# 生活保護法 / Public Assistance Act — 第五十五条の八 (Article 55-8) - Law: 生活保護法 (Public Assistance Act), 昭和二十五年法律第百四十四号 - English title "Public Assistance 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: 第五十五条の八 (Article 55-8)（被保護者健康管理支援事業） — address `art-55-8` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-55-8 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-55-8 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第五十五条の八（被保護者健康管理支援事業） — Health Management Support Programme for Public Assistance Recipients caption: machine translation, not official art-55-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-55-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-55-8 **第一項** 保護の実施機関は、被保護者に対する必要な情報の提供、保健指導、医療の受診の勧奨その他の被保護者の健康の保持及び増進を図るための事業（以下「被保護者健康管理支援事業」という。）を実施するものとする。 art-55-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-55-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-55-8/par-1 A public assistance administrator is to implement a programme (hereinafter referred to as the "health management support programme for public assistance recipients") to maintain and promote the health of public assistance recipients, such as providing necessary information to public assistance recipients, health guidance, and encouraging them to receive medical care. machine translation, not official **第二項** 保護の実施機関は、被保護者健康管理支援事業の実施に関し必要があると認めるときは、市町村長その他厚生労働省令で定める者に対し、被保護者に対する健康増進法（平成十四年法律第百三号）による健康増進事業の実施に関する情報その他厚生労働省令で定める必要な情報の提供を求めることができる。 art-55-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-55-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-55-8/par-2 When a public assistance administrator finds it necessary for the implementation of the health management support programme for public assistance recipients, it may request a municipal mayor or any other person specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare to provide information concerning the implementation of health promotion projects under the Health Promotion Act (Act No. 103 of 2002) for public assistance recipients and other necessary information specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. machine translation, not official **第三項** 前条第二項及び第三項の規定は、被保護者健康管理支援事業を行う場合について準用する。 art-55-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-55-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-55-8/par-3 The provisions of paragraphs (2) and (3) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis where the health management support programme for public assistance recipients is conducted. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-55-8/par-3: 前条第二項 → 生活保護法 第五十五条の七第二項 (Article 55-7, paragraph (2)), art-55-7/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-55-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-55-7/par-2 - art-55-8/par-3: 第三項 → 生活保護法 第五十五条の七第三項 (Article 55-7, paragraph (3)), art-55-7/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-55-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-55-7/par-3 ## Cited by 9 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 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 別表第三 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/appdx-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/appdx-3 - 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 - 住民基本台帳法 別表第五第四十号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/appdx-5/item-40 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/appdx-5/item-40 - 生活保護法 第二十七条の二第一項（相談及び助言） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-27-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-27-2/par-1 - 生活保護法 第二十七条の三第一項（調整会議） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-27-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-27-3/par-1 - 生活保護法 第七十条第一項第六号（市町村の支弁） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-70/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-70/par-1/item-6 - 生活保護法 第七十一条第一項第六号（都道府県の支弁） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-71/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-71/par-1/item-6 - 生活保護法 第八十五条の二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-85-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-85-2/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 生活保護法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/325AC0000000144/20261001_507AC0000000087), retrieved 2026-10-19 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Public Assistance Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/24/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch public-assistance-act-20261019T143855-004, translated 2026-10-20 - This site's parser, version 210 — 生活保護法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19