支援金、２６年度は６０００億円　少子化対策財源、法案提出へ―こども家庭庁

　こども家庭庁は８日、少子化対策を盛り込んだ子ども・子育て支援法などの改正案をまとめた。財源確保のため創設する支援金制度について、初年度の２０２６年度は総額６０００億円を確保すると明記。２７年度は８０００億円、２８年度は１兆円を集める。
　支援金は公的医療保険に上乗せして徴収し、２８年度の１人当たりの負担額は平均で月５００円弱となる見通し。２６、２７年度は、事業主の分を合わせ、現役世代を含む７４歳以下が全体の９２％を負担し、残りは７５歳以上の後期高齢者が支払う。
　同庁は同日、自民党の会合に法案を示し、了承された。政府は今国会提出に向け１６日の閣議決定を目指す。（2024/02/08-11:29）

Japan's Children and Families Agency on Thursday unveiled a plan to raise 600 billion yen in fiscal 2026 for measures to tackle the country's declining birthrate through envisaged extra health insurance fees.
   The amount will increase to 800 billion yen in fiscal 2027 and 1 trillion yen in fiscal 2028, according to draft legislation approved at a meeting of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
   The government hopes to approve the legislation at a cabinet meeting Feb. 16 and submit it to the current parliamentary session.
   The fees, to be collected on top of the existing public medical insurance premiums from fiscal 2026, will be slightly less than 500 yen a month per person in fiscal 2028.
   In the draft legislation, the agency included programs to expand child allowances as announced in the government's strategy for the future of children, aimed at shoring up the declining birthrate.