# 国民健康保険法 / National Health Insurance Act — 第五十八条 (Article 58)

- Law: 国民健康保険法 (National Health Insurance Act), 昭和三十三年法律第百九十二号
- English title "National Health 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: 第五十八条 (Article 58) — address `art-58`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-58
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-58
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### 第五十八条
<sup>art-58 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-58 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-58</sup>

  **第一項**  市町村及び組合は、被保険者の出産及び死亡に関しては、条例又は規約の定めるところにより、出産育児一時金の支給又は葬祭費の支給若しくは葬祭の給付を行うものとする。ただし、特別の理由があるときは、その全部又は一部を行わないことができる。
  <sup>art-58/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-58/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-58/par-1</sup>
  With respect to an insured person's childbirth or death, Municipalities and Societies shall make a childbirth and childcare lump sum payment or pay funeral expenses or grant benefits for funeral services pursuant to the provisions of Municipal Ordinance or constitution; provided, however, that they may refrain from taking all or part of these measures when any special reason exists.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第二項**  市町村及び組合は、前項の保険給付のほか、条例又は規約の定めるところにより、傷病手当金の支給その他の保険給付を行うことができる。
  <sup>art-58/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-58/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-58/par-2</sup>
  In addition to the insurance benefits set forth in the preceding paragraph, Municipalities and Societies may pay injury and illness benefits or provide any other insurance benefit pursuant to the provisions of Municipal Ordinance or constitution.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第三項**  市町村及び組合は、第一項の保険給付及び前項の傷病手当金の支払に関する事務を国民健康保険団体連合会又は機構に委託することができる。
  <sup>art-58/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-58/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-58/par-3</sup>
  Municipalities and Societies may entrust affairs concerning the payment of the insurance benefits set forth in paragraph (1) and the injury and illness benefits set forth in the preceding paragraph to a Federation of National Health Insurance Associations or the organization.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-58/par-2: 前項 → 国民健康保険法 第五十八条第一項 (Article 58, paragraph (1)), art-58/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-58/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-58/par-1
- art-58/par-3: 第一項 → 国民健康保険法 第五十八条第一項 (Article 58, paragraph (1)), art-58/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-58/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-58/par-1
- art-58/par-3: 前項 → 国民健康保険法 第五十八条第二項 (Article 58, paragraph (2)), art-58/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-58/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-58/par-2

## Cited by

5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 国民健康保険法 第五十八条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-58/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-58/par-2
- 国民健康保険法 第五十八条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-58/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-58/par-3
- 国民健康保険法 第六十六条の二第二項（市町村による保険給付に係る事務の範囲） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-66-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-66-2/par-2
- 国民健康保険法 第七十三条の二第一項（出産育児交付金） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-73-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-73-2/par-1
- 国民健康保険法 第八十五条の三第二項第一号（業務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-85-3/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-85-3/par-2/item-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 国民健康保険法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/333AC0000000192/20261001_507AC0000000087), retrieved 2026-10-17
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — National Health Insurance Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2453/tb), retrieved 2026-10-17
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch national-health-insurance-act-20261017T183826-003, translated 2026-10-18
- This site's parser, version 209 — 国民健康保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-17
