第五十五条 suppl-4271-31/art-55 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4271-31/art-55 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4271-31/art-55 **第一項** 平成三十年度及び平成三十一年度の各年度の都道府県に係る納付金の額は、介護保険法第百五十一条第一項の規定にかかわらず、当該各年度の概算納付金の額（以下この項において「都道府県概算納付金額」という。）とする。ただし、前々年度の当該都道府県の区域に属する市町村に係る概算納付金の額の合計額（以下この項において「区域内市町村概算納付金合計額」という。）が同年度の当該都道府県の区域に属する市町村に係る確定納付金の額（当該市町村に同法第百五十三条の規定を適用するとしたならば、同条の規定により算定されることとなる額をいう。）の合計額（以下この項において「区域内市町村確定納付金合計額」という。）を超えるときは、当該各年度の都道府県概算納付金額からその超える額とその超える額に係る調整金額（同法第百五十一条第一項ただし書に規定する調整金額をいう。以下この項において同じ。）との合計額を控除して得た額とするものとし、前々年度の区域内市町村概算納付金合計額が同年度の区域内市町村確定納付金合計額に満たないときは、当該各年度の都道府県概算納付金額にその満たない額とその満たない額に係る調整金額との合計額を加算して得た額とする。 suppl-4271-31/art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4271-31/art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4271-31/art-55/par-1 The amount of the Levy pertaining to prefectures for each of fiscal year 2018 and fiscal year 2019 is, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 151, paragraph (1) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act, to be the amount of the estimated Levy for that fiscal year (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as the "prefectural estimated Levy amount"); provided, however, that when the total amount of the estimated Levy pertaining to the Municipalities belonging to the area of that prefecture for the year prior to the first preceding fiscal year (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as the "total estimated levies of municipalities in the area") exceeds the total amount of the fixed Levy pertaining to the Municipalities belonging to the area of that prefecture for that year (meaning the amount that would be calculated under the provisions of Article 153 of that Act if the provisions of that Article were applied to those Municipalities) (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as the "total fixed levies of municipalities in the area"), it is to be the amount obtained by deducting from the prefectural estimated Levy amount for each such fiscal year the total of the excess amount and the Adjustment amount pertaining to the excess amount (meaning the Adjustment amount prescribed in the proviso to Article 151, paragraph (1) of that Act; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph), and when the total estimated levies of municipalities in the area for the year prior to the first preceding fiscal year is less than the total fixed levies of municipalities in the area for that year, it is to be the amount obtained by adding to the prefectural estimated Levy amount for each such fiscal year the total of the shortfall and the Adjustment amount pertaining to the shortfall. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4271-31/art-55/par-1: 介護保険法第百五十一条第一項 → 介護保険法 第百五十一条第一項 (Article 151, paragraph (1)), art-151/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-151/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-151/par-1 - suppl-4271-31/art-55/par-1: この項 → 介護保険法 附則第五十五条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 55, paragraph (1)), suppl-4271-31/art-55/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4271-31/art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4271-31/art-55/par-1 - suppl-4271-31/art-55/par-1: 同法第百五十三条 → 介護保険法 第百五十三条 (Article 153), art-153 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-153 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-153 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 介護保険法 附則第五十五条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4271-31/art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4271-31/art-55/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-20261018T212610-047, translated 2026-10-19 - This site's parser, version 211 — 介護保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-18