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KS Stat § 40-2,211 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 2 - General Provisions|40-2,211 Same; definitions.

40-2,211. Same; definitions. (a) For purposes of Kansas telemedicine act:(1) "Distant site" means a site at which a healthcare provider is located while providing healthcare services by means of telemedicine.(2) "Healthcare provider" means a physician, licensed physician assistant, licensed advanced practice registered nurse or person licensed, registered, certified or otherwise authorized to practice by the behavioral sciences regulatory board.(3) "Originating site" means a site at which a patient is located at the time healthcare services are provided by means of telemedicine.(4) "Physician" means a person licensed to practice medicine and surgery by the state board of healing arts.(5) "Telemedicine," including "telehealth," means the delivery of healthcare services or consultations while the patient is at an originating site and the healthcare provider is at a distant site. Telemedicine shall be provided by means of real-time two-way interactive audio, visual, or audio-visual communications, including the application of secure video conferencing or store-and-forward technology to provide or support healthcare delivery, that facilitate the assessment, diagnosis, consultation, treatment, education and care management of a patient's healthcare. "Telemedicine" does not include communication between:(A) Healthcare providers that consist solely of a telephone voice-only conversation, email or facsimile transmission; or(B) a physician and a patient that consists solely of an email or facsimile transmission.(b) This section shall take effect on and after January 1, 2019.History: L. 2018, ch. 98, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 40-2,212 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 2 - General Provisions|40-2,212 Same; confidentiality.

40-2,212. Same; confidentiality. (a) The same requirements for patient privacy and confidentiality under the health insurance portability and accountability act of 1996 and 42 C.F.R. § 2.13, as applicable, that apply to healthcare services delivered via in-person contact shall also apply to healthcare services delivered via telemedicine. Nothing in this section shall supersede the provisions of any state law relating to the confidentiality, privacy, security or privileged status of protected health information.(b) Telemedicine may be used to establish a valid provider-patient relationship.(c) The same standards of practice and conduct that apply to healthcare services delivered via in-person contact shall also apply to healthcare services delivered via telemedicine.(d) (1) A person authorized by law to provide and who provides telemedicine services to a patient shall provide the patient with guidance on appropriate follow-up care.(2) (A) Except when otherwise prohibited by any other provision of law, when the patient consents and the patient has a primary care or other treating physician, the person providing telemedicine services shall send within three business days a report to such primary care or other treating physician of the treatment and services rendered to the patient in the telemedicine encounter.(B) A person licensed, registered, certified or otherwise authorized to practice by the behavioral sciences regulatory board shall not be required to comply with the provisions of subparagraph (A).(e) This section shall take effect on and after January 1, 2019.History: L. 2018, ch. 98, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 40-2,214 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 2 - General Provisions|40-2,214 Same; prescribing of drugs via telemedicine.

40-2,214. Same; prescribing of drugs via telemedicine. (a) The state board of healing arts, following consultation with the state board of pharmacy and the board of nursing, shall adopt rules and regulations relating to the prescribing of drugs, including controlled substances, via telemedicine. Such rules and regulations shall be adopted by December 31, 2018.(b) The state board of healing arts shall adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary to effectuate the provisions of Kansas telemedicine act. Such rules and regulation [regulations], shall be adopted by December 31, 2018.(c) The behavioral sciences regulatory board shall adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary to effectuate the provisions of Kansas telemedicine act. Such rules and regulations shall be adopted by December 31, 2018.History: L. 2018, ch. 98, § 5; July 1.
KS Stat § 40-2,215 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 2 - General Provisions|40-2,215 Same; abortions delivered via telemedicine not authorized.

40-2,215. Same; abortions delivered via telemedicine not authorized. Nothing in the Kansas telemedicine act shall be construed to authorize the delivery of any abortion procedure via telemedicine.History: L. 2018, ch. 98, § 6; July 1.
KS Stat § 40-2,216 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 2 - General Provisions|40-2,216 Same; nonseverability clause.

40-2,216. Same; nonseverability clause. If any provision of the Kansas telemedicine act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid or unconstitutional by court order, then the remainder of the Kansas telemedicine act and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby and it shall be conclusively presumed that the legislature would have enacted the remainder of the Kansas telemedicine act without such invalid or unconstitutional provision, except that the provisions of K.S.A. 40-2,215, and amendments thereto, are expressly declared to be nonseverable.History: L. 2018, ch. 98, § 7; July 1.
KS Stat § 40-2a01 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 2a - Investments By Other Than Life Insurance Companies|40-2a01 United States government obligations; call options.

40-2a01. United States government obligations; call options. Any insurance company other than life heretofore or hereafter organized under any law of this state may invest with the direction or approval of a majority of its board of directors or authorized committee thereof, any of its funds, or any part thereof in bonds or other evidences of indebtedness issued, assumed or guaranteed by the United States of America, or by any agency or instrumentality thereof. Such insurance company may write call options on government obligations permitted under this section which it owns. Call options may be purchased for the sole purpose of closing out a position taken previously with respect to one or more options having been written. The purchase of a call option for any reason other than as a closing transaction and the writing of naked (uncovered) call options are hereby prohibited.Any United States government obligation owned by an insurance company obligated under an unexpired written call option shall be valued at the lesser of the striking price or value established in accordance with the method of valuation as prescribed by the commissioner of insurance for financial reporting purposes."Striking price" means the price per United States government obligation, exclusive of selling costs, the company would receive should the call option be exercised by the holder.History: L. 1972, ch. 173, § 1; L. 1989, ch. 134, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 40-2a02 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 2a - Investments By Other Than Life Insurance Companies|40-2a02 State, District of Columbia, territorial and municipal obligations.

40-2a02. State, District of Columbia, territorial and municipal obligations. Any insurance company other than life heretofore or hereafter organized under any law of this state may invest with the direction or approval of a majority of its board of directors or authorized committee thereof, any of its funds, or any part thereof in bonds or other evidences of indebtedness issued, assumed or guaranteed by the District of Columbia, or by any state, insular or territorial possession of the United States of America, or by any county, city, town, school, road, drainage or other district, located within any state, insular or territorial possession of the United States of America, or by any political or civil subdivision or governmental authority of any such state, district or insular or territorial possession, or by any agency or instrumentality of or authority related to any one or more such states, districts, or insular or territorial possessions, or political or civil subdivisions.History: L. 1972, ch. 173, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 40-2a03 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 2a - Investments By Other Than Life Insurance Companies|40-2a03 Canadian government, provincial and municipal obligations.

40-2a03. Canadian government, provincial and municipal obligations. Any insurance company other than life heretofore or hereafter organized under any law of this state may invest with the direction or approval of a majority of its board of directors or authorized committee thereof, any of its funds, or any part thereof in bonds or other evidences of indebtedness issued, assumed or guaranteed by the Dominion of Canada, or by any province thereof, or by any municipality, district, agency or instrumentality thereof.History: L. 1972, ch. 173, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 40-2a04 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 2a - Investments By Other Than Life Insurance Companies|40-2a04 Foreign government obligations.

40-2a04. Foreign government obligations. Any insurance company other than life heretofore or hereafter organized under any law of this state may invest with the direction or approval of a majority of its board of directors or authorized committee thereof, any of its funds, or any part thereof in bonds or other evidences of indebtedness issued, assumed or guaranteed by any foreign government, except as provided in K.S.A. 40-2a03, and amendments thereto, in an amount not to exceed 5% of its admitted assets as shown by the company's last annual report as filed with the state commissioner of insurance or a more recent quarterly financial statement as filed with the commissioner, on a form prescribed by the national association of insurance commissioners, within 45 days following the end of the calendar quarter to which the interim statement pertains. The 5% limitation shall be in addition to any investments in foreign nations required by virtue of a company doing business in a foreign nation.History: L. 1972, ch. 173, § 4; L. 1987, ch. 160, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 40-2a06 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 2a - Investments By Other Than Life Insurance Companies|40-2a06 Equipment trust obligations or conditional sales contract.

40-2a06. Equipment trust obligations or conditional sales contract. Any insurance company other than life heretofore or hereafter organized under any law of this state may invest with the direction or approval of a majority of its board of directors or authorized committee thereof, any of its funds, or any part thereof in bonds, certificates or other evidences of indebtedness secured by any transportation or other equipment used wholly or in part within the United States of America or Dominion of Canada, that provide a right to receive determined rental, purchase or other fixed obligatory payments adequate to retire the obligations and also provide for vesting of title to such equipment free from incumbrance in a corporate trustee, or for creation of a first lien on such equipment.History: L. 1972, ch. 173, § 6; July 1.
KS Stat § 40-2a07 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 2a - Investments By Other Than Life Insurance Companies|40-2a07 Preferred and guaranteed stocks; definitions.

40-2a07. Preferred and guaranteed stocks; definitions. Any insurance company other than life heretofore or hereafter organized under any law of this state may invest by loans or otherwise, with the direction or approval of a majority of its board of directors or authorized committee thereof, any of its funds, or any part thereof in preferred stocks of, or stocks guaranteed by, a corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States of America, or of any state, district, insular or territorial possession thereof, or of the Dominion of Canada, or any province thereof, in an amount not to exceed 25% of its admitted assets as shown by the company's last annual report, as filed with the state commissioner of insurance, or a more recent quarterly financial statement as filed with the commissioner, on a form prescribed by the national association of insurance commissioners, within 45 days following the end of the calendar quarter to which the interim statement pertains, and which meets the following qualifications:(a) All bonds or other evidences of indebtedness and preferred stocks shown on the last published annual statement of the issuing corporation, if any, senior to the preferred stock acquired must be eligible as investments under K.S.A. 40-2a05 or 40-2a07, and amendments thereto, as of the date of acquisition;(b) if cumulative preferred, not in arrears as to dividends, or if noncumulative, has paid full dividends in each of the last three years;(c) sinking fund payments are on a current basis;(d) if net earnings available for fixed charges for the most recently completed three fiscal year period is at least equal to 1 1/4 times the aggregate fixed charges, plus full contingent interest and preferred dividend requirements of the preferred stock under consideration and those on a parity therewith or having a priority thereto, for the same period; and(e) the corporation or a predecessor thereof, must have been in existence for a period of not less than five years.(f) As used in this section:(1) "Fixed charges" shall include actual interest incurred in each year on funded and unfunded debt; and(2) "net earnings" shall mean income, before deducting interest on funded and unfunded debt, and after deducting operating and maintenance expenses, depreciation and depletion, and all taxes (including income taxes). Extraordinary, nonrecurring items of income or expense shall be excluded.History: L. 1972, ch. 173, § 7; L. 1987, ch. 160, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 40-2a10 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 2a - Investments By Other Than Life Insurance Companies|40-2a10 Bank certificates of deposit.

40-2a10. Bank certificates of deposit. Any insurance company other than life heretofore or hereafter organized under any law of this state may invest with the direction or approval of a majority of its board of directors or authorized committee thereof, any of its funds, or any part thereof in certificates of deposit in a federally insured bank.History: L. 1972, ch. 173, § 10; July 1.
KS Stat § 40-2a11 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 2a - Investments By Other Than Life Insurance Companies|40-2a11 Savings and loan shares or deposits.

40-2a11. Savings and loan shares or deposits. Any insurance company other than life heretofore or hereafter organized under any law of this state may invest with the direction or approval of a majority of its board of directors or authorized committee thereof, any of its funds, or any part thereof in shares or savings deposits in a federally insured savings and loan association.History: L. 1972, ch. 173, § 11; July 1.
KS Stat § 40-2a13 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 2a - Investments By Other Than Life Insurance Companies|40-2a13 Real estate.

40-2a13. Real estate. Any insurance company other than life heretofore or hereafter organized under any law of this state may invest with the direction or approval of a majority of its board of directors or authorized committee thereof, any of its funds, or any part thereof in real estate only if acquired or used for the following purposes and in the following manner:(a) Such as shall be requisite for its convenient present and reasonable future accommodations in the transaction of its business. In the erection or purchase of any buildings for such purpose, additional space may be included for home office rental income;(b) such as shall have been mortgaged to it in good faith, by way of security for loans previously contracted or for money due;(c) such as shall have been conveyed to it in satisfaction of debts previously contracted in their legitimate business or for money due;(d) such as shall have been purchased at sales upon judgments, decrees or mortgages obtained or made for such debts; or(e) such as shall have been acquired for development or income purposes.It shall not be lawful for any such company to purchase, hold or convey real estate in any other case or for any other purpose, except nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit any such company from purchasing the principal residence owned and inhabited by an employee or prospective employee who is being transferred by the company to a different community; and all such real estate as may be acquired as aforesaid and which shall not be necessary for the accommodation of such company in the transaction of its business, except real estate acquired for development or income purposes shall be sold and disposed of within five years after such company shall have acquired title thereto, unless the company shall procure a certificate from the commissioner of insurance that the interests of the company will suffer materially by a forced sale thereof, in which event the sale may be postponed for such period as the commissioner of insurance shall direct in the certificate. If the company so elects, real estate other than farm properties, which has been acquired under subsections (c) and (d) may be held by it for income purposes. The company's aggregate investment in real estate as herein provided shall not exceed 20% of the admitted assets of the company as shown by its last annual report as filed with the commissioner of insurance or a more recent quarterly financial statement as filed with the commissioner, on a form prescribed by the national association of insurance commissioners, within 45 days following the end of the calendar quarter to which the interim statement pertains.History: L. 1972, ch. 173, § 13; L. 1982, ch. 201, § 1; L. 1983, ch. 156, § 4; L. 1987, ch. 160, § 5; July 1.
KS Stat § 40-2a14 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 2a - Investments By Other Than Life Insurance Companies|40-2a14 Collateral loans.

40-2a14. Collateral loans. Any insurance company other than life heretofore or hereafter organized under any law of this state may invest with the direction or approval of a majority of its board of directors or authorized committee thereof, any of its funds, or any part thereof in loans secured by collateral consisting of a pledge of bonds, securities, stock or evidences of indebtedness qualified in article 2a of chapter 40 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto. Except the amount of the loan shall not exceed 80% of the market value of the asset securing the loan. In addition, all restrictions, limitations or conditions placed on any investment authorized within article 2a of chapter 40 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, shall apply to the collateral pledged to the payment of loans authorized in this section.History: L. 1972, ch. 173, § 14; L. 2014, ch. 43, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 40-2a16 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 2a - Investments By Other Than Life Insurance Companies|40-2a16 Leeway clause.

40-2a16. Leeway clause. Any insurance company other than life heretofore or hereafter organized under any law of this state may invest with the direction or approval of a majority of its board of directors or authorized committee thereof, any of its funds, or any part thereof in investments whether or not qualified and permitted under this act and notwithstanding any conditions or limitations prescribed therein, in an aggregate amount not more than 10% of its admitted assets as shown by the company's last annual report as filed with the commissioner of insurance or a more recent quarterly financial statement filed with the commissioner, except that investments shall not be permitted in insolvent organizations or organizations in default with respect to the payment of principal or interest.History: L. 1972, ch. 173, § 16; L. 1983, ch. 156, § 5; L. 2015, ch. 7, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 40-2a17 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 2a - Investments By Other Than Life Insurance Companies|40-2a17 International bank for reconstruction and development, inter-American development bank and African development bank.

40-2a17. International bank for reconstruction and development, inter-American development bank and African development bank. Any insurance company other than life organized under any law of this state may invest with the direction or approval of a majority of its board of directors or authorized committee thereof, any of its funds, or any part thereof in bonds or other evidences of indebtedness issued, assumed, or guaranteed by the international bank for reconstruction and development, the inter-American development bank or by the African development bank.History: L. 1972, ch. 173, § 17; L. 1986, ch. 175, § 1; April 24.
KS Stat § 40-2a18 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 2a - Investments By Other Than Life Insurance Companies|40-2a18 Real estate investment trusts.

40-2a18. Real estate investment trusts. Any insurance company other than life heretofore or hereafter organized under any law of this state may invest with the direction or approval of a majority of its board of directors or authorized committee thereof, any of its funds, or any part thereof in shares of beneficial interest in or obligations issued by a real estate investment trust qualified under sections 856 through 858 of the federal internal revenue code which meet the following qualifications:(a) The obligations shown on the last published annual statement of such trust must meet the qualifications specified for corporate obligations in subsections (a) through (d) of K.S.A. 40-2a05.(b) Cash dividends have been paid during each of the last three (3) years preceding the date of acquisition.(c) The shares are registered on a national securities exchange regulated under the securities exchange act of 1934, as amended, or regularly traded on a national or regional basis.(d) The trust shall have earnings in three (3) of the last five (5) years preceding date of acquisition.(e) No insurance company shall own more than five percent (5%) of the total number of shares of any one such trust, nor invest more than two percent (2%) of its admitted assets in shares of any one such trust.Shares in each such trust which has over one-half (1/2) of its assets invested in ownership of real estate or which has such ownership as its stated investment objective shall be considered a real estate investment for purposes of conforming with the limitation on real estate ownership imposed in K.S.A. 40-2a13.History: L. 1972, ch. 173, § 18; July 1.
KS Stat § 40-2a19 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 2a - Investments By Other Than Life Insurance Companies|40-2a19 Prior lawful investments.

40-2a19. Prior lawful investments. All investments owned by any insurance company other than life at the time this act becomes effective and purchased pursuant to and in accordance with prior investment laws of this state shall be deemed in compliance with this act.History: L. 1972, ch. 173, § 19; July 1.