Source: http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/statute/016_000_0000_chapter/016_003_0000_article/016_003_0004_section/016_003_0004_k/
Timestamp: 2019-04-19 03:32:44+00:00

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16-304. Same; payments upon death, conditions; balances; notice; liability. (a) If any balance remains in the account upon the death of the person for whose services the funds were paid, the same shall not be paid by such bank, credit union or savings and loan association to the person, association, partnership, firm or corporation until a certified copy of the death certificate of such person, a verification of death form or other acceptable proof of death shall have been furnished to the bank, credit union or savings and loan association, together with a verified statement setting forth that all of the terms and conditions of such agreement have been fully performed by the person, association, partnership, firm or corporation.
(b) If any balance remains in the fund after disposition of the fund in accordance with the terms of the agreement, contract or plan such balance shall inure to the benefit of the estate of the purchaser of the agreement, contract or plan unless the purchaser was a person who received medical assistance from the Kansas department for children and families or a deceased surviving spouse of a recipient of medical assistance and the bank, credit union or savings and loan association has received written notice from the Kansas department for children and families, the funeral home or the recipient, stating that medical assistance has been expended on the recipient for which the Kansas department for children and families may have a claim. If such notice has been received, the balance shall be paid to the secretary for children and families or the secretary's designee to the extent of medical assistance expended on the deceased recipient.
(c) The bank, credit union or savings and loan association shall not be liable to the Kansas department for children and families for the balance in the fund if written notice has not been received and the balance of the fund has been paid to the estate of the purchaser of the agreement as provided above.
History: L. 1953, ch. 54, § 4; L. 1973, ch. 86, § 5; L. 1976, ch. 97, § 4; L. 1983, ch. 76, § 4; L. 1989, ch. 48, § 73; L. 1996, ch. 123, § 1; L. 2002, ch. 106, § 2; L. 2004, ch. 36, § 1; L. 2006, ch. 71, § 1; L. 2014, ch. 115, § 10; July 1.

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