第三条石綿による健康被害の救済のため支給される給付（以下「救済給付」という。）は、次に掲げるとおりとし、独立行政法人環境再生保全機構（以下「機構」という。）がこの章の規定により支給するものとする。

Article 3The benefits paid to the victims to relieve their health damage from asbestos (hereinafter referred to as "the relief benefits") include those prescribed below, and the Environmental Restoration and Conservation Agency of Japan (hereafter referred to as "the Agency") pays the relief benefits pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter.

第四条機構は、日本国内において石綿を吸入することにより指定疾病にかかった旨の認定を受けた者に対し、その請求に基づき、医療費を支給する。

Article 4(1)The agency pays medical expenses to a person who has developed a designated disease as a result of inhaling asbestos in Japan, based on their claim.

２前項の認定（以下この条から第十七条までにおいて「認定」という。）は、医療費の支給を受けようとする者の申請に基づき、機構が行う。

(2)The certification referred to in the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to as "the certification" in this Article through Article 17) is issued by the agency based on a claim filed by the person wishing to receive medical expenses.

３機構は、認定を行ったときは、当該認定を受けた者（以下「被認定者」という。）に対し、石綿健康被害医療手帳を交付するものとする。

(3)When the agency certifies a person, the agency issues an asbestos health damage medical certificate to the person who has obtained the certification (hereinafter referred to as a "certified person").

４認定は、その申請のあった日にさかのぼってその効力を生ずる。

(4)The certification becomes effective retroactive to the date on which the claim is filed.

第五条機構は、認定の申請をした者が認定を受けないで死亡した場合において、その死亡した者が認定を受けることができる者であるときは、その死亡した者の配偶者（婚姻の届出をしていないが、事実上婚姻関係と同様の事情にあった者を含む。以下同じ。）、子、父母、孫、祖父母若しくは兄弟姉妹であって、その死亡した者の死亡の当時その者と生計を同じくしていたもの又はその死亡した者について葬祭を行う者の申請に基づき、その死亡した者が認定を受けることができる者であった旨の決定を行うものとする。

Article 5(1)In the case where a person who filed a request for certification dies without obtaining certification even though the decease person was eligible for certification, the agency, based on a claim filed by the spouse (including a person who did not register the marriage but has been in a de fact marital relationship with the deceased person; hereinafter the same applies), a child, a parent, a grandchild, a grandparent or a sibling of the deceased person who makes a living together with the deceased person when that person died or who holds a funeral for the deceased person, is to determine that the deceased person was eligible for certification.

２前項の申請は、同項に規定する死亡した者の死亡の日から六月以内に限り、することができる。

(2)The request referred to in the preceding paragraph may be filed within six months from the date on which the deceased person prescribed in that paragraph dies.

３機構が第一項の決定を行ったときは、当該決定に係る死亡した者につき、認定の申請をした日から死亡した日までの間において被認定者であったものとして救済給付を支給する。

(3)When the agency makes the determination referred to in paragraph 1, the relief benefits are paid to the deceased person pertaining to the relevant determination on the assumption that the person had been a certified person during the period from the date on which the request for certification was filed to the date on which the person dies.

第六条認定は、指定疾病の種類に応じて政令で定める期間（以下「有効期間」という。）内に限り、その効力を有する。

Article 6(1)The certification remains valid only during the period prescribed in the Cabinet Order which depends on the types of designated diseases (hereinafter referred to as the "validity period").

２機構は、認定に当たり、被認定者の当該認定に係る指定疾病が有効期間の満了前に治る見込みが少ないと認めるときは、前項の規定にかかわらず、別に当該認定の有効期間を定めることができる。

(2)In the case where the agency finds that the certified person who has developed designated disease pertaining to the certification is unlikely to recover before the validity period expires when it grants the certification, it may determine the validity period of the certification separately, notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

第七条被認定者の当該認定に係る指定疾病が前条第一項又は第二項の規定により定められた有効期間の満了前に治る見込みがないときは、当該被認定者は、機構に対し、認定の更新を申請することができる。

Article 7(1)In the case where the certified person who has developed designated disease pertaining to the certification is unlikely to recover before the validity period determined pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 1 or 2 of the preceding Article expires, the certified person may file a request for renewal of the certification with the agency.

２機構は、前項の規定による申請があった場合において、当該申請に係る指定疾病が有効期間の満了後においても継続すると認めるときは、当該指定疾病に係る認定を更新するものとする。

(2)In the case where the request under the provisions of the preceding paragraph is filed, if the agency finds that the certified person continues to have the designated disease pertaining to the request after the validity period expires, the agency is to renew the certification pertaining to the designated disease.

３前条の規定は、前項の規定により更新される認定について準用する。

(3)The provisions of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the certification renewed pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

第八条前条第一項の規定による申請をすることができる者が、災害その他やむを得ない理由により当該申請に係る認定の有効期間の満了前に当該申請をすることができなかったときは、その者は、その理由のやんだ日から二月以内に限り、当該認定の更新を申請することができる。

Article 8(1)In the case where a person who is eligible to file a request under the provisions of paragraph 1 of the preceding Article fails to file the request before the validity period of the certification pertaining to the request expires due to a disaster or other unavoidable grounds, the person may file a request for renewal of the certification only within two months from the date on which the person does not have the grounds for this.

２機構は、前項の規定による申請があった場合において、当該申請に係る指定疾病がその後においても継続すると認めるときは、当該申請に係る認定を更新するものとする。この場合において、更新された認定は、同項に規定する有効期間の満了日の翌日にさかのぼってその効力を生ずる。

(2)In the case where a request is filed pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if the agency finds the certified person continues to have the designated disease pertaining to the request thereafter, it is to renew the certification pertaining to the certification.In this case, the renewed certification becomes effective retroactive to the date after the expiration date of the validity period prescribed in that paragraph.

３第六条の規定は、前項の規定により更新される認定について準用する。この場合において、同条第一項中「政令で定める期間（以下「有効期間」という。）内」とあるのは、「第八条第一項に規定する有効期間の満了日の翌日から政令で定める期間内」と読み替えるものとする。

(3)The provisions of Article 6 apply mutatis mutandis to the certification renewed pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.In this case, the term "during the period prescribed in the Cabinet Order (hereinafter referred to as 'the validity period')" in paragraph 1 of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "during the period prescribed in Cabinet Order from the day after the expiration date of the validity period prescribed in Article 8, paragraph 1."

第九条機構は、被認定者の指定疾病が治ったと認めるときは、認定を取り消すものとする。

Article 9In the case where the agency finds the certified person who has developed designated disease is recovered, it is to revoke the certification.

第十条機構は、認定、第五条第一項の規定による決定、第六条第二項（第七条第三項及び第八条第三項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定による有効期間の設定、第七条第二項及び第八条第二項の規定による認定の更新並びに前条の規定による認定の取消しを行おうとするときは、医学的判定を要する事項に関し、環境大臣に判定を申し出るものとする。

Article 10(1)The agency is to request that the Minister of the Environment renders a judgment concerning the matters requiring clinical judgment when it intends to grant a certification; to make a decision under the provisions of Article 5, paragraph 1; to set the validity period under the provisions of Article 6, paragraph 2 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 7, paragraph 3 or Article 8, paragraph 3); to renew a certification pursuant to the provisions of Article 7, paragraph 2, or Article 8, paragraph 2; or to revoke the certification under the provisions of the preceding Article.

２環境大臣は、前項の規定による判定の申出があったときは、中央環境審議会の意見を聴いて判定を行い、機構に対し、その結果を通知するものとする。

(2)When a request for judgment is made pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Minister of the Environment hears the opinions of the Central Environment Council, and makes a judgment and is to notify the agency of the result.

第十一条機構は、被認定者が、その認定に係る指定疾病につき、健康保険法（大正十一年法律第七十号）第六十三条第三項第一号に規定する保険医療機関又は保険薬局その他病院、診療所（これらに準ずるものを含む。）又は薬局であって環境省令で定めるもの（これらの開設者が診療報酬の請求及び支払に関し第十三条第一項に規定する方式によらない旨を機構に申し出たものを除く。以下「保険医療機関等」という。）から次に掲げる医療を受けたときは、当該被認定者に対し、その請求に基づき、医療費を支給する。この場合において、被認定者が第五条第一項の決定に係る死亡した者以外の者であるときは、当該被認定者が石綿健康被害医療手帳を提示して医療を受けたときに限り、医療費を支給するものとする。

Article 11When a certified person receives any of the following medical treatment for the designated disease pertaining to the certification by a medical institution providing services covered by health insurance or a pharmacy providing services covered by health insurance, and a hospital or clinic prescribed in Article 63, paragraph 3, item (i) of the Health Insurance Act (Act No. 70 of 1922) (including those equivalent thereto) or a pharmacy prescribed in Order of the Ministry of the Environment (excluding those whose founder notifies to the agency that they do not use the method prescribed in Article 13, paragraph 1 when billing medical service fees and making payments)( hereinafter referred to as "medical institution, etc. providing services covered by health insurance"), the agency, based on the claim filed by the certified person, pays medical expenses to the certified person. In this case, in the case where the certified person is other than the deceased person pertaining to the decision referred to in Article 5, paragraph 1, medical expenses are paid only when the relevant certified person receives medical services by presenting a asbestos health damage medical certificate.

第十二条前条の規定により支給する医療費の額は、当該医療に要する費用の額から、当該認定に係る指定疾病につき、健康保険法その他の政令で定める法律（以下「健康保険法等」という。）の規定により被認定者が受け、又は受けることができた医療に関する給付の額を控除して得た額とする。

Article 12(1)The amount of medical expenses to be paid pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article is the amount obtained by deducting the amount of medical payments which the certified person receives or was eligible to receive pursuant to the provisions of the Health Insurance Act and other Acts prescribed in Cabinet Order (hereinafter referred to as "Health Insurance Act, etc.") for the designated disease pertaining to the certification, from the amount required for the relevant medical services.

２前項の医療に要する費用の額は、健康保険の療養に要する費用の額の算定方法の例により算定するものとする。ただし、現に要した費用の額を超えることができない。

(2)The amount of expenses required for medical services referred to in the preceding paragraph is calculated using the method for calculating the amount of expenses required for medical treatment covered by health insurance, provided, however, that the amount of expenses may not exceed the amount of the actual costs.

第十三条被認定者が、石綿健康被害医療手帳を提示して、当該認定に係る指定疾病について、保険医療機関等から医療を受けた場合においては、機構は、医療費として当該被認定者に支給すべき額の限度において、その者が当該医療に関し当該保険医療機関等に支払うべき費用を、当該被認定者に代わり、当該保険医療機関等に支払うことができる。

Article 13(1)In the case where a certified person received a medical treatment provided by a medical institution, etc. providing services covered by health insurance for the designated disease pertaining to the certification by presenting an asbestos health damage medical certificate, the agency may pay the expenses to be paid by the certified person for the medical service to the medical institution, etc. providing services covered by health insurance in lieu of the certified person, to the maximum amount to be paid to the certified person as medical expenses.

２前項の規定による支払があったときは、当該被認定者に対し、医療費の支給があったものとみなす。

(2)When the payment under the provisions of the preceding paragraph is made, the certified person is deemed to have received medical expenses.

３健康保険法等の規定による被保険者又は組合員である被認定者が、当該認定に係る指定疾病について保険医療機関等から医療を受ける場合には、健康保険法等の規定により当該保険医療機関等に支払うべき一部負担金は、健康保険法等の規定にかかわらず、当該医療に関し機構が第一項の規定による支払をしない旨の決定をするまでは、支払うことを要しない。

(3)In the case where an insured person or a partner under the provisions of the Health Insurance Act, etc., who is a certified person, receives a medical treatment provided by a medical institution, etc. providing services covered by health insurance for the designated disease pertaining to the certification, the insured person does not need to pay the copayment to the medical institution, etc. providing services covered by health insurance pursuant to the provisions of the Health Insurance Act, etc. notwithstanding the provisions of the Health Insurance Act, etc., until the agency makes a determination that the agency will not make the payment under the provisions of paragraph 1 for the relevant medical treatment.

第十四条機構は、前条第一項の規定による支払をなすべき額を決定するに当たっては、社会保険診療報酬支払基金法（昭和二十三年法律第百二十九号）に定める審査委員会、国民健康保険法（昭和三十三年法律第百九十二号）に定める国民健康保険診療報酬審査委員会その他政令で定める医療に関する審査機関の意見を聴かなければならない。

Article 14(1)When the Agency determines the amounts to pay under the provisions of paragraph 1 of the preceding Article, the agency must hear the opinions of the Examination Committee prescribed in the Act on Social Insurance Medical Fee Payment Fund (Act No. 129 of 1958), the National Health Insurance Medical Fee Examination Committee prescribed in the National Health Insurance Act (Act No. 192 of 1958), and other examination organizations related to medical treatments prescribed in Cabinet Order.

２機構は、前条第一項の規定による支払に関する事務を社会保険診療報酬支払基金、国民健康保険団体連合会その他環境省令で定める者に委託することができる。

(2)The agency may entrust the services concerning the payments under the provisions of paragraph 1 of the preceding Article to the Social Insurance Medical Fee Payment Fund, the Federation of National Health Insurance Associations, and other persons prescribed in Order of the Ministry of the Environment.

第十五条機構は、被認定者が緊急その他やむを得ない理由により保険医療機関等以外の病院、診療所又は薬局その他の者から第十一条各号に掲げる医療を受けた場合において、その必要があると認めるときは、同条の規定にかかわらず、当該被認定者に対し、その請求に基づき、医療費を支給することができる。

Article 15(1)In the case where a certified person receives any of the medical treatments prescribed in the items of Article 11 provided by any other hospital, clinic, pharmacy or person than the medical institution, etc. providing serviced covered by health insurance in emergency situations or for any unavoidable reason, the agency may pay medical expenses to the certified person based on their claim, notwithstanding the provisions of that Article, when the agency finds it necessary to do so.

２機構は、第五条第一項の決定に係る死亡した者以外の被認定者が石綿健康被害医療手帳を提示しないで保険医療機関等から第十一条各号に掲げる医療を受けた場合において、石綿健康被害医療手帳を提示しなかったことが緊急その他やむを得ない理由によるものと認めるときは、同条の規定にかかわらず、当該被認定者に対し、その請求に基づき、医療費を支給することができる。

(2)In the case where a certified person other than the deceased person pertaining to the decision referred to in Article 5, paragraph 1, receives any of the medical treatment prescribed in the items of Article 11 provided by a medical institution, etc. providing serviced covered by health insurance without presenting an asbestos health damage medical certificate, if the agency finds that the certified person did not present the asbestos health damage medical certificate in emergency situations or for any other unavoidable reason, the agency may pay a medical expense to the certified person based on their claim, notwithstanding the provisions of that Article.

３第十二条の規定は、前二項の医療費の額の算定について準用する。

(3)The provisions of Article 12 apply mutatis mutandis to the calculation of amounts of medical fees referred to in the preceding two paragraphs.

４第一項及び第二項の医療費の支給の請求は、その請求をすることができる時から二年を経過したときは、することができない。

(4)The claim for payments of medical expenses referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 may not be filed if two years have passed since the certified person was eligible to file the claim.

第十六条機構は、被認定者に対し、その請求に基づき、政令で定める額の療養手当を支給する。

Article 16(1)The agency pays the medical treatment allowance for the amount prescribed in Cabinet Order to a certified person based on their claim.

２療養手当は、月を単位として支給するものとし、当該支給は、その請求があった日の属する月の翌月から始め、支給すべき事由が消滅した日の属する月で終わる。

(2)The medical treatment allowance is paid month by month, and the payment starts from the month after the month in which the claim is filed and ends in the month in which the agency does not have the reason to pay.

３療養手当は、毎年二月、四月、六月、八月、十月及び十二月の六期に、それぞれの前月及び前々月の分を支払う。ただし、前支払期月に支払うべきであった療養手当又は支給すべき事由が消滅した場合におけるその期の療養手当は、その支払期月でない場合であっても、支払うものとする。

(3)The medical treatment allowance is paid for six terms in each year; February, April, June, August, October and December, respectively, to pay the amounts of allowance for the previous month and the month before the previous month; provided, however, that the medical treatment allowance that should have been paid in the previous month or the medical treatment allowance in the term in which the agency does not have the reason to pay, is to be paid even if the month is not the month for which the payment is to be made.

第十七条医療費及び療養手当（以下「医療費等」という。）の支給の請求は、認定の申請がされた後は、当該認定前であっても、することができる。

Article 17(1)The claim for payment of medical expenses and medical treatment allowance (hereinafter referred to as "medical expenses, etc.") may be filed even if the certification is not granted yet, if the request for certification has been filed.

２医療費等を支給する旨の処分は、その請求のあった日にさかのぼってその効力を生ずる。

(2)The disposition stating that medical expenses, etc. is to be paid becomes effective retroactive to the date on which the claim was filed.

第十八条医療費等を受けることができる者が死亡した場合において、その死亡した者に支給すべき医療費等でまだその者に支給していなかったものがあるときは、その者の配偶者、子、父母、孫、祖父母又は兄弟姉妹であって、その死亡した者の死亡の当時その者と生計を同じくしていたものは、自己の名で、その支給を請求し、当該医療費等の支給を受けることができる。

Article 18(1)In the case where a person is eligible to receive medical expenses, etc. dies, if an amount of medical expenses, etc. yet remaining to be paid to the deceased person, their spouse, child, parent, grandchild, grandparent or sibling who makes a living together with the deceased person when that person died may claim the payment in their own name and receive the payment of the medical expenses, etc.

２前項の規定により医療費等の支給を受けることができる者の順位は、同項に規定する順序による。

(2)The order of the persons who may receive the payment of medical expenses, etc. pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph depends on priority prescribed in that paragraph.

３第一項の規定により医療費等の支給を受けることができる同順位者が二人以上あるときは、その一人がした請求は、全員のためその全額につきしたものとみなし、その一人に対してした支給は、全員に対してしたものとみなす。

(3)In the case where there are two or more persons who are eligible to receive the payment of medical expenses, etc. pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 1, the claim filed by one of them is deemed to have been filed for the amount on behalf of all the persons, and the payment made to one of the persons is deemed to have been made to all the persons.

第十九条機構は、被認定者が当該認定に係る指定疾病に起因して死亡したときは、葬祭を行う者に対し、その請求に基づき、政令で定める額の葬祭料を支給する。

Article 19(1)When a certified person dies as a result of the designated disease pertaining to the certification, the agency pays the funeral service fee for the amount prescribed in Cabinet Order to the person who holds the funeral, based on their claim.

２前項の葬祭料の支給の請求は、被認定者が死亡した時から二年を経過したときは、することができない。

(2)The claim for payment of the funeral service fee referred to in the preceding paragraph may not be filed when two years have passed since the certified person died.

第二十条日本国内において石綿を吸入することにより指定疾病にかかり、当該指定疾病に起因して施行日前に死亡した者（以下「施行前死亡者」という。）の遺族（第五十九条第一項に規定する特別遺族給付金の支給を受けることができる者を除く。）に対し、特別遺族弔慰金及び特別葬祭料を支給する。

Article 20(1)Special condolence money for bereaved family and a special funeral service fee are paid to the bereaved family (excluding the person who is eligible to receive the payment of the special survivors benefits prescribed in Article 59, paragraph 1) of a person who developed a designated disease as a result of inhaling asbestos in Japan and died of the designated disease before the effective date (hereinafter referred to as a "person who died prior to the enforcement date").

２前項の特別遺族弔慰金の額は、指定疾病について受ける医療に要する費用及び第十六条第一項の療養手当の額を勘案して単一の金額として政令で定める額とする。

(2)The amount of the special condolence money for bereaved family referred to in the preceding paragraph is the amount prescribed in Cabinet Order for a single payment considering the expenses of the medical treatments for the designated disease and the amount of the medical treatment allowance referred to in Article 16, paragraph 1.

３第一項の特別葬祭料の額は、前条第一項の葬祭料の額と同一とする。

(3)The amount of the special condolence money for bereaved family referred to in the preceding paragraph is the amount same as the funeral service fee referred to in paragraph 1 of the preceding Article.

第二十一条前条第一項の特別遺族弔慰金及び特別葬祭料（以下「特別遺族弔慰金等」という。）の支給を受けることができる遺族は、施行前死亡者の配偶者、子、父母、孫、祖父母又は兄弟姉妹であって、施行前死亡者の死亡の当時施行前死亡者と生計を同じくしていたものとする。

Article 21(1)The bereaved family members eligible to receive the payment of the special condolence money for bereaved family and special funeral service fee (hereinafter referred to as "special survivors condolence money, etc.") set forth in paragraph 1 of the preceding Article is the spouse, child, parent, grandchild, grandparent or sibling of the person who died prior to the enforcement date who makes a living together with the person who died prior to the enforcement date when that person died.

２第十八条第二項及び第三項の規定は、特別遺族弔慰金等の支給を受けることができる遺族について準用する。

(2)The provisions of Article 18, paragraphs 2 and 3, apply mutatis mutandis to the bereaved family members eligible to receive the payment of the special survivors condolence money, etc.

第二十二条機構は、特別遺族弔慰金等の支給を受けようとする者の請求に基づき、当該支給を受ける権利の認定を行い、当該認定を受けた者に対し、特別遺族弔慰金等を支給する。

Article 22(1)The agency certifies a person eligible to receive the payment of special survivors condolence money, etc. based on the claim for payment, and pay the special survivor condolence money, etc. to the person who obtained the certification.

２前項の特別遺族弔慰金等の支給の請求は、施行日から三年を経過したときは、することができない。

(2)The claim for payment of the special survivors condolence money, etc. referred to in the preceding paragraph may not be filed when three years have passed since this Act came into effect.

第二十三条被認定者であって施行日前に第四条第一項の認定に係る指定疾病にかかったものが当該指定疾病に起因して施行日から起算して二年以内に死亡した場合において、当該指定疾病に関し支給された医療費及び療養手当の合計額が特別遺族弔慰金の額に満たないときは、当該死亡した者の遺族に対し、特別遺族弔慰金の額から当該合計額を控除した額に相当する金額を救済給付調整金として支給する。

Article 23(1)In the case when a certified person who has developed the designated disease pertaining to the certification referred to in Article 4, paragraph 1, before the effective date dies of the designated disease within two years from the effective date, if the total amount of medical expenses and the medical treatment allowances paid to the designated disease is less than the amount of special survivors condolence money, the amount obtained by deducting the total amount from the amount of special survivors condolence money is paid to the bereaved family members of the deceased person as adjustment money for relief benefits.

２機構は、前項に規定する遺族の請求に基づき、同項の救済給付調整金（以下「救済給付調整金」という。）を支給する。

(2)The agency pays the adjustment money for relief benefits referred to in the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to as the "adjustment money for relief benefits") based on the claim filed by the surviving family prescribed in the preceding paragraph.

３第十九条第二項の規定は救済給付調整金の支給の請求について、第二十一条の規定は救済給付調整金の支給を受けることができる遺族について準用する。

(3)The provisions of Article 19, paragraph 2 apply mutatis mutandis to the claim for payment of adjustment money for relief benefits, and the provisions of Article 21 apply mutatis mutandis to the surviving family members eligible to receive the payment of adjustment money for relief benefits.

第二十四条機構は、第十九条第一項の規定による葬祭料の支給及び第二十二条第一項の規定による認定を行おうとするときは、医学的判定を要する事項に関し、環境大臣に判定を申し出ることができる。

Article 24(1)The agency may request that the Minister of the Environment makes judgment on matters requiring medical judgment when the agency intends to certify the payment of funeral service fee under the provisions of Article 19, paragraph 1, and to grant certification pursuant to the provisions of Article 22, paragraph 1.

２第十条第二項の規定は、前項の規定による判定の申出があった場合について準用する。

(2)The provisions of Article 10, paragraph 2 apply mutatis mutandis when the judgment under the provision of the preceding paragraph is requested.

第二十五条救済給付の支給を受けることができる者に対し、同一の事由について、損害のてん補がされた場合においては、機構は、その価額の限度で救済給付を支給する義務を免れる。

Article 25In the case where damage a person eligible to receive relief benefits has suffered is compensated for the same reason, the agency is exempted from the obligation to pay the relief benefits up to the amount of the compensation.

第二十六条医療費は、被認定者に対し、当該認定に係る指定疾病について、健康保険法等以外の法令（条例を含む。）の規定により医療に関する給付が行われるべき場合には、その給付の限度において、支給しない。

Article 26(1)In the case where the payment for any medical treatments should be made pursuant to the provisions of any other law or regulation (including prefectural or municipal ordinance) than the Health Insurance Act to a certified person for the designated disease pertaining to the certification, medical expenses are not paid up to the amount of the benefits.

２療養手当、葬祭料、特別遺族弔慰金等及び救済給付調整金は、これらの支給を受けることができる者に対し、同一の事由について、労災保険法その他の法令による給付で政令で定めるものが行われるべき場合には、その給付に相当する金額として政令で定めるところにより算定した額の限度において、支給しない。

(2)In the case where any benefits prescribed in Cabinet Order should be paid for the same reason among the benefits under the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act and other laws and regulations to a person eligible to receive the payment of medical treatment allowance, funeral service fee, special survivors condolence money or adjustment money for relief benefits, the amounts up to the amount equivalent to the payments of the benefits calculated pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order are not paid.

第二十七条偽りその他不正の手段により救済給付の支給を受けた者があるときは、機構は、国税徴収の例により、その救済給付の支給に要した費用に相当する金額の全部又は一部をその者から徴収することができる。

Article 27(1)In the case where a person receives payment of the relief benefits by deception or other wrongful means, the agency may collect the amount equivalent to the cost for the payment of the relief benefits in whole or in part from the person, which is governed by the same rules for national tax collection.

２前項の規定による徴収金の先取特権の順位は、国税及び地方税に次ぐものとする。

(2)The order of the statutory lien on the money to be collected under the provisions of the preceding paragraph comes after national tax and local tax.

第二十八条救済給付の支給を受ける権利は、譲り渡し、担保に供し、又は差し押さえることができない。

Article 28A right to receive payment of the relief benefits may not be transferred, put up as collateral or seized.

第二十九条租税その他の公課は、救済給付として支給を受けた金品を標準として、課することができない。

Article 29A tax and other public charge may not be imposed on the money and goods received as a payment for the relief benefits based on the amount.

第三十条この節に定めるもののほか、第四条第一項及び第二十二条第一項の認定の申請その他の救済給付に関する手続に関し必要な事項は、環境省令で定める。

Article 30Beyond what is set forth in this Section, the matters necessary for the request for the certification referr4ed to in Article 4, paragraph 1, and Article 22, paragraph 1, and for the other procedures concerning the relief benefits are prescribed in Order of the Ministry of the Environment.

第五十二条機構は、この章の規定を施行するため必要があると認めるときは、第四条第一項及び第二十二条第一項の規定による認定（次条を除き、以下単に「認定」という。）又は救済給付の支給を受け、又は受けようとする者に対し、報告又は文書その他の物件の提出を求めることができる。

Article 52The agency may request a person who has obtained the certification under the provisions of Article 4, paragraph 1, or Article 22, paragraph 1 (hereinafter simply referred to as "certification," excluding the following Article), or who has been receiving the relief benefits or is going to receive it, to report or submit a document or any other items when it finds it necessary for the enforcement of the provisions of this Chapter.

第五十三条機構は、第四条第一項の認定（その更新及び取消しを含む。）に関し必要があると認めるときは、当該認定を受け、又は受けようとする者に対し、機構の指定する医師の診断を受けるべきことを命ずることができる。

Article 53The agency may order the certified person or a person who is going to be certified to undergo diagnosis by a doctor designated by the agency, when it finds it necessary for the certification of Article 4, paragraph 1 (including its renewal and rescission).

第五十四条機構は、救済給付の支給を受けることができる者が、第五十二条の規定により報告若しくは文書その他の物件の提出を求められて、正当な理由がなくこれに従わず、若しくは虚偽の報告をし、若しくは虚偽の記載をした文書を提出し、又は正当な理由がなく前条の規定による命令に従わないときは、その者に対する救済給付の支給を一時差し止めることができる。

Article 54In the case where a person who is eligible to receive the relief benefits fails to report, or to submit a document or any other items without reasonable grounds when the person is requested to do so pursuant to the provisions of Article 52, or submits a false report or submits a document containing false entries, or does not obey the order under the provisions of the preceding Article without reasonable grounds, the agency may suspend the payment of the relief benefits to that person on a temporary basis.

第五十五条機構は、第十三条第一項の規定による保険医療機関等に対する医療費の支払に関し必要があると認めるときは、保険医療機関等の管理者に対して必要な報告を求め、又は当該職員に、保険医療機関等についてその管理者の同意を得て、実地に診療録その他の帳簿書類を検査させることができる。

Article 55(1)The agency may request the manager of the medical institution providing services covered by health insurance, etc. to make a necessary report or have its official conduct on-site inspection of the medical records and other books and documents of the medical institution providing services covered by health insurance, etc., with the consent of the manager, when it finds it necessary for the payment of medical expenses to the relevant medical institution providing services covered by health insurance, etc. pursuant to the provisions of Article 13, paragraph 1.

２第四十五条第二項の規定は前項の規定による検査について、同条第三項の規定は前項の規定による権限について準用する。

(2)The provisions of Article 45, paragraph 2 apply mutatis mutandis to the inspection under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, and the provisions of paragraph 3 of that Article to the authority under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

３機構は、保険医療機関等の管理者が、正当な理由がなく第一項の規定による報告の求めに応ぜず、若しくは虚偽の報告をし、又は正当な理由がなく同項の同意を拒んだときは、当該保険医療機関等に対する医療費の支払を一時差し止めることができる。

(3)In the case where the manager of an medical institution providing services covered by health insurance, etc. fails to comply with the request under the provisions of paragraph 1 without reasonable grounds, or makes a false report or refuses to give its consent without reasonable grounds, the agency may suspend the payment of medical expenses to the medical institution providing services covered by health insurance, etc. on a temporary basis

第五十六条機構は、認定又は救済給付の支給に関し必要があると認めるときは、当該認定の申請に係る診断若しくは救済給付に関する診療、薬剤の支給若しくは手当を行った者又はこれを使用する者に対し、その行った診断又は診療、薬剤の支給若しくは手当につき、報告若しくは診療録その他の物件の提示を求め、又は当該職員に質問させることができる。

Article 56(1)The agency may request a person who performed the diagnosis pertaining to the request for the certification or the medical care concerning the relief benefits, the provision of medicines, or medical care, or a person that hires the former to report or submit a medical record or any other items concerning the diagnosis, medical care performed by, medicines provided by the relevant person, or have its official ask the person questions, when it finds it necessary for the certification or payment of the relief benefits.

２第四十五条第二項の規定は前項の規定による質問について、同条第三項の規定は前項の規定による権限について準用する。

(2)The provisions of Article 45, paragraph 2 apply mutatis mutandis to the questions under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, and the provisions of paragraph 3 of that Article to the authority under the provision of the preceding paragraph.

第五十七条環境大臣は、この章の規定を施行するため必要があると認めるときは、労災保険適用事業主、船舶所有者又は特別事業主に対し、必要な資料の提出及び説明を求めることができる。

Article 57The Minister of the Environment may request an employer covered by the workers' accident compensation insurance, ship owner or special employer to submit necessary materials and to give an explanation when the minister finds it necessary for the enforcement of the provisions of this Chapter..

第五十八条機構の役員若しくは職員又はこれらの職にあった者は、認定又は救済給付の支給に関して知ることができた秘密を漏らしてはならない。

Article 58The directors, officials or the agency, or who were its directors or officials must not divulge confidential information they came to know concerning the certification and payment of the relief benefits.

第五十九条厚生労働大臣は、この節に定めるところにより、死亡労働者等の遺族であって、労災保険法の規定による遺族補償給付を受ける権利が時効によって消滅したものに対し、その請求に基づき、特別遺族給付金を支給する。

Article 59(1)The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare pays the special survivors benefits to the bereaved family member of a deceased worker, etc., whose right to receive the survivors' compensation under the provisions of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act lapses due to prescription, based on the claim.

２前項の特別遺族給付金（以下「特別遺族給付金」という。）は、特別遺族年金又は特別遺族一時金とする。

(2)The special survivors benefits set forth in the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to as the "special survivor benefit") is either special survivor pension or special lump-sum benefit for bereaved family.

３特別遺族年金の額は、労災保険法の規定による遺族補償年金の額等を勘案し、特別遺族年金を受ける権利を有する遺族及びその者と生計を同じくしている特別遺族年金を受けることができる遺族の人数の区分に応じて政令で定める額とする。

(3)The amount of the special survivor pension is the amount prescribed in Cabinet Order classified according to the number of the survivor having the right to receive the special survivor pension and the surviving family members eligible to receive the special survivor pension who make a living together with the survivor, considering the amount of the survivor compensation pension, etc. under the provisions of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act.

４特別遺族一時金の額は、労災保険法の規定による遺族補償一時金の額等を勘案し、第六十二条各号の区分に応じて政令で定める額とする。

(4)The amount of the special lump-sum benefit for bereaved family is the amount prescribed in Cabinet Order prescribed according to the classes referred to in the items of Article 62, considering the lump-sum compensation for the surviving family, etc. pursuant to the provisions of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act.

５特別遺族年金又は特別遺族一時金の支給の請求は、施行日から三年を経過したとき（第六十一条第一項後段の規定により支給する特別遺族年金にあっては特別遺族年金を受ける権利を有する先順位の遺族の権利が消滅した時から、第六十二条第二号の規定により支給する特別遺族一時金にあっては特別遺族年金を受ける権利を有する者の権利が消滅した時から、三年を経過したとき）は、することができない。

(5)The claim for the payment of the special survivor pension or the special lump-sum benefit for surviving family may not be filed when three years have passed from the effective date (when three years have passed since the statutory right of the survivor to receive the special survivor pension was extinguished, if the special survivor pension to be paid pursuant to the provisions of the second sentence of Article 61, paragraph 1, or when three years have passed since the right of the survivor to receive the special survivor pension was extinguished, if the special lump-sum benefit for surviving family to be paid pursuant to the provisions of item (ii) of Article 62).

第六十条特別遺族年金を受けることができる遺族は、死亡労働者等の配偶者、子、父母、孫、祖父母及び兄弟姉妹であって、次の各号に掲げる要件のいずれにも該当するものとする。

Article 60(1)The surviving family members eligible to receive the special survivor pension is the spouse, child, parent, grandchild, grandparent or sibling of the deceased worker, etc. who falls under all of the requirements prescribed in the following items.

２特別遺族年金を受けるべき遺族の順位は、配偶者、子、父母、孫、祖父母及び兄弟姉妹の順序とする。

(2)The surviving family members receive the special survivor pension according to the order, from the spouse, child, parent, grandchild, grandparent to the sibling.

３特別遺族年金を受ける権利を有する者が二人以上あるときは、特別遺族年金の額は、前条第三項の規定にかかわらず、同項の政令で定める額をその人数で除して得た額とする。

(3)If there are two or more persons having the right to receive the special survivor pension, the amount thereof is the amount obtained by dividing the amount prescribed in Cabinet Order set forth in paragraph 3 of the preceding Article by the number of persons, notwithstanding the provisions of that paragraph.

第六十一条特別遺族年金を受ける権利は、その権利を有する遺族が次の各号のいずれかに該当するに至ったときは、消滅する。この場合において、同順位者がなくて後順位者があるときは、次順位者に特別遺族年金を支給する。

Article 61(1)A right to receive the special survivor pension extinguishes when the survivor having the right falls under any of the following items.In this case, if there is no survivor listed in the same priority as the survivor having the right and there is a following survivor, the special survivor pension is paid to the following survivor.

２特別遺族年金を受けることができる遺族が前項各号のいずれかに該当するに至ったときは、その者は、特別遺族年金を受けることができる遺族でなくなる。

(2)When the survivor who is eligible to receive the special survivor pension falls under any of the items of the preceding paragraph, the survivor is no longer the survivor eligible to receive the special survivor pension.

第六十二条特別遺族一時金は、次の場合に支給する。

Article 62The special lump-sum benefit for surviving family is paid in any of the following cases.

第六十三条特別遺族一時金を受けることができる遺族は、次に掲げる者とする。

Article 63(1)The surviving family members eligible to receive the special lump-sum benefit for surviving family are those prescribed below.

２特別遺族一時金を受けるべき遺族の順位は、前項各号の順序により、同項第二号及び第三号に掲げる者のうちにあっては、それぞれ、当該各号に掲げる順序による。

(2)The order of survivors who should receive the special lump-sum benefit for surviving family is as per the order referred to in the items of the preceding paragraph, and the order of those set forth in items (ii) and (iii) of that paragraph is as per the order referred to in items of that paragraph.

３第六十条第三項の規定は、特別遺族一時金について準用する。この場合において、同項中「前条第三項」とあるのは、「前条第四項」と読み替えるものとする。

(3)The provisions of Article 60, paragraph 3 apply mutatis mutandis to the special lump- sum benefit for surviving family.In this case, the term "paragraph 3 of the preceding Article" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "paragraph 4 of the preceding Article."

第六十四条労災保険法第十一条（第二項を除く。）、第十二条の七及び第十六条の九第一項の規定は、特別遺族給付金について準用する。この場合において、労災保険法第十一条第一項中「（遺族補償年金については当該遺族補償年金を受けることができる他の遺族、遺族年金については当該遺族年金を受けることができる他の遺族）」とあるのは「（特別遺族年金については当該特別遺族年金を受けることができる他の遺族）」と、同条第三項中「第一項に規定する順序（遺族補償年金については第十六条の二第三項に、遺族年金については第二十二条の四第三項において準用する第十六条の二第三項に規定する順序）」とあるのは「第一項に規定する順序」と、労災保険法第十二条の七中「政府」とあるのは「厚生労働大臣」と、労災保険法第十六条の九第一項中「労働者」とあるのは「死亡労働者等」と読み替えるものとする。

Article 64(1)The provisions of Article 11 (excluding paragraph 2), Article 12-7, and Article 16-9, paragraph 1 of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act apply mutatis mutandis to the special survivor benefit. In this case, the term "another survivor eligible to receive the compensation pension for surviving family in the case of the compensation pension for surviving family, or another survivor eligible to receive the survivor pension in the case of the survivor pension)" Article 11, paragraph 1 of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act is deemed to be replaced with "another surviving family member eligible to receive the special survivor pension in the case of the special survivor pension);" the term "the order prescribed in paragraph 1 (the order prescribed in Article 16-2, paragraph 3 as applied mutatis mutandis to the survivor compensation pension, or the order prescribed in Article 16-2 paragraph 3 as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22-4, paragraph 3 for the survivor pension)" in paragraph 3 of that Article, is deemed to be replaced with "the order prescribed in paragraph 1;" the term "the government" in Article 12-7 of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act is deemed to be replaced with the "Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare;" and the term "a worker" in Article 16-9, paragraph 1 of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act is deemed to be replaced with "a deceased worker, etc."

２労災保険法第九条、第十二条第一項、第十二条の二、第十六条の二第二項、第十六条の五第一項及び第二項並びに第十六条の九第二項及び第四項の規定は、特別遺族年金について準用する。この場合において、労災保険法第九条第一項中「支給すべき事由が生じた月」とあるのは「支給の請求をした日の属する月」と、労災保険法第十二条の二中「支払うべき保険給付」とあるのは「支払うべき特別遺族給付金」と、「当該保険給付」とあるのは「当該特別遺族給付金」と、労災保険法第十六条の二第二項中「労働者」とあるのは「死亡労働者等」と、「前項」とあるのは「石綿による健康被害の救済に関する法律第六十条第一項」と、労災保険法第十六条の九第二項中「労働者」とあるのは「死亡労働者等」と、同条第四項中「消滅する」とあるのは「消滅し、同順位者がなくて後順位者があるときは、次順位者に特別遺族年金を支給する」と読み替えるものとする。

(2)The provisions of Article 9; Article 12, paragraph 1; Article 12-2; Article 16-2, paragraph 2; Article 16-5, paragraphs 1 and 2; and Article 16-9, paragraphs 2 and 4 of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act apply mutatis mutandis to the special survivor pension.In this case, "the month in which the reason for payment occurs" in Article 9, paragraph 1 of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act is deemed to be replaced with "the month in which the claim for payment is filed;" the term the "payment for insurance proceeds" in Article 12-1 of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act, is deemed to be replaced with "the special survivor benefit to be paid;" the term "the relevant payment for insurance proceeds" is deemed to be replaced with "the relevant special survivor benefit;" the term "a worker" in Article 16-2, paragraph 2 of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act is deemed to be replaced with "a deceased worker, etc.;" the term the " preceding paragraph," is deemed to be replaced with "Article 60, paragraph 1 of the Act on Asbestos Health Damage Relief;" the term "a worker" in Article 16-9, paragraph 2 of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act is deemed to be replaced with a "deceased worker, etc.;" and the term "extinguishes" in paragraph 4 of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "extinguishes, and if there is no survivor listed in the same priority as the survivor having the right and there is a following survivor, the special survivor pension is paid to the following survivor."

３労災保険法第十六条の九第三項の規定は、特別遺族一時金を受けることができる遺族について準用する。この場合において、同項中「遺族補償年金」とあるのは「特別遺族年金」と、「労働者」とあるのは「死亡労働者等」と読み替えるものとする。

(3)The provisions of Article 16-9, paragraph 3 of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act apply mutatis mutandis to the surviving family member eligible to receive the special lump-sum benefit for surviving family.In this case, the term "the survivor compensation pension" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "the special survivor pension," and the term a "worker," in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with a "deceased worker, etc."

第六十五条死亡労働者等の遺族が、当該死亡労働者等を使用していた労災保険適用事業主から民法（明治二十九年法律第八十九号）その他の法律による損害賠償を受けることができる場合であって、特別遺族給付金の支給を受けるべきときに、同一の事由について、民法その他の法律による損害賠償を受けたときは、厚生労働大臣は、その定める基準により、その価額の限度で、特別遺族給付金の支給をしないことができる。

Article 65In the case where the survivor of a deceased worker, etc. may receive compensation for damages from the employer covered by the workers' accident compensation insurance who employed the deceased worker, etc. under the Civil Act (Act No. 89 of 1896) or any other Act, and receives the compensation for damages under the Civil Act or any other Act when the survivor should receive the special survivor benefit for the same reason, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may refrain from paying the special survivor benefit within the limits of the insured value, according to the standard established by the minister.

第六十六条偽りその他不正の手段により特別遺族給付金の支給を受けた者があるときは、厚生労働大臣は、当該特別遺族給付金の支給に要した費用に相当する金額の全部又は一部をその者から徴収することができる。

Article 66(1)If there is a person who receives payment of the special survivor benefit by deception or other wrongful means, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may collect the amount in whole or in part equivalent to the costs of the payment of the special survivor benefit from the relevant person.

２前項の場合において、労災保険適用事業主が虚偽の報告又は証明をしたためその支給が行われたものであるときは、厚生労働大臣は、その労災保険適用事業主に対し、支給を受けた者と連帯して同項の徴収金を納付すべきことを命ずることができる。

(2)In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, if the payment is made based on a false report or certification granted by an employer covered by the workers' accident compensation insurance, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may order the employer covered by the workers' accident compensation insurance to pay the money to be collected of that paragraph jointly and severally with the person who received the payment.

３徴収法第三十三条第三項の労働保険事務組合は、前項の規定の適用については、労災保険適用事業主とみなす。

(3)A Labor Insurance Affairs Association referred to in Article 33, paragraph 3 of the Collection Act is deemed to be an employer covered by the workers' accident compensation insurance with regard to the application of the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

４徴収法第二十六条、第二十八条、第二十九条及び第四十一条の規定は、第一項及び第二項の規定による徴収金について準用する。この場合において、徴収法第二十六条及び第四十一条第二項中「政府」とあるのは、「厚生労働大臣」と読み替えるものとする。

(4)The provisions of Articles 26, 28, 29 and 41 of the Collection Act apply mutatis mutandis to the money to be collected pursuant to the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2. In this case, the term the "government" in Article 26 and Article 41, paragraph 2 of the Collection Act is deemed to be replaced with the "Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare."

第六十七条第二十八条及び第二十九条の規定は、特別遺族給付金について準用する。

Article 67The provisions of Articles 28 and 29 apply mutatis mutandis to the special survivor benefit.

第六十八条この節に定めるもののほか、特別遺族給付金の支給に関し必要な事項は、厚生労働省令で定める。

Article 68Beyond what is set forth in this Section, the necessary matters for the payment of the special survivor benefit are prescribed in Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

第六十九条特別遺族給付金の支給に要する費用については、徴収法第十条第一項に規定する労働保険の事業に要する費用とみなし、これに充てるため同条第二項に規定する労働保険料（同項第四号に掲げる印紙保険料を除く。以下同じ。）を徴収する。

Article 69(1)The costs required for the payments of the special survivor benefit are deemed to be the costs for the labor insurance activities prescribed in Article 10, paragraph 1 of the Collection Act, and the labor insurance premiums prescribed in paragraph 2 of that Article (excluding the stamp insurance premiums set forth in item (iv) of that paragraph; the same applies hereinafter) are collected to appropriate it for the costs.

２前項の規定による労働保険料の徴収については、徴収法の規定（第四条及び第二十二条から第二十五条までの規定を除く。）を適用する。この場合において、徴収法第十二条第二項中「及び労働福祉事業」とあるのは「、労働福祉事業及び石綿による健康被害の救済に関する法律（以下「石綿健康被害救済法」という。）第五十九条第一項の特別遺族給付金（以下「特別遺族給付金」という。）の支給」と、「費用の額」とあるのは「費用の額、特別遺族給付金の支給に要する費用の額」と、同条第三項中「とする。第二十条第一項において同じ。）」とあるのは「とする。第二十条第一項において同じ。）と特別遺族給付金（石綿健康被害救済法第六十二条第二号の場合に支給される特別遺族一時金、特定の業務に長期間従事することにより発生する疾病であつて厚生労働省令で定めるものにかかつた者（厚生労働省令で定める事業の種類ごとに、当該事業における就労期間等を考慮して厚生労働省令で定める者に限る。）に係る特別遺族給付金（以下この項において「特定疾病にかかつた者に係る特別遺族給付金」という。）及び第三種特別加入者に係る特別遺族給付金を除く。）の額（石綿健康被害救済法第五十九条第二項の特別遺族年金については、その額は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより算定するものとする。）」と、「、特定疾病にかかつた者に係る保険給付に要する費用」とあるのは「、特定疾病にかかつた者に係る保険給付に要する費用、石綿健康被害救済法第五十九条第二項の特別遺族年金の支給に要する費用、特定疾病にかかつた者に係る特別遺族給付金に要する費用」とするほか、必要な技術的読替えは、政令で定める。

(2)The provisions of the Collection Act (excluding the provisions of Article 4 and Articles 22 through 25) apply to the collection of the labor insurance premiums under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.In this case, the term "and labor welfare services" in Article 12, paragraph 2 of the Collection Act is deemed to be replaced with ", labor welfare services and the payment of the special survivor benefit set forth in Article 59, paragraph 1 (hereinafter referred to as the "special survivor benefit") of the Act on Asbestos Health Damage Relief (hereinafter referred to as the "Act on Asbestos Health Damage Relief");" the term "the amount of the costs," is deemed to be replaced with "the amount of the costs, the amount of the costs required for the payments of the special survivors benefits;" the term "is ... ;the same applies in Article 20, paragraph 1)" in paragraph 3 of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "is ... ; the same applies to Article 20, paragraph 1) and the amount of the special survivor benefit (the special lump sum benefit for surviving family paid in the case of Article 62, item (ii) of the Asbestos Relief Act, the special survivor benefit pertaining to a person who developed any of the diseases by performing specific activities for long period of time which is prescribed in Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (limited to persons prescribed in Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and designated for each business category prescribed in Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, considering the employment period, etc. in the relevant business) (referred to as the "special survivor benefit for a person who developed a specified disease" in this paragraph), and the amount of the special survivor benefit for to the Class 3 special insured person) (the amount of the special survivor pension set forth in Article 59, paragraph 2 of the Asbestos Relief Act is to be calculated as prescribed in Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare);" and the term ", the costs required for the payment of insurance proceeds to a person who developed a specified disease," is deemed to be replaced with ", the costs required for the insurance benefit pertaining to a person who developed a specified disease, the costs required for the payment of the special survivor pension referred to in Article 59, paragraph 2 of the Act on Asbestos Health Damage Relief, the costs required for the payment of the special survivor benefit for a person who developed a specified disease," and the other necessary replacement of technical terms is prescribed in Cabinet Order.

３特別遺族給付金の支給に要する費用については、労災保険法による労働者災害補償保険事業の保険給付費とみなして、労働保険特別会計法（昭和四十七年法律第十八号）の規定を適用する。この場合において、同法第四条第二項第一号中「労災保険事業の保険給付費」とあるのは、「労災保険事業の保険給付費（石綿による健康被害の救済に関する法律第六十九条第三項の規定により労災保険事業の保険給付費とみなされた同法第五十九条第一項の特別遺族給付金の支給に要する費用を含む。）」とするほか、必要な技術的読替えは、政令で定める。

(3)The costs required for the payment of the special survivor benefit are deemed to be the costs of the payment of insurance proceeds of workers' accident compensation insurance activities under the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act, and the provisions of the Labor Insurance Special Account Act (Act No. 18 of 1972) apply to the relevant costs.In this case, the term "the costs of insurance proceeds of workers' accident insurance activities" in Article 4, paragraph 2, item (i) of that Act is deemed to be replaced with the "costs of insurance proceeds of workers' accident insurance activities (including the costs required for the payment of the special survivor benefit set forth in Article 59, paragraph 1 of the Act on Asbestos Health Damage Relief which is deemed as the costs of insurance proceeds of workers' accident insurance activities pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph 3, Article 69, paragraph 3 of that Act)," and the other necessary replacement of technical terms is prescribed in Cabinet Order.

第七十条厚生労働大臣は、特別遺族給付金の支給に関し必要があると認めるときは、特別遺族給付金の支給に係る遺族に対し、報告、文書その他の物件の提出又は出頭を求めることができる。

Article 70The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may request survivors pertaining to the payment of the special survivor benefit to report or to submit a document or any other items or to appear, when the minister finds it necessary for the payment of the special survivor benefit.

第七十一条厚生労働大臣は、特別遺族給付金の支給に関し必要があると認めるときは、特別遺族給付金の支給に係る遺族に対し、厚生労働大臣の指定する医師の診断を受けるべきことを命ずることができる。

Article 71The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may order survivor pertaining to the payment of the special survivor benefit to undergo diagnosis by a doctor designated by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, when the minister finds it necessary for the payment of the special survivor benefit.

第七十二条厚生労働大臣は、特別遺族年金を受ける権利を有する者が、第七十条の規定により報告、文書その他の物件の提出若しくは出頭を求められて、正当な理由がなくこれに従わず、若しくは虚偽の報告をし、若しくは虚偽の記載をした文書を提出し、正当な理由がなく前条の規定による命令に従わず、又は第六十四条第一項において準用する労災保険法第十二条の七　の規定による届出をせず、若しくは書類その他の物件の提出を求められて、正当な理由がなくこれに従わないときは、その者に対する特別遺族年金の支給を一時差し止めることができる。

Article 72In the case where a person having the right to receive the special survivor pension fails to report, or submit a document or any other item, or fails to appear without reasonable grounds when the person is requested to do so pursuant to the provisions of Article 70, or makes a false report or submits a document containing false entries, or does not obey the order pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article without reasonable grounds, or fails to give notice under the provisions of Article 12-7 of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 64, paragraph 1 or fails to submit a document or any other item without reasonable grounds when the person is requested to do so, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may temporarily suspend the payment of the special survivor pension to the relevant person.

第七十三条厚生労働大臣は、特別遺族給付金の支給に関し必要があると認めるときは、労災保険適用事業主又は徴収法第三十三条第三項の労働保険事務組合若しくは労災保険法第三十五条第一項に規定する団体（以下「労働保険事務組合等」という。）に対し、報告、文書の提出又は出頭を求めることができる。

Article 73(1)The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may request employers covered by the workers' accident insurance, or each Labor Insurance Affairs Association of Article 33, paragraph 3 of the Collection Act, or organizations prescribed in Article 35, paragraph 1 of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act to report, or to submit a document, or to appear, when the minister finds it necessary for the payment of the special survivor benefit.

２厚生労働大臣は、特別遺族給付金の支給に関し必要があると認めるときは、当該職員に、労災保険の保険関係が成立している事業の事業場又は労働保険事務組合等の事務所に立ち入り、関係者に質問させ、又は帳簿書類その他の物件を検査させることができる。

(2)The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may have its official enter a workplace of the business in which the relationship between the insured business and the workers' accident insurance has been established, or an office of Labor Insurance Affairs Association, etc. to question the person concerned or have the official inspect the books and documents and other items, when the minister finds it necessary for the payment of the special survivor benefit.

３厚生労働大臣は、特別遺族給付金の支給に関し必要があると認めるときは、労災保険の保険関係が成立している事業に使用される労働者（労災保険法第三十四条第一項第一号、第三十五条第一項第三号又は第三十六条第一項第一号の規定により労災保険の保険関係が成立している事業に使用される労働者とみなされる者を含む。）に対し、報告又は文書その他の物件の提出を求めることができる。

(3)The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may request a worker engaged in the business in which the relationship between the insured business and the workers' accident insurance has been established (including a person deemed as a worker engaged in the business in which the relationship between the insured business and the workers' accident insurance has been established pursuant to the provisions of Article 34, paragraph 1, item (i), Article 35, paragraph 1, item (iii) or Article 36, paragraph 1, item (i) of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act) to report, or to submit a document or any other item, when the minister finds it necessary for the payment of the special survivor benefit.

４第四十五条第二項の規定は第二項の規定による立入検査について、同条第三項の規定は第二項の規定による権限について準用する。

(4)The provisions of Article 45, paragraph 2 apply mutatis mutandis to the on-site inspection under the provision of paragraph 2, and the provisions of paragraph 3 of that Article apply mutatis mutandis to the authority under the provisions of paragraph 2.

第七十四条厚生労働大臣は、特別遺族給付金の支給に関し必要があると認めるときは、特別遺族給付金の支給に係る遺族の診断若しくは診療、薬剤の支給若しくは手当を行った者又はこれを使用する者に対し、その行った診断又は診療、薬剤の支給若しくは手当につき、報告若しくは診療録その他の物件の提示を求め、又は当該職員に質問させることができる。

Article 74(1)The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare may request a person who performed or the diagnosis or medical care of a survivor pertaining to the payment of the special survivor benefit or the provision of medicines or medical treatment to report or to show a medical record or any other item concerning the performed diagnosis, medical care, provision of medicines or medical treatment, or may have its official question the persons concerned, when the minister finds it necessary for the payment of the special survivor benefit.

２第四十五条第二項の規定は前項の規定による質問について、同条第三項の規定は前項の規定による権限について準用する。

(2)The provisions of Article 45, paragraph 2 apply mutatis mutandis to the questions under the provision of the preceding paragraph, and the provisions of paragraph 3 of that Article apply mutatis mutandis to the authority under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.