Services and Supports for Persons with Disabilities Act (Act No. 123 of 2005)

Chapter VI Expenses

Article 92 (Municipality's Payment)

(1) The following payments shall be made by municipalities.

(i) Expenses required for grant of nursing care payment, service utilization program expenses, expenses for high-cost welfare service for persons with disabilities, special payment for specified persons with disabilities, and extraordinary special payment for specified persons with disabilities (hereinafter referred to as "expenses for welfare service for persons with disabilities, or others").

(ii) Expenses required for grant of medical expenses for services and supports for persons with disabilities (except the payment pertaining to medical care prescribed in paragraph 1 of Article 8), medical care treatment expenses, and appropriate medical care treatment expenses.

(iii) Expenses required for grant prosthetic devices.

(iv) Expenses required for community life support services conducted by municipalities.

Article 93 (Prefecture's Payment)

(1) The following payments shall be made by prefectures.

(i) Expenses required for grant of medical expenses for services and supports for persons with disabilities (limited to the payment pertaining to medical care prescribed in paragraph 1 of Article 8).

(ii) Expenses required for community life support services conducted by prefectures.

Article 94 (Liability and Assistance of Prefecture)

(1) Prefectures shall bear the following expenses paid by municipalities pursuant to the provision of Article 92 pursuant to the provision in the Cabinet Order.

(i) 25/100 of the amount calculated pursuant to the provision in the Cabinet Order as that which the State and prefectures should bear, with consideration of the number of persons with disabilities, or others entitled to grants for disability welfare service expenses, per disability level, in the respective municipalities, and other information, from among the expenses listed in item 1 of Article 92 (hereinafter referred to as "object amount of expenses borne for disability welfare services").

(ii) 25/100 of the expenses listed in items 2 and 3 of Article 92.

(2) Prefectures may assist within 25/100 of the expenses listed in item 4 of Article 92 among the expenses paid by municipalities pursuant to Article 92 pursuant to the provision in the Cabinet Order within the budget of such prefecture.

Article 95 (Liability and Assistance of the State)

(1) The State shall bear the followings pursuant to the provision of the Cabinet Order.

(i) 50/100 of object amount of expenses borne for welfare service persons with disabilities among the expenses paid by municipalities pursuant to the provision of Article 92.

(ii) 50/100 of the expenses listed in items 2 and 3 of Article 92 among the expenses paid by municipalities pursuant to the provision of the same Article.

(iii) 50/100 of the expenses listed in item1 of Article 93 among the expenses paid by prefectural pursuant to the provision of the same Article.

(2) The State may assist the followings within its budget pursuant to the provision of the Cabinet Order.

(i) Within 50/100 of the expenses required for administrative affairs pertaining to grant decision conducted by municipalities pursuant to Article 19 through Article 22 and Article 24 through Article 25 (in the event that municipalities entrust service of examination and judgment to prefectural examination board by paragraph 1 of Article 252-14 of Local Autonomy Act, including the expenses pertaining to such entrustment).

(ii) Within 50/100 of the expenses listed in item 4 of Article 92 and item 2 of Article 93 among the expenses paid by municipalities or prefectures pursuant to the provision of Article 92 and Article 93.

Article 96 (Application, mutatis mutandis)

The provisions of paragraph 2 through paragraph 4, Article 58 of Social Welfare Act shall apply mutatis mutandis to social welfare corporations which received assignment or loan of ordinary properties pursuant to the provision of item 3 of paragraph 2 of Article 2 of National Property Special Measures Act (Act No. 219 of 1952) or the provision of paragraph 1 and item of paragraph 2 of Article 3 of the same Act.