# 国民健康保険法 / National Health Insurance Act — 第六十六条の二 (Article 66-2)

- 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: 第六十六条の二 (Article 66-2)（市町村による保険給付に係る事務の範囲） — address `art-66-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-66-2
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### 第六十六条の二（市町村による保険給付に係る事務の範囲） — Scope of Affairs Pertaining to Insurance Benefits Provided by Municipalities
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<sup>art-66-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-66-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-66-2</sup>

  **第一項**  市町村が第三十六条第一項、第四十三条第三項、第五十二条第一項、第五十二条の二第一項、第五十三条第一項、第五十四条第一項及び第二項、第五十四条の二第一項、第五十四条の三第一項、第二項、第四項、第七項及び第八項、第五十四条の四第一項、第五十五条第一項、第五十六条第二項、第五十七条の二第一項並びに第五十七条の三第一項の規定により行う保険給付については、当該市町村の区域内に住所を有する者に対し、行うものとする。
  <sup>art-66-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-66-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-66-2/par-1</sup>
  With respect to insurance benefits that a Municipality provides pursuant to the provisions of Article 36, paragraph (1), Article 43, paragraph (3), Article 52, paragraph (1), Article 52-2, paragraph (1), Article 53, paragraph (1), Article 54, paragraphs (1) and (2), Article 54-2, paragraph (1), Article 54-3, paragraphs (1), (2), (4), (7) and (8), Article 54-4, paragraph (1), Article 55, paragraph (1), Article 56, paragraph (2), Article 57-2, paragraph (1) and Article 57-3, paragraph (1), the Municipality is to provide them to persons who have a domicile within the area of the Municipality.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第二項**  市町村は、当該市町村の区域内に住所を有する者について、第四十二条第二項、第四十三条第一項、第四十四条第一項、第四十五条第三項（第五十二条第六項、第五十二条の二第三項、第五十三条第三項及び第五十四条の三第六項において準用する場合を含む。）及び第五十八条第一項の規定による事務を行うものとする。
  <sup>art-66-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-66-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-66-2/par-2</sup>
  A Municipality is to carry out, with respect to persons who have a domicile within the area of the Municipality, the affairs under the provisions of Article 42, paragraph (2), Article 43, paragraph (1), Article 44, paragraph (1), Article 45, paragraph (3) (including cases where applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 52, paragraph (6), Article 52-2, paragraph (3), Article 53, paragraph (3) and Article 54-3, paragraph (6)) and Article 58, paragraph (1).
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-66-2/par-1: 第三十六条第一項 → 国民健康保険法 第三十六条第一項 (Article 36, paragraph (1)), art-36/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-36/par-1
- art-66-2/par-1: 第四十三条第三項 → 国民健康保険法 第四十三条第三項 (Article 43, paragraph (3)), art-43/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-43/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-43/par-3
- art-66-2/par-1: 第五十二条第一項 → 国民健康保険法 第五十二条第一項 (Article 52, paragraph (1)), art-52/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-52/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-52/par-1
- art-66-2/par-1: 第五十二条の二第一項 → 国民健康保険法 第五十二条の二第一項 (Article 52-2, paragraph (1)), art-52-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-52-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-52-2/par-1
- art-66-2/par-1: 第五十三条第一項 → 国民健康保険法 第五十三条第一項 (Article 53, paragraph (1)), art-53/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-53/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-53/par-1
- art-66-2/par-1: 第五十四条第一項 → 国民健康保険法 第五十四条第一項 (Article 54, paragraph (1)), art-54/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-54/par-1
- art-66-2/par-1: 第二項 → 国民健康保険法 第五十四条第二項 (Article 54, paragraph (2)), art-54/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-54/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-54/par-2
- art-66-2/par-1: 第五十四条の二第一項 → 国民健康保険法 第五十四条の二第一項 (Article 54-2, paragraph (1)), art-54-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-54-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-54-2/par-1
- art-66-2/par-1: 第五十四条の三第一項 → 国民健康保険法 第五十四条の三第一項 (Article 54-3, paragraph (1)), art-54-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-54-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-54-3/par-1
- art-66-2/par-1: 第二項 → 国民健康保険法 第五十四条の三第二項 (Article 54-3, paragraph (2)), art-54-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-54-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-54-3/par-2
- art-66-2/par-1: 第四項 → 国民健康保険法 第五十四条の三第四項 (Article 54-3, paragraph (4)), art-54-3/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-54-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-54-3/par-4
- art-66-2/par-1: 第七項 → 国民健康保険法 第五十四条の三第七項 (Article 54-3, paragraph (7)), art-54-3/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-54-3/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-54-3/par-7
- art-66-2/par-1: 第八項 → 国民健康保険法 第五十四条の三第八項 (Article 54-3, paragraph (8)), art-54-3/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-54-3/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-54-3/par-8
- art-66-2/par-1: 第五十四条の四第一項 → 国民健康保険法 第五十四条の四第一項 (Article 54-4, paragraph (1)), art-54-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-54-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-54-4/par-1
- art-66-2/par-1: 第五十五条第一項 → 国民健康保険法 第五十五条第一項 (Article 55, paragraph (1)), art-55/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-55/par-1
- art-66-2/par-1: 第五十六条第二項 → 国民健康保険法 第五十六条第二項 (Article 56, paragraph (2)), art-56/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-56/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-56/par-2
- art-66-2/par-1: 第五十七条の二第一項 → 国民健康保険法 第五十七条の二第一項 (Article 57-2, paragraph (1)), art-57-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-57-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-57-2/par-1
- art-66-2/par-1: 第五十七条の三第一項 → 国民健康保険法 第五十七条の三第一項 (Article 57-3, paragraph (1)), art-57-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-57-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-57-3/par-1
- art-66-2/par-2: 第四十二条第二項 → 国民健康保険法 第四十二条第二項 (Article 42, paragraph (2)), art-42/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-42/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-42/par-2
- art-66-2/par-2: 第四十三条第一項 → 国民健康保険法 第四十三条第一項 (Article 43, paragraph (1)), art-43/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-43/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-43/par-1
- art-66-2/par-2: 第四十四条第一項 → 国民健康保険法 第四十四条第一項 (Article 44, paragraph (1)), art-44/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-44/par-1
- art-66-2/par-2: 第四十五条第三項 → 国民健康保険法 第四十五条第三項 (Article 45, paragraph (3)), art-45/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-45/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-45/par-3
- art-66-2/par-2: 第五十二条第六項 → 国民健康保険法 第五十二条第六項 (Article 52, paragraph (6)), art-52/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-52/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-52/par-6
- art-66-2/par-2: 第五十二条の二第三項 → 国民健康保険法 第五十二条の二第三項 (Article 52-2, paragraph (3)), art-52-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-52-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-52-2/par-3
- art-66-2/par-2: 第五十三条第三項 → 国民健康保険法 第五十三条第三項 (Article 53, paragraph (3)), art-53/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-53/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-53/par-3
- art-66-2/par-2: 第五十四条の三第六項 → 国民健康保険法 第五十四条の三第六項 (Article 54-3, paragraph (6)), art-54-3/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-54-3/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-54-3/par-6
- art-66-2/par-2: 第五十八条第一項 → 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

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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-20261017T183826-004, 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