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Bill to Amend Special Measures Act on Benefits for Specified Hepatitis B Virus Infected Persons

特定B型肝炎ウイルス感染者給付金等の支給に関する特別措置法の一部を改正する法律案

Published: not stated by the source · Source: House of Representatives — Diet Bills · Stage: Bill Submitted · Area: Other · Impact (preliminary): Medium · First detected by this dashboard: 2026-10-13

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AI summary

Generated by AI from the Japanese source metadata. It is an unofficial monitoring aid, not legal advice, and may contain errors. The area, stage, and impact labels are preliminary keyword-based triage labels. Confirm every point in the original Japanese source.

Summary

This is a bill (cabinet-submitted, session 222, number 9) to partially amend the Act on Special Measures concerning the Payment of Benefits to Persons Infected with Specified Hepatitis B Virus. According to the House of Representatives bill information page, it is currently under deliberation in the House of Representatives. The provided metadata does not describe the content of the proposed amendments.

Business Impact

If enacted in some form, the amendment could affect the benefit framework for specified hepatitis B virus infected persons, which may be relevant to healthcare, insurance, or legal-service stakeholders. The scope and any practical effect cannot be determined from the available metadata.

Recommended Action

Review the official Japanese bill page on the House of Representatives website to confirm the bill's text, current status, and any changes in its contents.

Timeline of related official records

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  1. Date not stated by the source — Bill listed by the House of Representatives (Diet session 222) 特定B型肝炎ウイルス感染者給付金等の支給に関する特別措置法の一部を改正する法律案(審議状況:衆議院で審議中) (this update) Original Japanese source

What happens next

General procedure: a bill becomes law only if both Houses of the Diet pass it; an enacted law is then promulgated, and its effective date is set by the law itself or by a later Cabinet Order. This is not a forecast of whether this bill will pass. Check the House of Representatives page for its current status.