Yokohama City National Health Insurance Management Council

Last Updated December 3, 2024

Committee member list

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Deliberation Report

Meeting Information

National Health Insurance Law (excerpt)
Article 11 The National Health Insurance Management Council shall be established in municipalities to discuss important matters related to the operation of the National Health Insurance business.
2 In addition to what is provided for in the preceding paragraph, necessary matters concerning the National Health Insurance Management Council shall be specified by a Cabinet Order.

National Health Insurance Law Enforcement Order (Excerpt)
Article 3 The National Health Insurance Management Council (hereinafter referred to as the “Council”) shall be organized with the same number of members representing the insured, members representing the insurance physician or insurance pharmacist, and members representing the public interest.
2 The number of members shall be determined by ordinance.
Article 4 The term of office of a member shall be three years. Provided, however, that the term of office of a substitute member shall be the remaining term of the predecessor.
Article 5 The council shall have one chairman, and all members shall elect this from among the members representing the public interest.
(2) If the President has an accident, a member elected in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph shall perform his / her duties.
Supplementary Provisions
Article 1-2 Regardless of the provisions of Article 3, Paragraph 1, the Council shall add members who represent the insurer such as employee insurance prescribed in Article 10, Paragraph 1 of the Supplementary Provisions to the members prescribed in Article 3, Paragraph 1. Can be organized.

Yokohama City National Health Insurance Ordinance (Excerpt)
Article 2 The fixed number of members of the Yokohama City National Health Insurance Management Council (hereinafter referred to as the “Council”) shall be as specified in the following items.
(1)　7 members representing the insured
(2)　7 members representing insurance physicians or insurance pharmacists
(3)　7 members representing the public interest
(4)　Two members representing the insurers such as employee insurance prescribed in Article 3, Paragraph 1 of the National Health Insurance Law Enforcement Ordinance (Government Ordinance No. 362 of 1958)
Article 3 When a member of the council travels outside the city for his / her duties, the amount paid to the person in the separate table No. 2 in the Yokohama City Travel Expense Ordinance (October 1948 Yokohama City Ordinance No. 73) Travel expenses shall be paid mutatis mutandis to the ordinance.
Article 4 In addition to what is provided for in the preceding two Articles, necessary matters concerning the council shall be specified by rules.

Yokohama City National Health Insurance Management Council Rules
Link (outside site) to collection of Yokohama-shi regulations

Committee member list

(As of May 2024 / titles omitted and in no particular order ◎ is the chairman, and ○ is the acting representative of the chairman.)

１．7 members representing the insured

Yokohama City Central Agricultural Committee Farmland Use Optimization Promotion Committee Katsu Oya
Toshihiko Nakano, Vice Chairman of the Yokohama Skills Organization Liaison Council
Reiko Yamashina, Director of the Yokohama Citizens' Committee Children's Committee
Kazumasa Sato, Managing Committee Member of Yokohama City Human Rights Committee
Mr. Nobukazu Shikatata, Chairman of the Association of Neighborhood Associations in Horinouchi Mutsu District
Itsuko Morita, Chairman of the Kanazawa Ward Health Promotion Committee
Ichiichi Morikawa, Director of the Federation of Yokohama City Elderly People's Clubs

２．7 members representing insurance physicians or insurance pharmacists

Chairman of Yokohama Medical Association Takekazu Tozuka　
Takashi Mikami, Executive Director of Yokohama Medical Association
Soichiro Isshiki, Executive Director of the Yokohama Medical Association
Toshio Yamamoto, Director of the Yokohama Medical Association
Mr. Naondo Yoshida, Chairman of the Yokohama Dental Association
Takashi Horimoto, Vice Chairman of the Yokohama Dental Association
Satoru Sakamoto, Chairman of the Yokohama Pharmacists Association

３．6 members representing the public interest (1 vacancy)

Atsushi Nishimura, Professor, Kanagawa Prefectural University of Health and Welfare　　◎
Professor Etsuko Tadaka, Hokkaido University
Attorney Keiko Murase
Ryo Ishiuchi, Chairman of the Japan National Council of Social Welfare　　
Michida Mone, Senior Managing Director of Kanagawa Nursing Association
Yoko Hayakawa, Vice Chairman of the Yokohama City Labor Union Union

４．2 members representing the insurer, such as employee insurance

Toshikazu Takagi, Managing Director, Bank of Yokohama Health Insurance Association
Kenji Mimura, Managing Director, ENEOS Group Health Insurance Association