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KS Stat § 44-570 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 44 - Labor And Industries|Article 5 - Workers Compensation|44-570 Same; employer's liability for no-dependent deaths; awards to fund; duties of commissioner of insurance; refund.

44-570. Same; employer's liability for no-dependent deaths; awards to fund; duties of commissioner of insurance; refund. (a) In the event that subsection (d) of K.S.A. 44-510b, and amendments thereto, is inapplicable, every employer in the state of Kansas operating a trade or business under the provisions of the workers compensation act shall pay within 30 days after the award is made the sum of $18,500 to the commissioner of insurance in every case where death results from the accident and where there are no dependents who are entitled to compensation under the workers compensation act.(b) The commissioner of insurance shall remit all moneys received under this section to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the workers' compensation fund.(c) Upon rendering an award under this section, the director shall transmit immediately a certified copy thereof to the commissioner of insurance. In case payment is, or has been made, under the provisions of this section and dependency later is shown, or if payment is made by mistake or inadvertence, or under such circumstances that justice requires a refund thereof, the commissioner of insurance is hereby authorized to refund such payment to the employer, or if insured, to the employer's insurance carrier.History: L. 1945, ch. 221, § 6; L. 1949, ch. 287, § 1; L. 1967, ch. 280, § 15; L. 1974, ch. 203, § 50; L. 1982, ch. 213, § 10; L. 1998, ch. 120, § 6; L. 2000, ch. 160, § 19; L. 2001, ch. 5, § 138; July 1.
KS Stat § 44-572 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 44 - Labor And Industries|Article 5 - Workers Compensation|44-572 Same; review; modification or cancellation of awards.

44-572. Same; review; modification or cancellation of awards. Any award made under the provisions of this act shall be subject to review, modification or cancellation as provided by K.S.A. 44-528.History: L. 1945, ch. 221, § 8; March 29.
KS Stat § 44-573 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 44 - Labor And Industries|Article 5 - Workers Compensation|44-573 Rules and regulations; filing.

44-573. Rules and regulations; filing. The director of workers compensation may adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations as the director deems necessary for the purposes of administering and enforcing the provisions of the workers compensation act. The commissioner of insurance may adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations as the commissioner of insurance deems necessary for the purposes of administering the workers compensation fund and group-funded workers compensation pools. All such rules and regulations shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state as provided by article 4 of chapter 77 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated and amendments thereto.History: L. 1955, ch. 250, § 17; L. 1968, ch. 102, § 10; L. 1974, ch. 203, § 51; L. 1982, ch. 213, § 11; L. 1983, ch. 166, § 16; L. 1988, ch. 366, § 10; L. 1991, ch. 144, § 12; L. 1993, ch. 286, § 65; July 1.
KS Stat § 44-574 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 44 - Labor And Industries|Article 5 - Workers Compensation|44-574 Construing and citing workers compensation laws; severability.

44-574. Construing and citing workers compensation laws; severability. (a) The provisions of K.S.A. 44-501 through 44-592, 44-596, 44-5,101 through 44-5,104, 44-5,110 through 44-5,116 and 44-5,120 through 44-5,125 and amendments thereto and 44-5a01 through 44-5a22, and any acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, shall be construed together and shall be known and may be cited as the workers compensation act. Any reference in any of the statutes of this state to any of the statutes referred to by this section shall be deemed to be a reference to the workers compensation act. Whenever the workmen's compensation act, or words of like effect, is referred to or designated by statute, contract or other document, such reference or designation shall be deemed to apply to the workers compensation act.(b) If any provision or clause of this act or application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are declared to be severable.History: L. 1974, ch. 203, § 55; L. 1987, ch. 187, § 16; L. 1993, ch. 286, § 66; July 1.
KS Stat § 44-576 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 44 - Labor And Industries|Article 5 - Workers Compensation|44-576 State workers compensation self-insurance fund; self-insurance assessment against state agencies; rate.

44-576. State workers compensation self-insurance fund; self-insurance assessment against state agencies; rate. (a) For each payroll period, each state agency shall certify with each payroll, the amount of each self-insurance assessment for such state agency, not in conflict with appropriations therefor. The director of accounts and reports shall transfer the amount of each self-insurance assessment for such state agency to the credit of the state workers compensation self-insurance fund.(b) Each July 1, the secretary of administration shall determine a self-insurance assessment rate for each state agency based upon the accidental injury and occupational disease experience of the state agency and the liability of the state workers compensation self-insurance fund as provided in subsection (c) of K.S.A. 44-575, and amendments thereto. Such rate shall be expressed as a percentage. The secretary of administration shall utilize actuarial and other professional assistance in determining self-insurance assessment rates under this section. On or before each July 30, the secretary of administration shall notify each state agency of such agency's projected self-insurance assessment rate for the next fiscal year and such agency's actual self-insurance assessment rate for the current fiscal year.(c) The amount of the self-insurance assessment for each state agency shall be determined by multiplying the total payroll for each payroll period of such state agency by such agency's self-insurance rate assessment for the fiscal year. For purposes of this section, total payroll shall not include any payments made by the state board of regents pursuant to the provisions of subsection (5) of K.S.A. 74-4927a, and amendments thereto, to a member of the faculty or other person defined in subsection (1)(a) of K.S.A. 74-4925, and amendments thereto.History: L. 1974, ch. 204, § 2; L. 1993, ch. 286, § 68; L. 2000, ch. 160, § 20; L. 2006, ch. 168, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 44-578 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 44 - Labor And Industries|Article 5 - Workers Compensation|44-578 Same; administrative rules and regulations.

44-578. Same; administrative rules and regulations. The secretary of health and environment may adopt rules and regulations necessary for the administration of the state workers compensation self-insurance fund, including the processing and settling of claims for compensation made against such fund.History: L. 1974, ch. 204, § 4; L. 1993, ch. 286, § 70; L. 2013, ch. 104, § 17; Apr. 25.
KS Stat § 44-579 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 44 - Labor And Industries|Article 5 - Workers Compensation|44-579 Same; copies of accident reports to secretary of administration.

44-579. Same; copies of accident reports to secretary of administration. From and after July 1, 1974, whenever any report is required to be made to the workmen's compensation director by any state agency as an employer pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 44-557, or any amendments thereto, such state agency shall make such report to the workmen's compensation director and shall send a copy thereof to the secretary of administration.History: L. 1974, ch. 204, § 5; April 8.
KS Stat § 44-580 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 44 - Labor And Industries|Article 5 - Workers Compensation|44-580 Same; construction of 44-575 to 44-580.

44-580. Same; construction of 44-575 to 44-580. The provisions of K.S.A. 44-575 to 44-580, inclusive, shall be construed as supplemental to and as a part of the workmen's compensation act.History: L. 1974, ch. 204, § 6; April 8.
KS Stat § 44-581 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 44 - Labor And Industries|Article 5 - Workers Compensation|44-581 Group-funded workers compensation pools; requirements.

44-581. Group-funded workers compensation pools; requirements. (a) Five or more employers, regardless of domicile, who are members of the same bona fide trade, merchant or professional association, regardless of domicile, which has been in existence for not less than five years and who are engaged in the same, similar or closely related type of business may enter into agreements to pool their liabilities for Kansas workers compensation benefits and employers' liability.(b) Five or more employers, regardless of domicile, who are members of the same bona fide trade, merchant or professional association, regardless of domicile, which has been in existence for not less than five years and who are engaged in dissimilar types of businesses for which the commissioner of insurance finds an accurate prediction of loss can be made, may enter into agreements to pool their liabilities for Kansas workers compensation benefits and employers' liability.(c) All such arrangements shall be known as group-funded workers compensation pools, which shall not be deemed to be insurance or insurance companies and shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter 40 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, except as otherwise provided herein.(d) For purposes of this section:(1) "Same, similar or closely related type of business" means, but is not limited to, a business in which the principal payroll is in a manual classification or combination of classifications representing occupations which contribute to an essential part of the end product or service which is the primary business interest of the membership of the bona fide trade, merchant or professional association; and(2) "principal payroll" means not less than 51% of the total payroll for the preceding policy year or, in the case of an employer who has no preceding full-year's payroll, not less than 51% of estimated annual payroll; principal payroll or estimated annual payroll shall not include the annual payroll of those employees set forth in the standard exceptions contained in the rules promulgated by the national council on compensation insurance.History: L. 1983, ch. 166, § 1; L. 1993, ch. 286, § 71; L. 1995, ch. 49, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 44-583 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 44 - Labor And Industries|Article 5 - Workers Compensation|44-583 Same; irrevocable consent; service of process on commissioner of insurance.

44-583. Same; irrevocable consent; service of process on commissioner of insurance. Every group-funded workers' compensation pool applying for authority to operate a pool in this state, as a condition precedent to obtaining such authority, shall file in the insurance department a written irrevocable consent, that any action may be commenced against such pool in the proper court of any county in this state in which the cause of action shall arise or in which the plaintiff may reside by the service of process on the commissioner of insurance of this state, and stipulating and agreeing that such service shall be taken and held in all courts to be as valid and binding as if due service had been made upon the trustees or the administrator of such pool. The consent shall be executed by the board of trustees and shall be accompanied by a duly certified copy of the resolution passed by the trustees to execute such consent.History: L. 1983, ch. 166, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 44-585 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 44 - Labor And Industries|Article 5 - Workers Compensation|44-585 Same; premiums; contributions; deposit of premiums; refunds.

44-585. Same; premiums; contributions; deposit of premiums; refunds. (a) Premium contributions to the pool shall be based upon appropriate manual classification and rates, plus or minus applicable experience credits or debits, and minus any advance discount approved by the trustees, not to exceed 15% of manual premium. The pool must use rules, classifications and rates as promulgated by an approved rating organization and must report premium and loss data to a rating organization. Such rates shall be the prospective loss costs, as authorized in K.S.A. 40-955, and amendments thereto, plus expenses necessary to administer the pool. For purposes of subsection (b) the prospective loss costs shall be presumed to be the 70% required to be deposited in the claims fund. If the pool has been in operation for more than five years, the board of trustees may determine such rates as approved by the commissioner.(b) At least 70% of the annual premium shall be placed into a designated depository for the sole purpose of paying claims. If so approved by the commissioner of insurance, the annual premium to be designated to such depository may be determined to be the net amount of premium after all or a portion of the specific and aggregate excess insurance premium costs have been paid. This shall be called the claims fund account. The remaining annual premium shall be placed into a designated depository for the payment of taxes, fees and administrative costs. This shall be called the administrative fund account. If a pool has been in operation for more than five years, the commissioner may authorize allocation of a different amount to the claims fund account, if solvency of the pool would not be endangered.(c) At the end of a fund year or any time thereafter, the trustees may declare a refund of any surplus moneys for the fund year in excess of the amount necessary to fulfill all obligations under the workers compensation act for that fund year. Such refund shall not be distributed, in whole or in part, less than 12 months after the end of the fund year for which the refund was declared. After receipt from the pool of the notice of declared refund and satisfactory evidence that sufficient funds remain on deposit for the payment of all outstanding claims and expenses, including incurred but not reported claims, the commissioner shall approve distribution of the declared refund. Any such refund shall be paid only to those employers who remained participants in the pool for an entire year. Payment of previously earned refunds shall not be contingent on continued membership in the pool.History: L. 1983, ch. 166, § 5; L. 1995, ch. 67, § 2; L. 1997, ch. 125, § 17; L. 1999, ch. 95, § 6; L. 2001, ch. 85, § 1; L. 2002, ch. 86, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 44-586 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 44 - Labor And Industries|Article 5 - Workers Compensation|44-586 Same; premiums; use; investments.

44-586. Same; premiums; use; investments. The trustees shall not utilize any of the moneys collected as premiums for any purpose unrelated to Kansas workers' compensation. Moneys not needed for current obligations may be invested by the trustees. Unless authorized elsewhere in this act, all funds of a pool shall be invested only in securities or other investments permitted by article 2a of chapter 40 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, or such other securities or investments as the commissioner may permit.History: L. 1983, ch. 166, § 6; L. 1999, ch. 95, § 7; July 1.
KS Stat § 44-587 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 44 - Labor And Industries|Article 5 - Workers Compensation|44-587 Same; group-funded workers' compensation pools fee fund; expense of administration; assessments.

44-587. Same; group-funded workers' compensation pools fee fund; expense of administration; assessments. The expense of the administration of the group-funded workers' compensation pools shall be financed in the following manner:(a) There is hereby created in the state treasury a fund to be called the group-funded workers' compensation pools fee fund. All amounts which are required to be paid from the group compensation pools fee fund for the operating expenditures incident to the administration of the group-funded workers' compensation pools shall be paid from the group-funded workers' compensation pools fee fund. The commissioner of insurance shall be responsible for administering the group-funded workers' compensation pools fee fund and all payments from the fund shall be upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the commissioner of insurance or a person or persons designated by the commissioner.(b) The commissioner of insurance shall estimate as soon as practical after January 1 of each year the expenses necessary for the administration of the group-funded workers' compensation pools for the fiscal year beginning on July 1 thereafter. Not later than June 1 of each year, the commissioner of insurance shall notify all such group-funded workers' compensation pools of the amount of each assessment imposed under this subsection on such group-funded workers' compensation pools and the same shall be due and payable to the commissioner on the July 1 following.(c) The commissioner of insurance shall remit all moneys received by or for such commissioner under this section to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the group-funded workers' compensation pools fee fund.History: L. 1983, ch. 166, § 7; L. 2001, ch. 5, § 140; July 1.
KS Stat § 44-588 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 44 - Labor And Industries|Article 5 - Workers Compensation|44-588 Same; premium tax; payment.

44-588. Same; premium tax; payment. In addition to the fees required to be paid in K.S.A. 44-587, and amendments thereto, and as a condition precedent to the continuation of the certificate of authority provided in this act, all group-funded workers' compensation funds shall pay no later than 90 days after the end of each fiscal year a tax upon the annual Kansas gross premium collected by the pool at the rate of 1% per annum applied to the collective premium relating to all Kansas members of the pool for the preceding fiscal year. In the computation of the tax, all pools shall be entitled to deduct any annual Kansas gross premiums returned on account of cancellation or dividends returned to members of such pools or expenditures used for the purchase of specific and aggregate excess insurance, as provided in subsection (a) of K.S.A. 44-582, and amendments thereto.History: L. 1983, ch. 166, § 8; L. 2006, ch. 39, § 3; L. 2007, ch. 53, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 44-589 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 44 - Labor And Industries|Article 5 - Workers Compensation|44-589 Same; assessments; subject to article 24 of chapter 40 of Kansas Statutes Annotated.

44-589. Same; assessments; subject to article 24 of chapter 40 of Kansas Statutes Annotated. (a) Each licensed pool shall be assessed annually as provided by K.S.A. 74-713, K.S.A. 44-566a, and amendments thereto, and K.S.A. 44-588.(b) Each licensed pool shall be subject to the provisions of article 24 of chapter 40 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated.History: L. 1983, ch. 166, § 9; July 1.
KS Stat § 44-590 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 44 - Labor And Industries|Article 5 - Workers Compensation|44-590 Same; new members; application; termination.

44-590. Same; new members; application; termination. (a) After the inception date of the group-funded workers' compensation pool, prospective new members of the pool shall submit an application for membership to the board of trustees or its administrator. The trustees may approve the application for membership pursuant to the bylaws of the pool. The application for membership and approval shall then be filed with the commissioner. Membership takes effect after approval.(b) Individual members may elect to terminate their participation in a pool or be subject to cancellation by the pool pursuant to the bylaws of the pool. On termination or cancellation of a member, the pool shall notify the commissioner within 10 days and shall maintain coverage of each cancelled or terminating member for 30 days after notice to the commissioner or until the commissioner gives notice that the cancelled or terminating member has procured workers' compensation and employer's liability insurance, whichever occurs first.History: L. 1983, ch. 166, § 10; July 1.
KS Stat § 44-592 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 44 - Labor And Industries|Article 5 - Workers Compensation|44-592 Same; licensing of persons soliciting workers compensation insurance.

44-592. Same; licensing of persons soliciting workers compensation insurance. Any person soliciting the business of workers compensation insurance for a group-funded workers compensation pool must be licensed as provided in K.S.A. 40-240 through 40-243, and amendments thereto, except that no such person shall be required to satisfy the certification requirements regarding insurance companies providing reinsurance, secondary insurance, or excess coverage.History: L. 1983, ch. 166, § 12; L. 1993, ch. 286, § 73; July 1.
KS Stat § 44-593 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 44 - Labor And Industries|Article 5 - Workers Compensation|44-593 Reorganization of pool agreement under 12-2216 et seq.

44-593. Reorganization of pool agreement under 12-2216 et seq. Any municipalities, as defined by K.S.A. 75-6102, and amendments thereto, who have entered into an agreement to pool their liabilities for Kansas workers compensation benefits and employers' liability under the provisions of K.S.A. 44-581 et seq., and amendments thereto, prior to January 1, 1987, may seek to reorganize the pooling agreement under K.S.A. 12-2616 et seq., and amendments thereto. All assets, liabilities and the fund balance of each group-funded workers compensation pool shall be transferred to the pool seeking a certificate of authority under K.S.A. 12-2616 et seq., and amendments thereto, upon authorization by the commissioner of insurance.History: L. 1993, ch. 112, § 1; April 15.
KS Stat § 44-594 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 44 - Labor And Industries|Article 5 - Workers Compensation|44-594 Same; confidentiality of certain financial information.

44-594. Same; confidentiality of certain financial information. (a) All records filed with or maintained by the insurance commissioner under K.S.A. 44-581 through 44-593 and amendments thereto which relate to financial information submitted by an employer to qualify as a member of a group-funded workers compensation pool, or to maintain membership in a pool, or which relate to financial information about any member of a pool that is submitted by or on behalf of a pool, shall be confidential records and shall not be open to the public or disclosed except as otherwise specifically provided by the workers compensation act.(b) This section shall be a part of and supplemental to the workers compensation act.History: L. 1995, ch. 49, § 1; July 1.