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

Index

Chapter I
General Provisions（Article 1 to Article 5 ～13）

General Provisions（Article 5 to 14～22）

Chapter II　Payment for Services and Supports for Persons with Disabilities

Section 1　General Provisions（Article 6 to Article 14）

Section 2　Grant of Care Payment; Special Care Payment; Payment for Training etc.; Special Payment for Training etc.; Service Utilization Plan Expenses; Expenses for High-cost Welfare Service for Persons with Disabilities; Payment for Specified Persons with Disabilities; and Special Payment for Specified Persons with Disabilities

Subsection 1
Municipal Examination Board（Article 15 to Article 18）

Subsection 2
Grant Decision, etc.（Article 19 to Article 24）
（Article 25 to Article 27）

Subsection 3
Grant of Care Payment; Special Care Payment; Payment for Training etc.; and Special Payment for Training etc.
（Article 28―Article 31）

Subsection 4
Grant of Service Utilization Program Payment; Payment 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
（Article 32―Article 35）

Subsection 5
Designated Welfare Service Business Operators for Persons with Disabilities; Designated Support Facilities etc. and Designated Consultation Support Business Operators（Article 36―Article 42）
（Article 43―Article 51）

Section 3
Grant of Medical Expenses for Services and Supports for Persons with Disabilities; Medical Care Treatment Expenses; and Appropriate Medical Care Treatment Expenses（Article 52―Article 59）
（Article 60―Article 75）

Section 4
Grant of Prosthetic Device Expenses（Article76）

Chapter III
Community Life Support Service（Article77・Article78）

Chapter IV
Business and Facilities（Article 79 to Article 86）

Chapter V
Grant of Prosthetic Device Expenses Plan for Welfare of Persons with Disabilities（Article 87 to Article 91）

Chapter VI
Expenses（Article 92 to Article 96）

Chapter VII　
Application for Examination（Article 97 to Article 105）

Chapter VIII 　
Miscellaneous Provisions（Article 106 to Article 108）

Chapter IX　
Penal Provisions（Article 109 to Article 115）

Supplementary Provisions（Article 1 to Article 3）