# 国民健康保険法 / National Health Insurance Act — 第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7)
- 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
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- Provision: 第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7) — address `suppl-4091-94/art-7`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第七条
suppl-4091-94/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4091-94/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4091-94/art-7
**第一項** 平成九年八月三十一日に国民健康保険組合の組合員であって、同日以後引き続き当該国民健康保険組合の組合員である者及び当該組合員の世帯に属する当該国民健康保険組合の被保険者に係る療養の給付並びに入院時食事療養費、特定療養費、療養費、特別療養費、移送費及び高額療養費の支給に要する費用並びに老人保健法の規定による医療費拠出金の納付に要する費用についての国民健康保険組合に対する国の補助については、なお従前の例による。
suppl-4091-94/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4091-94/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4091-94/art-7/par-1
With regard to the national subsidy to a National Health Insurance Society for the expenses required for benefits for medical treatment and for the payment of Dietary Treatment expenses for inpatients, specified medical expenses, medical expenses, special medical expenses, transport expenses and high-cost medical expenses, and for the expenses required for the payment of medical expense contributions under the provisions of the Act on Health and Medical Services for the Elderly, in respect of persons who were members of a National Health Insurance Society on August 31, 1997 and who have continued to be members of that National Health Insurance Society on and after that date, and insured persons of that National Health Insurance Society who belong to the households of such members, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
machine translation, not official
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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-20261017T183826-018, 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