Cabinet Office Ordinance amending maternal and child health regulations

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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

Cabinet Office Ordinance No. 87 of 2026 amends the Enforcement Regulations of the Maternal and Child Health Act (Ministry of Health and Welfare Ordinance No. 55 of 1965). It adjusts Cabinet Office ordinances related to the Children and Families Agency following partial implementation of the Act Partially Amending the Medical Care Act and Other Acts. The stated promulgation date is 2026-09-30, and the stated effective date is 2026-10-01.

Business Impact

Those subject to the maternal and child health regulations may be affected by these amendments, rather than medical care providers generally; the available information does not identify the changed requirements or specific affected categories.

Recommended Action

Reviewing the official Japanese ordinance could clarify which maternal and child health provisions changed and whether any transitional provisions apply.

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. 2026-09-30 — Promulgated (instrument recorded by e-Gov Law Search) 医療法等の一部を改正する法律の一部の施行に伴うこども家庭庁関係内閣府令の整理に関する内閣府令（令和八年内閣府令第八十七号） (this update) Original Japanese source
2. 2026-10-01 — Effective date stated by e-Gov Law Search 児童福祉法施行規則、医療情報基盤・診療報酬審査支払機構の支援納付金関係業務に係る業務方法書に記載すべき事項を定める内閣府令、医療情報基盤・診療報酬審査支払機構の支援納付金関係業務に係る財務及び会計に関する内閣府令、母子保健法施行規則 (this update) Original Japanese source