A laser light-source apparatus according to the present invention is equipped with: a laser-driving circuit board, thermal insulators that are placed on the laser-driving circuit board; a heat receiving plate that is placed on the thermal insulators and thermally insulated from the laser-driving circuit board, a laser light-source module that is installed on the heat receiving plate so as to be thermally connected to the heat receiving plate and is also electrically connected to the laser-driving circuit board so as to be driven thereby, and a heat sink that is thermally connected to the heat receiving plate via a heat pipe.