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KS Stat § 40-5609 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 56 - Portable Electronics Insurance Act|40-5609 Rules and regulations.

40-5609. Rules and regulations. The commissioner may adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement this act.History: L. 2011, ch. 75, § 9; Jan. 1, 2012.
KS Stat § 40-5801 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 58 - Electronic Notices And Documents|40-5801 Electronic notice and document act; citation.

40-5801. Electronic notice and document act; citation. The provisions of K.S.A. 40-5801 through 40-5804, and amendments thereto, shall be known and may be cited as the electronic notice and document act.History: L. 2013, ch. 97, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 40-5802 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 58 - Electronic Notices And Documents|40-5802 Same; consent required to send electronic notices and documents, exceptions.

40-5802. Same; consent required to send electronic notices and documents, exceptions. (a) This act allows the use of electronic notices and documents in lieu of any other provision of law for the sending of insurance notices and documents. Except as provided in subsection (b), in order to send electronic notices and documents to another party the insurer must obtain the consent of the other party as provided in this act.(b) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a health benefit plan may utilize electronic delivery as its standard method to send the explanation of benefits and policy, including federally required summary of benefit and coverage documents, to a party only if: (A) Paper documents are readily available; and (B) notification has been provided to the party explaining the party's option to receive paper documents via U.S. mail.(2) If a party notifies a health benefit plan that the party wishes to receive paper documents via U.S. mail, the health benefit plan shall comply.History: L. 2013, ch. 97, § 2; L. 2018, ch. 76, § 1; May 17.
KS Stat § 40-5803 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 58 - Electronic Notices And Documents|40-5803 Same; definitions.

40-5803. Same; definitions. For the purposes of this act:(a) "Delivered by electronic means" includes:(1) Delivery to an electronic mail address at which a party has consented to receive notices or documents; or(2) posting on an electronic network or site accessible via the internet, mobile application, computer, mobile device, tablet or any other electronic device, together with separate notice of the posting, which shall be provided by electronic mail to the address at which the party has consented to receive notice or by any other delivery method that has been consented to by the party.(b) "Party" means any recipient of any notice or document required as part of an insurance transaction, including, but not limited to, an applicant, an insured, a policyholder or an annuity contract holder.(c) "Health benefit plan" means the same as in K.S.A. 40-4602, and amendments thereto. "Health benefit plan" shall also include any: (1) Individual health insurance policy; (2) individual or group dental insurance policy; or (3) nonprofit dental services corporation.(d) "Nonprofit dental services corporation" means a nonprofit corporation organized pursuant to the nonprofit dental service corporation act, K.S.A. 40-19a01 et seq., and amendments thereto.History: L. 2013, ch. 97, § 3; L. 2018, ch. 76, § 2; May 17.
KS Stat § 40-5901 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 59 - Vision Care Services Act|40-5901 Vision care services act; prohibited contract provisions.

40-5901. Vision care services act; prohibited contract provisions. No contract issued or renewed on or after the effective date of this act between any insurer, health insurer or any other entity that writes vision care insurance or a vision care discount plan and a vision care provider shall contain any provisions which requires the vision care provider to:(a) Provide services or materials to an insured under such vision care insurance or health benefit plan or to a subscriber to a vision care discount plan at a fee limited or set by such vision care insurance plan or health benefit plan or vision care discount plan unless the services or materials are reimbursed as covered services under the contract; or(b) participate in a vision care insurance or a vision care discount plan as a condition to participate in any other health benefit plan or vision care plan, regardless of whether such vision care plan is a plan of insurance or a vision care discount program which is not an insurance plan.History: L. 2014, ch. 73, § 1; Apr. 24.
KS Stat § 40-5902 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 59 - Vision Care Services Act|40-5902 Same; limitation on charges for services and materials.

40-5902. Same; limitation on charges for services and materials. No vision care provider shall charge more for services and materials that are not covered services under either vision care insurance or a vision care discount plan than such vision care provider's usual and customary rate for those services and materials.History: L. 2014, ch. 73, § 2; Apr. 24.
KS Stat § 40-5903 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 59 - Vision Care Services Act|40-5903 Same; changes in terms; limitations.

40-5903. Same; changes in terms; limitations. (a) No vision care insurance policy or vision care discount plan contract covered by this act shall change the terms, discounts or rates provided therein without the concurrence and agreement at the time of such change by the vision care provider.(b) No vision care insurance policy or vision care discount plan that provides covered services for materials shall have the effect, directly or indirectly, of limiting the choice of sources and suppliers of materials by a patient of a vision care provider.History: L. 2014, ch. 73, § 3; Apr. 24.
KS Stat § 40-5904 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 59 - Vision Care Services Act|40-5904 Same; use of discount card.

40-5904. Same; use of discount card. No provision of this act shall prohibit the use of a discount card by a patient or client of a vision care provider if:(a) Enrollment by the vision care provider is:(1) Completely voluntary; and(2) not conditioned upon the vision care provider's participation in any other discount card with different provider terms and conditions or insurance program; and(b) the discount card program does not make or include any coverage or payment to the vision care provider.History: L. 2014, ch. 73, § 4; Apr. 24.
KS Stat § 40-5905 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 59 - Vision Care Services Act|40-5905 Same; definitions.

40-5905. Same; definitions. For the purposes of this act:(a) (1) "Covered service" means any service or material for which:(A) Reimbursement from the vision care insurance or health benefit plan is provided for by an insured's vision care insurance plan or health benefit plan contract subject to the application of the vision care insurance or health benefit plan's deductibles, copayments or coinsurance; or(B) a reimbursement would be available subject to the application of any contractual limitations of deductibles or copayments required under the vision care discount plan coinsurance.(2) "Covered services" does not include any services or materials covered or provided at a nominal or de minimus rate.(b) "Contractual discount" means a percentage reduction from a vision care provider's usual and customary rate for providing covered services and materials required under a participating provider agreement.(c) "Discount card" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in K.S.A. 50-1,100, and amendments thereto.(d) "Health benefit plan" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in K.S.A. 40-4602, and amendments thereto.(e) "Health insurer" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in K.S.A. 40-4602, and amendments thereto.(f) "Material" includes, but is not limited to, lenses, devices containing lenses, prisms, lens treatments and coatings, contact lenses, orthoptics, vision training and any prosthetic device necessary to correct, relieve, or treat any defect or abnormal condition of the human eye or its adnexa.(g) "Participating provider agreement" includes a health benefit plan, vision care insurance or a vision care discount plan.(h) "Participating provider" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in K.S.A. 40-4602, and amendments thereto.(i) "Vision care insurance" means an integrated health benefit plan or vision care insurance policy or contract which provides vision benefits pertaining to the provision of covered services or materials.(j) "Vision care provider" means an optometrist licensed by the board of examiners in optometry or an ophthalmologist licensed by the state board of healing arts.(k) "Vision care discount plan" means any entity which has been specifically authorized by the vision care providers to provide discounts to patients, but which plan is not insurance nor a discount card as defined in K.S.A. 50-1,100, and amendments thereto.History: L. 2014, ch. 73, § 5; L. 2015, ch. 97, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 40-5906 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 59 - Vision Care Services Act|40-5906 Citation of act; administration of act.

40-5906. Citation of act; administration of act. (a) K.S.A. 40-5901 through 40-5906, and amendments thereto, shall be known and may be cited as the vision care services act.(b) The commissioner of insurance shall administer the provisions of the vision care services act and may adopt such rules and regulations as necessary to carry out the provisions of the act as it applies to any insurer, health insurer, health benefit plan or vision care insurance provider. Such rules and regulations shall be adopted no later than January 1, 2016.(c) The attorney general shall administer the provisions of the vision care services act as it applies to discount cards and vision care discount plans and may adopt such rules and regulations as necessary to carry out the provisions of the act. Such rules and regulations shall be adopted no later than January 1, 2016.History: L. 2014, ch. 73, § 6; L. 2015, ch. 97, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 40-6001 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 60 - The Risk Management And Own Risk And Solvency Assessment Act|40-6001 Risk management and own risk and solvency assessment act.

40-6001. Risk management and own risk and solvency assessment act. (a) This act shall be known and may be cited as the risk management and own risk and solvency assessment act.(b) The risk management and own risk and solvency assessment act provides the requirements for maintaining a risk management framework and completing an own risk and solvency assessment (ORSA) summary report with the insurance commissioner of the state of Kansas. The requirements of the act shall apply to all insurers domiciled in the state of Kansas unless exempted pursuant to K.S.A. 40-6006, and amendments thereto.(c) The risk management and own risk and solvency assessment act and the ORSA summary report will contain confidential and sensitive information related to an insurer or insurance group's identification of risks material and relevant to the insurer or insurance group filing the report. This information will include proprietary and trade secret information that has the potential for harm and competitive disadvantage to the insurer or insurance group if the information is made public. The ORSA summary report shall be a confidential document filed with the commissioner and shall only be shared as stated herein and to assist the commissioner in the performance of the commissioner's duties. In no event shall the ORSA summary report be subject to public disclosure.History: L. 2015, ch. 18, § 1; Jan. 1, 2017.
KS Stat § 40-6002 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 60 - The Risk Management And Own Risk And Solvency Assessment Act|40-6002 Same; definitions.

40-6002. Same; definitions. As used in this act:(a) "Act" means the risk management and own risk and solvency assessment act.(b) "Commissioner" means the state commissioner of insurance.(c) "Insurance group" means those insurers and affiliates included within an insurance holding company system as defined in K.S.A. 40-3302, and amendments thereto.(d) "Insurer" has the meaning ascribed to it in K.S.A. 40-3302, and amendments thereto, except that it shall not include agencies, authorities or instrumentalities of the United States, its possessions and territories, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, or a state or political subdivision of a state.(e) "NAIC" means the national association of insurance commissioners.(f) "Own risk and solvency assessment" or "ORSA" means a confidential internal assessment, appropriate to the nature, scale and complexity of an insurer or insurance group, conducted by that insurer or insurance group of the material and relevant risks associated with the insurer or insurance group's current business plan and the sufficiency of capital resources to support those risks.(g) "ORSA guidance manual" means the current version of the own risk and solvency assessment guidance manual developed and adopted by the NAIC, as in effect on January 1, 2017.(h) "ORSA summary report" means a confidential high-level summary of an insurer or insurance group's ORSA.History: L. 2015, ch. 18, § 2; Jan. 1, 2017.
KS Stat § 40-6003 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 60 - The Risk Management And Own Risk And Solvency Assessment Act|40-6003 Same; risk management framework required.

40-6003. Same; risk management framework required. An insurer shall maintain a risk management framework to assist the insurer with identifying, assessing, monitoring, managing and reporting on its material and relevant risks. This requirement may be satisfied if the insurance group of which the insurer is a member maintains a risk management framework applicable to the operations of the insurer.History: L. 2015, ch. 18, § 3; Jan. 1, 2017.
KS Stat § 40-6004 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 60 - The Risk Management And Own Risk And Solvency Assessment Act|40-6004 Same; annual assessment required.

40-6004. Same; annual assessment required. Subject to K.S.A. 40-6006, and amendments thereto, an insurer or the insurance group of which the insurer is a member shall regularly conduct an ORSA consistent with a process comparable to the ORSA guidance manual. The ORSA shall be conducted no less than annually, but also at any time when there are significant changes to the risk profile of the insurer or the insurance group of which the insurer is a member.History: L. 2015, ch. 18, § 4; Jan. 1, 2017.
KS Stat § 40-6005 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 60 - The Risk Management And Own Risk And Solvency Assessment Act|40-6005 Same; reporting.

40-6005. Same; reporting. (a) Upon the commissioner's request, and no more than once each year, an insurer shall submit to the commissioner an ORSA summary report or any combination of reports that together contain the information described in the ORSA guidance manual, applicable to the insurer and the insurance group of which it is a member. Notwithstanding any request from the commissioner, if the insurer is a member of an insurance group, the insurer shall submit the reports required by this subsection if the commissioner is the lead state commissioner of the insurance group as determined by the procedures within the financial analysis handbook adopted by the NAIC.(b) The reports shall include a signature of the insurer or insurance group's chief risk officer or other executive having responsibility for the oversight of the insurer's enterprise risk management process attesting to the best of such person's belief and knowledge that the insurer applies the enterprise risk management process described in the ORSA summary report and that a copy of the report has been provided to the insurer's board of directors or appropriate committee thereof.(c) An insurer may comply with subsection (a) by providing the most recent and substantially similar reports provided by the insurer or another member of an insurance group of which the insurer is a member to the commissioner of another state or to a supervisor or regulator of a foreign jurisdiction, if that report provides information that is comparable to the information described in the ORSA guidance manual. Any such report in a language other than English must be accompanied by a translation of that report into the English language.(d) The ORSA summary report shall be prepared consistent with the ORSA guidance manual, subject to the requirements of subsection (e). Documentation and supporting information shall be maintained and made available upon examination or upon request of the commissioner.(e) The review of the ORSA summary report and any additional requests for information shall be made using similar procedures currently used in the analysis and examination of multi-state or global insurers and insurance groups.History: L. 2015, ch. 18, § 5; Jan. 1, 2017.
KS Stat § 40-6008 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 60 - The Risk Management And Own Risk And Solvency Assessment Act|40-6008 Same; penalty.

40-6008. Same; penalty. Any insurer failing, without just cause, to timely file the ORSA summary report as required in this act shall be required, after notice and hearing, to pay a penalty for each day's delay, to be recovered by the commissioner. The penalty so recovered shall be paid into the state general revenue fund. The maximum penalty under this section is $50,000. The commissioner may reduce the penalty if the insurer demonstrates to the commissioner that the imposition of the penalty would constitute a financial hardship to the insurer.History: L. 2015, ch. 18, § 8; Jan. 1, 2017.
KS Stat § 40-6009 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 60 - The Risk Management And Own Risk And Solvency Assessment Act|40-6009 Same; severability.

40-6009. Same; severability. If any provision of this act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such determination shall not affect the provisions or applications of this act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to that end, the provisions of this act are severable.History: L. 2015, ch. 18, § 9; Jan. 1, 2017.
KS Stat § 40-6010 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 60 - The Risk Management And Own Risk And Solvency Assessment Act|40-6010 Same; filing first report.

40-6010. Same; filing first report. The first filing of the ORSA summary report shall be in 2017 pursuant to K.S.A. 40-6005, and amendments thereto, of this act.History: L. 2015, ch. 18, § 10; Jan. 1, 2017.
KS Stat § 40-6011 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 60 - The Risk Management And Own Risk And Solvency Assessment Act|40-6011 Same; expiration of act.

40-6011. Same; expiration of act. The provisions of this act shall expire on July 1, 2022, unless the legislature reviews and reenacts the provisions related to confidentiality in K.S.A. 40-6001 and 40-6007, and amendments thereto, pursuant to K.S.A. 45-229, and amendments thereto, prior to July 1, 2022.History: L. 2015, ch. 18, § 11; Jan. 1, 2017.
KS Stat § 41-101 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 41 - Intoxicating Liquors And Beverages|Article 1 - General Provisions|41-101 Citation of act.

41-101. Citation of act. This act may be cited as the "Kansas liquor control act."History: L. 1949, ch. 242, § 1; March 9.
KS Stat § 41-105 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 41 - Intoxicating Liquors And Beverages|Article 1 - General Provisions|41-105 Act inapplicable in certain cases.

41-105. Act inapplicable in certain cases. None of the provisions of this act shall apply: (1) To the manufacture of denatured alcohol produced in accordance with acts of congress and regulations promulgated thereunder; (2) to flavoring extracts, syrups, or medicinal, mechanical, scientific, culinary or toilet preparations, or food products unfit for beverage purposes, but the provisions of this act shall not be construed to exclude or not apply to alcoholic liquor used in the manufacture, preparation or compounding of such preparations and products; or (3) to wine intended for use and used by any church or religious organization for sacramental purposes.History: L. 1949, ch. 242, § 5; March 9.
KS Stat § 41-106 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 41 - Intoxicating Liquors And Beverages|Article 1 - General Provisions|41-106 Violations of law; copy of citation; notice of reported violation.

41-106. Violations of law; copy of citation; notice of reported violation. (a) Any citation issued by an agent of the division of alcoholic beverage control for a violation of the liquor control act, the club and drinking establishment act or the Kansas cereal malt beverage act shall be delivered to the licensee or a person in charge of the licensed premises at the time of the alleged violation. A copy of such citation also shall be delivered by United States mail to the licensee within 30 days of the alleged violation.(b) Any duly authorized law enforcement officer who observes a violation of the liquor control act, the club and drinking establishment act or the Kansas cereal malt beverage act may, after serving notice to the licensee or a person in charge of the licensed premises, submit a report of such violation to the division of alcoholic beverage control for review. Upon receipt of such report, the director shall review the report and determine if administrative action will be taken against the licensee. If the director determines that administrative action will be taken, an administrative citation and notice of administrative action shall be delivered by United States mail to the licensee within 30 days of the date of the alleged violation.(c) The notice required to be served to the licensee or a person in charge of the licensed premises at the time of the alleged violation pursuant to subsection (b) shall be in writing and shall contain the following:(1) The name of the licensee;(2) the date and time of the alleged violation;(3) a description of the alleged violation; and(4) a statement that a report of the alleged violation will be submitted to the division of alcoholic beverage control for review.(d) Any citations not issued in accordance with the provisions of this section shall be void and unenforceable.(e) For purposes of this section, the term "person in charge" means any individual or employee present on the licensed premises at the time of the alleged violation who is responsible for the operation of the licensed premises. If no designated individual or employee is a person in charge, then any employee present is the person in charge.History: L. 2000, ch. 166, § 9; L. 2015, ch. 82, § 2; L. 2019, ch. 18, § 1; Apr. 1.
KS Stat § 41-107 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 41 - Intoxicating Liquors And Beverages|Article 1 - General Provisions|41-107 Compliance checks or sting operations; notice of compliance.

41-107. Compliance checks or sting operations; notice of compliance. Any licensee who has been the subject of an operation conducted by the division of alcoholic beverage control or any local law enforcement agency to determine compliance with the provisions of laws relating to the sale of alcoholic liquor and cereal malt beverages to persons under 21 years of age or the legal age for consumption of cereal malt beverage shall be issued a written notice of compliance with such laws within 30 days of the date of such operation.History: L. 2000, ch. 166, § 10; July 1.