Act Partially Amending the Social Welfare Act and Related Laws (affecting Health Insurance Act)

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

According to the metadata, an amending act titled the Act Partially Amending the Social Welfare Act and Related Laws (Reiwa 8 Act No. 51) is listed in e-Gov Law Search as affecting the Health Insurance Act (Taisho 11 Act No. 70). The metadata indicates a promulgation date of 2026-06-25 and a stated effective date of 2027-04-01. This is an unofficial summary of listed law-update metadata; the details should be verified against the official Japanese source.

Business Impact

Organizations subject to social welfare or health insurance rules may be affected by amendments to the Health Insurance Act, and could need to review how the changes apply to them.

Recommended Action

Consider reviewing the official e-Gov Law Search source and the full text of the amending act to confirm the affected provisions and the stated effective date.

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 221) 社会福祉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. 2026-06-25 — Promulgated (statute recorded by e-Gov Law Search) 社会福祉法等の一部を改正する法律（令和八年法律第五十一号） (this update) Original Japanese source
3. 2027-04-01 — Effective date stated by e-Gov Law Search 介護保険法、住民基本台帳法、健康保険法、児童福祉法、国家公務員共済組合法 ほか8件 (this update) Original Japanese source