Act Amending the Health Insurance Act (2026 Act No. 31): Amends Elderly Healthcare Act

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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

The e-Gov law update list records an amending act, titled in Japanese as the 'Act Partially Amending the Health Insurance Act, etc.' (Reiwa 8 Act No. 31), as amending the Act on Assurance of Medical Care for the Elderly (Showa 57 Act No. 80). The metadata lists a promulgation date of 2026-06-05 and an enforcement date of 2027-03-01. The provided metadata does not describe the substance of the amendments.

Business Impact

Organizations involved in health insurance administration or elderly healthcare services may be affected, but the specific impact cannot be determined from the metadata provided. The preliminary 'Finance / AML' label appears to be a keyword-based assignment and may not reflect the actual subject matter.

Recommended Action

Review the official Japanese text on the e-Gov Law Search page to confirm the scope of the amendments and their enforcement date before drawing any conclusions.

Timeline of related official records

Related official records are linked only when names and instrument numbers match exactly, so this timeline may be incomplete. Dates are as stated by the official sources. It is a monitoring aid, not legal advice; the original Japanese sources are authoritative.

1. Date not stated by the source — Bill listed by the House of Representatives (Diet session 221) 健康保険法等の一部を改正する法律案（審議状況：成立） Dashboard page Original Japanese source
2. 2026-06-05 — Promulgated (statute recorded by e-Gov Law Search) 健康保険法等の一部を改正する法律（令和八年法律第三十一号） (this update) Original Japanese source
3. 2026-06-05 — Effective date stated by e-Gov Law Search 地方税法 Dashboard page Original Japanese source
4. 2026-08-01 — Effective date stated by e-Gov Law Search 健康保険法、国家公務員共済組合法、国民健康保険法、地方公務員等共済組合法、船員保険法 ほか1件 Dashboard page Original Japanese source
5. 2027-03-01 — Effective date stated by e-Gov Law Search 健康保険法、医薬品、医療機器等の品質、有効性及び安全性の確保等に関する法律、国家公務員共済組合法、国民健康保険法、地方公務員等共済組合法 ほか10件 (this update) Original Japanese source
6. 2027-04-01 — Effective date stated by e-Gov Law Search 予防接種法、介護保険法、住民基本台帳法、健康保険法、児童福祉法 ほか10件 Dashboard page Original Japanese source
7. 2028-04-01 — Effective date stated by e-Gov Law Search 国民健康保険法 Dashboard page Original Japanese source