Source: http://kslegislature.org/li_2012/b2011_12/statute/075_000_0000_chapter/075_041_0000_article/075_041_0001_section/075_041_0001_k/
Timestamp: 2019-04-25 18:49:23+00:00

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75-4101. Committee on surety bonds and insurance; composition; officers; meetings; compensation; acquisition of insurance, restrictions and exceptions. (a) There is hereby created a committee on surety bonds and insurance, which shall consist of the state treasurer, the attorney general and the commissioner of insurance or their respective designees. The commissioner of insurance shall be the chairperson of the committee and the director of purchases or the director's designee shall be ex officio secretary. The committee shall meet on call of the chairperson and at such other times as the committee shall determine but at least once each month on the second Monday in each month. Meetings shall be held in the office of the commissioner of insurance. The members of the committee shall serve without compensation. The secretary shall be the custodian of all property, records and proceedings of the committee. Except as provided in this section and K.S.A. 74-4925, 74-4927, 75-6501 through 75-6511 and K.S.A. 76-749, and amendments thereto, no state agency shall purchase any insurance of any kind or nature or any surety bonds upon state officers or employees, except as provided in this act. Except as otherwise provided in this section, health care coverage and health care services of a health maintenance organization for state officers and employees designated under subsection (c) of K.S.A. 75-6501, and amendments thereto, shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-6501 through 75-6511, and amendments thereto.
(d) Any postsecondary educational institution as defined by K.S.A. 74-3201b[*], and amendments thereto, may purchase insurance of any kind or nature except employee health insurance. Such insurance shall be purchased on a competitively bid or competitively negotiated basis in accordance with procedures prescribed by the state board of regents. Such insurance may be purchased independent of the committee on surety bonds and insurance and without complying with K.S.A. 75-3738 through 75-3744, and amendments thereto. Such insurance shall be purchased from an insurance company authorized to transact business in the state of Kansas.
(e) The state board of regents may enter into one or more group insurance contracts to provide health and accident insurance coverage or health care services of a health maintenance organization for all students attending a state educational institution as defined in K.S.A. 76-711, and amendments thereto, and such students' dependents, except that such insurance shall not provide coverage for elective procedures that are not medically necessary as determined by a treating physician. The participation by a student in such coverage shall be voluntary. In the case of students who are employed by a state educational institution in a student position, the level of employer contributions toward such coverage shall be determined by the board of regents. The board of regents may adopt rules and regulations necessary to administer and implement the provisions of this section.
History: L. 1965, ch. 458, § 39; L. 1969, ch. 406, § 1; L. 1971, ch. 281, § 1; L. 1974, ch. 364, § 27; L. 1977, ch. 110, § 8; L. 1979, ch. 293, § 1; L. 1982, ch. 360, § 1; L. 1984, ch. 329, § 14; L. 1986, ch. 329, § 1; L. 1987, ch. 345, § 1; L. 1989, ch. 273, § 1; L. 2006, ch. 189, § 1; May 25.

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