Services and Supports for Persons with Disabilities Act (Act No. 123 of 2005)
Chapter I General Provisions
(14) The term "transition support for employment" as used in this Act means to provide persons with disabilities who desire to work with necessary trainings for improving knowledge and skills needed for them to enter the work-force, and the other benefit prescribed in Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, through offering opportunities for productive and other activities during the term prescribed in Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
(15) The term "support for continuous employment" as used in this Act means to provide persons with disabilities who have difficulties to be employed by ordinary places of business with opportunities for employment as well as necessary trainings for improving their necessary knowledge and skills to enter the work-force, and other benefit prescribed in Ordinances of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, through offering opportunities for productive and other activities.
(16) The term "group home with aid" as used in this Act means to provide persons with disabilities who have no trouble leading communal lives in their communities with consultation and other aid in their daily lives at residences where they are to live communally, primarily during the night.
(17) The term "consultation support" as used in this Act means to provide all the following benefit; and the term "consultation support business" as used in this Act means the business which conduct consultation support.To provide consultation
(i) to persons with disabilities, or others, guardians of children with disabilities, or caretakers of persons with disabilities, or others; to offer necessary information and advice; and as well as to provide communication and coordination among such persons, municipalities and the designated welfare service business operators for persons with disabilities prescribed in paragraph 2 of Article 29, and afford the other benefit prescribed in Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare comprehensively, for various problems concerning the welfare of persons with disabilities, or others in communities.
(ii) To create programs for persons with disabilities or guardians of children with disabilities given grant decision as described in paragraph 1 of Article 19 (hereinafter referred to as "persons with disabilities, or others given grant decision"), which stipulate the types of disability welfare services used, the contents of those services, the persons in charge thereof, and other matters prescribed in the ordinances of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (referred to as "service utilization programs" below in this item), and which are created in response to requests from the persons with disabilities, or others given grant decision, and with consideration of their physical and mental status, their environment, their interest with respect to utilizing welfare services, and other factors so that they can use the welfare services appropriately; and also to conduct liaisons and coordination with the designated welfare service business operators for persons with disabilities specified in paragraph 2 of Article 29, and other parties or persons, and provide other conveniences to help ensure that the disability welfare services based on such service utilization programs are provided.
(18) The term "medical payment for services and supports for persons with disabilities" as used in this Act means necessary medical service for persons with disabilities, or others to ease their conditions of physical disabilities or mental disorders and to help them to live independent daily or social life, which is prescribed in the Cabinet Order.
(19) The term "prosthetic devices" as used in this Act mean artificial limbs, braces, wheel chairs, and other which are specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare as what complement or alternate physical functions of persons with disabilities, or others and are used continuously for a long time, and as the others fall under the standard prescribed in Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
(20) The term "transportation support business" as used in this Act means the service to assist transportation of persons with disabilities, or others so that they can go out smoothly.
(21) The term "local activity support center" as used in this Act means the facilities to which persons with disabilities, or others commute, and provide opportunities for creative and productive activities and other benefit prescribed in Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
(22) The term "welfare home" as used in this Act means the facilities which have the persons with disabilities who are presently searching for residence utilize rooms or other equipment at low cost as well as afford necessary benefit for daily life.