# 国民健康保険法 / National Health Insurance Act — 第七十六条 (Article 76)

- 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: 第七十六条 (Article 76)（保険料） — address `art-76`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第七十六条（保険料） — (Insurance Premiums)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-76 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-76 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-76</sup>

**第一項**  市町村は、当該市町村の国民健康保険に関する特別会計において負担する国民健康保険事業費納付金の納付に要する費用（当該市町村が属する都道府県の国民健康保険に関する特別会計において負担する前期高齢者納付金等及び後期高齢者支援金等、介護納付金、流行初期医療確保拠出金等並びに子ども・子育て支援納付金の納付に要する費用を含む。以下同じ。）、財政安定化基金拠出金の納付に要する費用その他の国民健康保険事業に要する費用に充てるため、被保険者の属する世帯の世帯主（当該市町村の区域内に住所を有する世帯主に限る。）から保険料を徴収しなければならない。ただし、地方税法の規定により国民健康保険税を課するときは、この限りでない。
<sup>art-76/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-76/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-76/par-1</sup>
A Municipality must collect insurance premiums from the Householder of the household to which an insured person belongs (limited to a Householder who has a domicile within the area of the Municipality) in order to cover the expenses required for paying payments for national health insurance services expenses borne by the special account of the Municipality relating to national health insurance (including the expenses required for paying young-old payments, etc., old-old aid, etc., the long-term care payment, the contribution for securing medical care in the early phase of an epidemic, etc. and the children and child-rearing support levy borne by the special account relating to national health insurance of the prefecture to which the Municipality belongs; the same applies hereinafter), the expenses required for paying the financial stabilization fund contribution and other expenses required for national health insurance services; provided, however, that this does not apply when national health insurance tax is imposed pursuant to the provisions of the Local Tax Act.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  組合は、療養の給付等に要する費用その他の国民健康保険事業に要する費用（前期高齢者納付金等及び後期高齢者支援金等、介護納付金、流行初期医療確保拠出金等並びに子ども・子育て支援納付金の納付に要する費用を含み、健康保険法第百七十九条に規定する組合にあつては、同法の規定による日雇拠出金の納付に要する費用を含む。）に充てるため、組合員から保険料を徴収しなければならない。
<sup>art-76/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-76/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-76/par-2</sup>
A Society shall collect insurance premiums from Society members to be allocated to the cost incurred in providing benefits for medical treatment, etc. and other expenses for national health insurance services (including expenses incurred in paying young-old payments, etc., old-old aid, etc., the long-term care payment, the contribution for securing medical care in the early phase of an epidemic, etc. and the children and child-rearing support levy and, in the case of a Society set forth in Article 179 of the Health Insurance Act, including expenses incurred in paying day worker contributions under the provisions of the same Act).
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  前二項の規定による保険料のうち、介護納付金の納付に要する費用に充てるための保険料は、介護保険法第九条第二号に規定する被保険者である被保険者について賦課するものとする。
<sup>art-76/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-76/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-76/par-3</sup>
Of the insurance premiums under the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, those to be allocated to expenses incurred in paying the long-term care payment shall be imposed with respect to insured persons who fall under the category of insured person as set forth in Article 9, item (ii) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-76/par-2: 健康保険法第百七十九条 → 健康保険法 第百七十九条 (Article 179), art-179 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-179 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-179
- art-76/par-3: 前二項 → 国民健康保険法 第七十六条第一項 (Article 76, paragraph (1)), art-76/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-76/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-76/par-1
- art-76/par-3: 前二項 → 国民健康保険法 第七十六条第二項 (Article 76, paragraph (2)), art-76/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-76/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-76/par-2
- art-76/par-3: 介護保険法第九条第二号 → 介護保険法 第九条第一項第二号 (Article 9, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-9/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-9/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-9/par-1/item-2

## Cited by

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

- 住民基本台帳法 別表第一 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/appdx-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/appdx-1
- 住民基本台帳法 別表第二 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/appdx-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/appdx-2
- 住民基本台帳法 別表第四 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/appdx-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/appdx-4
- 国民健康保険法 第十一条第二項（国民健康保険事業の運営に関する協議会） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-11/par-2
- 国民健康保険法 第七十条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-70/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-70/par-1
- 国民健康保険法 第七十六条第三項（保険料） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-76/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-76/par-3
- 国民健康保険法 第七十六条の二第一項（賦課期日） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-76-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-76-2/par-1
- 国民健康保険法 第七十六条の三第一項（保険料の徴収の方法） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-76-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-76-3/par-1
- 国民健康保険法 第八十一条第一項（条例又は規約への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-81/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-81/par-1
- 国民健康保険法 第百十三条の三第一項第一号（連合会又は機構への事務の委託） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-113-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-113-3/par-1/item-1
- 国民健康保険法 第百十三条の三第一項第二号（連合会又は機構への事務の委託） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-113-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-113-3/par-1/item-2
- 国民健康保険法 附則第六条第一項（保険料の徴収に関する読替え） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-3331-192/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-3331-192/art-6/par-1
- 国民健康保険法 附則第七条第一項（病床転換支援金の経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-3331-192/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-3331-192/art-7/par-1
- 国民健康保険法 附則第十二条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4271-31/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4271-31/art-12/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-20261017T183826-006, 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
