CHAPTER 41
Senate Bill No. 119
An Act concerning insurance; updating certain statutory references contained in chapter 40 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated; specifying certain requirements of documents submitted by medicare provider organizations and health maintenance organizations to demonstrate fiscal soundness; removing the requirement of a documented written demand for premium as part of a prima facie case; adding certain legal entities to the definition of person for purposes of violations of insurance law; updating the version of risk-based capital insurance in effect; amending K.S.A. 40-201, 40-216, 40-241, 40-247, 40-2,125, 40-955 and 40-3203 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 40-2c01 and repealing the existing sections.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 40-201 is hereby amended to read as follows: 40-201. For the purposes of this article the term “insurance company” shall, unless otherwise provided, apply to all corporations, companies, associations, societies, persons or partnerships writing contracts of insurance, indemnity or suretyship upon any type of risk or loss: Provided, however, That this definition shall not be held to . “Insurance company” does not include fraternal benefit societies as defined in section 40-701 of this code K.S.A. 40-738, and amendments thereto, or hospitals or hospital associations which that have been in operation ten years or more for not less than 10 years.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 40-216 is hereby amended to read as follows: 40-216. (a) (1) No insurance company shall hereafter transact business in this state until certified copies of its charter and amendments thereto shall have been filed with and approved by the commissioner of insurance. A copy of the bylaws and amendments thereto of insurance companies organized under the laws of this state shall also be filed with and approved by the commissioner of insurance. The commissioner may also require the filing of such other documents and papers as are necessary to determine compliance with the laws of this state.
(2) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), each contract of insurance or indemnity issued or delivered in this state shall be effective on filing, or any subsequent date selected by the insurer, unless the commissioner disapproves such contract of insurance or indemnity within 30 days after filing because the contract of insurance or indemnity does not comply with Kansas law.
(B) The following contracts of insurance or indemnity shall not be subject to the provisions of subsection (A):
(i) Contracts pertaining to large risks as defined in subsection (i) of K.S.A. 40-955, and amendments thereto, which are exempt from the filing requirements of this section;
(ii) personal lines contracts filed in accordance with paragraph (3) of this section;
(iii) any form filing for the basic coverage required by K.S.A. 40-3401 et seq., and amendments thereto; and
(iv) form filing for workers compensation.
No form filing listed in clauses (iii) and (iv) of this subparagraph shall be used in this state by any insurer until such form filing has been approved by the commissioner.
(3) Each personal lines contract of insurance or indemnity issued or delivered in this state shall be on file for a period of 30 days before becoming effective unless the commissioner disapproves such personal lines contract of insurance or indemnity within 30 days after filing because the contract of insurance or indemnity does not comply with Kansas law. For the purposes of this paragraph, the term “personal lines” shall mean means insurance for noncommercial automobile, homeowners, dwelling, fire and renters insurance policies as defined by the commissioner by rules and regulations.
(4) Under such rules and regulations as the commissioner of insurance shall adopt, the commissioner may, by written order, suspend or modify the requirement of filing forms of contracts of insurance or indemnity, which cannot practicably be filed before they are used. Such orders, rules and regulations shall be made known to insurers and rating organizations affected thereby. The commissioner may make an examination to ascertain whether any forms affected by such order meet the standards of this code.
(5) The failure of any insurance company to comply with this section shall not constitute a defense to any action brought on its contracts. An insurer may satisfy its obligation to file its contracts of insurance or indemnity either individually or by authorizing the commissioner to accept on its behalf the filings made by a licensed rating organization or another insurer.
(b) The commissioner of insurance shall allow any insurance company authorized to transact business in this state to deliver to any person in this state any contract of insurance or indemnity, including any explanatory materials, written in any language other than the English language under the following conditions:
(1) The insured or applicant for insurance who is given a copy of the same contract of insurance or indemnity or explanatory materials written in the English language;
(2) the English language version of the contract for insurance or indemnity or explanatory materials delivered shall be the controlling version; and
(3) any contract of insurance or indemnity or explanatory materials written in any language other than English shall contain a disclosure statement printed in both the English language and the other language used, stating the English version of the contract of insurance or indemnity is the official or controlling version and that the version is written in any language other than English is furnished for informational purposes only.
(c) All contracts of insurance or indemnity that are required to be filed with the commissioner of insurance shall be accompanied by any version of such contract of insurance or indemnity written in any language other than the English language.
(d) Any insurance company or insurer, including any agent or employee thereof, who knowingly misrepresents the content of a contract of insurance or indemnity or explanatory materials written in a language other than the English language shall be deemed to have violated the unfair trade practice law.
(e) For the purposes of this section, the term “contract of insurance or indemnity” shall include includes any rider, endorsement or application pertaining to such contract of insurance or indemnity.
(f) (1) If at any time after a filing becomes effective, the commissioner finds that such filing does not comply with this act, after the commissioner shall send written notice to every insurer and rating organization making such filing that a hearing concerning such filing will be held in not less than 10 days.
(2) After the hearing, the commissioner shall issue an order stating:
(A) The reasons why such filing failed to comply with the act; and
(B) the date, within a reasonable time after the date the order is issued, upon which such filing shall no longer be effective.
(3) A copy of the commissioner’s order shall be sent to every insurer and rating organization that made such filing.
(4) No order issued pursuant to this subsection shall affect any contract or policy made or issued under such filing prior to the date specified upon which such filing shall no longer be effective.
Sec. 3. K.S.A. 40-241 is hereby amended to read as follows: 40-241. Any applicant or prospective applicant for an agent’s license, if an individual, shall be given an examination by the commissioner or the commissioner’s designee to determine whether such applicant possesses the competence and knowledge of the kinds of insurance and transactions under the license applied for, or to be applied for, of the duties and responsibilities of such a license and of the pertinent provisions of the laws of this state. The applicant shall be tested on each class or subclassification of insurance that may be written. An examination fee prescribed in rules and regulations adopted by the commissioner shall be paid by the applicant and shall be required for each class of insurance for each attempt to pass the examination. Such examination fee shall be in addition to the certification fee required under K.S.A. 40-252, and amendments thereto. There shall be four classes of insurance for the purposes of this act:
(1) Life;
(2) accident and health;
(3) casualty and allied lines; and
(4) property and allied lines.
An insurance license may be issued as a subclassification of casualty and allied lines to any auto rental agency. An auto rental agency may offer or sell insurance only in connection with and incidental to the rental of motor vehicles, whether at the rental office, at the point of delivery of a vehicle, or by preselection of coverage in a master, corporate or group rental agreement, in any of the following general categories:
(1) Personal accident insurance covering risks of travel;
(2) motor vehicle liability insurance;
(3) personal effects insurance providing coverage to renters and other occupants of the motor vehicle;
(4) roadside assistance and emergency sickness protection programs; and
(5) any other travel or auto-related coverage an auto rental company may offer in connection with and incidental to rental of motor vehicles. No insurance may be issued by an auto rental agency unless the rental period of the rental agreement does not exceed 90 consecutive days and brochures and other written material clearly and correctly explaining insurance coverages offered by the agency are available for prospective renters and clear and complete disclosures are provided to prospective renters that such coverage may be duplicative of other insurance owned by the renter, that purchase of insurance coverage is not a condition for renting a motor vehicle and describing the process for filing a claim.
Auto rental agencies employing representatives shall conduct a training program for each representative, providing instruction on the kinds of insurance coverage offered by the agency.
No auto rental agency shall offer or solicit any insurance other than the coverages described in this section without an insurance license. No auto rental employee or auto rental agency shall advertise or otherwise hold themselves out as licensed insurers, insurance agents or insurance brokers.
The commissioner of insurance shall adopt rules and regulations with respect to the scope, subclassification, type and conduct of such examination. Examinations shall be given to applicants at least twice a month in Topeka, Kansas, and at least quarterly in other convenient locations in the state of Kansas. The commissioner shall publish or arrange for the publication of information and material which applicants can use to prepare for such examination. One or more rating organizations, advisory organizations or other associations may be designated by the commissioner to assist in, or assume responsibility for, distribution of the study manuals to applicants and other interested parties. Persons purchasing the study manual shall be charged a reasonable fee established or approved by the commissioner. In the event the publication and distribution of the study material or the development and conduct of examinations is delegated to private firms, organizations or associations and the state incurs no expense or obligation, the provisions of K.S.A. 75-3738 through 75-3744, and amendments thereto, shall not apply. If the commissioner of insurance finds that the individual applicant is trustworthy, competent and has satisfactorily completed the examination, the commissioner shall forthwith issue to the applicant a license as an insurance agent but the issuance of such license shall confer no authority to transact business in this state until the agent has been certified by a company pursuant to K.S.A. 40-241i 40-4912, and amendments thereto. If such applicant fails to satisfactorily complete the examination, the examination may be retaken following a waiting period of not less than seven days from the date of the last attempt. If the applicant again fails to satisfactorily complete the examination, it may be retaken following another waiting period of not less than seven days from the date of the most recent attempt.
Sec. 4. K.S.A. 40-247 is hereby amended to read as follows: 40-247. (a) An insurance agent or broker who acts in negotiating or renewing or continuing a contract of insurance including any type of annuity by an insurance company lawfully doing business in this state, and who receives any money or substitute for money as a premium for such a contract from the insured, whether such agent or broker shall be entitled to an interest in same or otherwise, shall be deemed to hold such premium in trust for the company making the contract. If such agent or broker fails to pay the same over to the company after written demand made upon such agent or broker, less such agent’s or broker’s commission and any deductions, to which by the written consent of the company such agent or broker may be entitled, such failure shall be prima facie evidence that such agent or broker has used or applied the premium for a purpose other than paying the same over to the company.
(b) (1) An agent or broker who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a:
(A) Severity level 7, nonperson felony if the value of the insurance premium is $25,000 or more;
(B) severity level 9, nonperson felony if the value of the insurance premium is at least $1,000 but less than $25,000; or
(C) class A nonperson misdemeanor if the value of the insurance premium is less than $1,000.
(2) If the value of the insurance premium is less than $1,000 and such agent or broker has, within five years immediately preceding commission of the crime, been convicted of violating this section two or more times shall be guilty of a severity level 9, nonperson felony.
Sec. 5. K.S.A. 40-2,125 is hereby amended to read as follows: 40-2,125. (a) If the commissioner determines after notice and opportunity for a hearing that any person has engaged or is engaging in any act or practice constituting a violation of any provision of Kansas insurance statutes or any rule and regulation or order thereunder, the commissioner may in the exercise of discretion, order any one or more of the following:
(1) Payment of a monetary penalty of not more than $1,000 for each and every act or violation, unless the person knew or reasonably should have known such person was in violation of the Kansas insurance statutes or any rule and regulation or order thereunder, in which case the penalty shall be not more than $2,000 for each and every act or violation;
(2) suspension or revocation of the person’s license or certificate if such person knew or reasonably should have known that such person was in violation of the Kansas insurance statutes or any rule and regulation or order thereunder; or
(3) that such person cease and desist from the unlawful act or practice and take such affirmative action as in the judgment of the commissioner will carry out the purposes of the violated or potentially violated provision.
(b) If any person fails to file any report or other information with the commissioner as required by statute or fails to respond to any proper inquiry of the commissioner, the commissioner, after notice and opportunity for hearing, may impose a civil penalty of up to $1,000, for each violation or act, along with an additional penalty of up to $500 for each week thereafter that such report or other information is not provided to the commissioner.
(c) If the commissioner makes written findings of fact that there is a situation involving an immediate danger to the public health, safety or welfare or the public interest will be irreparably harmed by delay in issuing an order under subsection (a)(3), the commissioner may issue an emergency temporary cease and desist order. Such order, even when not an order within the meaning of K.S.A. 77-502, and amendments thereto, shall be subject to the same procedures as an emergency order issued under K.S.A. 77-536, and amendments thereto. Upon the entry of such an order, the commissioner shall promptly notify the person subject to the order that: (1) It has been entered; (2) the reasons therefor; and (3) that upon written request within 15 days after service of the order the matter will be set for a hearing which shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act. If no hearing is requested and none is ordered by the commissioner, the order will remain in effect until it is modified or vacated by the commissioner. If a hearing is requested or ordered, the commissioner, after notice of and opportunity for hearing to the person subject to the order, shall by written findings of fact and conclusions of law vacate, modify or make permanent the order.
(d) For purposes of this section:
(1) “Person” means any individual, corporation, association, partnership, reciprocal exchange, inter-insurer, Lloyd’s insurer, fraternal benefit society and any other legal entity engaged in the business of insurance, rating organization, third party administrator, nonprofit dental service corporation, nonprofit medical and hospital service corporation, automobile club, premium financing company, health maintenance organization, insurance holding company, mortgage guaranty insurance company, risk retention or purchasing group, prepaid legal and dental service plan, captive insurance company, automobile self-insurer or reinsurance intermediary and any other legal entity under the jurisdiction of the commissioner. The term “person” shall does not include insurance agents and brokers as such terms are defined in K.S.A. 40-4902, and amendments thereto.
(2) “Commissioner” means the commissioner of insurance of this state.
Sec. 6. K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 40-2c01 is hereby amended to read as follows: 40-2c01. As used in this act:
(a) “Adjusted RBC report” means an RBC report that has been adjusted by the commissioner in accordance with K.S.A. 40-2c04, and amendments thereto.
(b) “Corrective order” means an order issued by the commissioner specifying corrective actions that the commissioner has determined are required to address an RBC level event.
(c) “Domestic insurer” means any insurance company or risk retention group that is licensed and organized in this state.
(d) “Foreign insurer” means any insurance company or risk retention group not domiciled in this state that is licensed or registered to do business in this state pursuant to article 41 of chapter 40 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, or K.S.A. 40-209, and amendments thereto.
(e) “NAIC” means the national association of insurance commissioners.
(f) “Life and health insurer” means any insurance company licensed under article 4 or 5 of chapter 40 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, or a licensed property and casualty insurer writing only accident and health insurance.
(g) “Property and casualty insurer” means any insurance company licensed under articles 9, 10, 11, 12, 12a, 15 or 16 of chapter 40 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, but does not include monoline mortgage guaranty insurers, financial guaranty insurers and title insurers.
(h) “Negative trend” means, with respect to a life and health insurer, a negative trend over a period of time, as determined in accordance with the “trend test calculation” included in the RBC instructions defined in subsection (j).
(i) “RBC” means risk-based capital.
(j) “RBC instructions” means the risk-based capital instructions promulgated by the NAIC that are in effect on December 31, 2021 2022, or any later version promulgated by the NAIC as may be adopted by the commissioner under K.S.A. 40-2c29, and amendments thereto.
(k) “RBC level” means an insurer’s company action level RBC, regulatory action level RBC, authorized control level RBC or mandatory control level RBC where:
(1) “Company action level RBC” means, with respect to any insurer, the product of 2.0 and its authorized control level RBC;
(2) “regulatory action level RBC” means the product of 1.5 and its authorized control level RBC;
(3) “authorized control level RBC” means the number determined under the risk-based capital formula in accordance with the RBC instructions; and
(4) “mandatory control level RBC” means the product of 0.70 and the authorized control level RBC.
(l) “RBC plan” means a comprehensive financial plan containing the elements specified in K.S.A. 40-2c06, and amendments thereto. If the commissioner rejects the RBC plan, and it is revised by the insurer, with or without the commissioner’s recommendation, the plan shall be called the “revised RBC plan.”
(m) “RBC report” means the report required by K.S.A. 40-2c02, and amendments thereto.
(n) “Total adjusted capital” means the sum of:
(1) An insurer’s capital and surplus or surplus only if a mutual insurer; and
(2) such other items, if any, as the RBC instructions may provide.
(o) “Commissioner” means the commissioner of insurance.
Sec. 7. K.S.A. 40-955 is hereby amended to read as follows: 40-955. (a) Every insurer shall file with the commissioner, except as to inland marine risks where general custom of the industry is not to use manual rates or rating plans, every manual of classifications, rules and rates, every rating plan, policy form and every modification of any of the foregoing which it proposes to use. Every such filing shall indicate the proposed effective date and the character and extent of the coverage contemplated and shall be accompanied by the information upon which the insurer supports the filings. A filing and any supporting information shall be open to public inspection after it is filed with the commissioner, except that disclosure shall not be required for any information contained in a filing or in any supporting documentation for the filing when such information is either a trade secret or copyrighted. For the purposes of this section, the term “trade secret” shall have the meaning ascribed to it means the same as defined in K.S.A. 60-3320, and amendments thereto. An insurer may satisfy its obligations to make such filings by authorizing the commissioner to accept on its behalf the filings made by a licensed rating organization or another insurer. Nothing contained in this act shall be construed to require any insurer to become a member or subscriber of any rating organization.
(b) Certificate of insurance forms must be filed with the commissioner of insurance and approved prior to use. Notwithstanding the “large risk” filing exemption in subsection (j) (i), a certificate of insurance cannot be used to modify, alter or amend the insurance policy it describes. The certificate of insurance shall contain the following or similar language: The certificate of insurance neither affirmatively nor negatively amends, extends or alters the coverage afforded by the policies listed thereon. An industry standard setting organization may be authorized by the commissioner of insurance to file certificate of insurance forms on behalf of authorized insurers.
(c) Any rate filing for the basic coverage required by K.S.A. 40-3401 et seq., and amendments thereto, loss costs filings for workers compensation, and rates for assigned risk plans established by article 21 of chapter 40 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated or rules and regulations established by the commissioner shall require approval by the commissioner before its use by the insurer in this state. As soon as reasonably possible after such filing has been made, the commissioner shall in writing approve or disapprove the same, except that any filing shall be deemed approved unless disapproved within 30 days of receipt of the filing.
(d) Any other rate filing, except personal lines filings, shall become effective on filing or any prospective date selected by the insurer, subject to the commissioner disapproving the same if the rates are determined to be inadequate, excessive, unfairly discriminatory or otherwise fails to meet the requirements of this act. Personal lines rate filings shall be on file for a waiting period of 30 days before becoming effective, subject to the commissioner disapproving the same if the rates are determined to be inadequate, excessive, unfairly discriminatory or otherwise fail to meet requirements of this act. The term “personal lines” shall mean insurance for noncommercial automobile, homeowners, dwelling fire-and-renters insurance policies, as defined by the commissioner by rules and regulations. A filing complies with this act unless it is disapproved by the commissioner within the waiting period or pursuant to subsection (f).
(e) In reviewing any rate filing the commissioner may require the insurer or rating organization to provide, at the insurer’s or rating organization’s expense, all information necessary to evaluate the reasonableness of the filing, to include payment of the cost of an actuary selected by the commissioner to review any rate filing, if the department of insurance does not have a staff actuary in its employ.
(f) (1) (A) If a filing is not accompanied by the information required by this act, the commissioner shall promptly inform the company or organization making the filing. The filing shall be deemed to be complete when the required information is received by the commissioner or the company or organization certifies to the commissioner the information requested is not maintained by the company or organization and cannot be obtained.
(B) If the commissioner finds a filing does not meet the requirements of this act, the commissioner shall send to the insurer or rating organization that made the filing, written notice of disapproval of the filing, specifying in what respects the filing fails to comply and stating the filing shall not become effective.
(C) If at any time after a filing becomes effective, the commissioner finds a filing does not comply with this act, the commissioner shall after a hearing held on not less than 10 days’ written notice to every insurer and rating organization that made the filing issue an order specifying in what respects the filing failed to comply with the act, and stating when, within a reasonable period thereafter, the filing shall be no longer effective. Copies of the order shall be sent to such insurer or rating organization. The order shall not affect any contract or policy made or issued prior to the expiration of the period set forth in the order.
(2) (A) In the event an insurer or organization has no legally effective rate because of an order disapproving rates, the commissioner shall specify an interim rate at the time the order is issued. The interim rate may be modified by the commissioner on the commissioner’s own motion or upon motion of an insurer or organization.
(B) The interim rate or any modification thereof shall take effect prospectively in contracts of insurance written or renewed 15 days after the commissioner’s decision setting interim rates.
(C) When the rates are finally determined, the commissioner shall order any overcharge in the interim rates to be distributed appropriately, except refunds to policyholders the commissioner determines are de minimis may not be required.
(3) (A) Any person or organization aggrieved with respect to any filing that is in effect may make written application to the commissioner for a hearing thereon, except that the insurer or rating organization that made the filing may not proceed under this subsection. The application shall specify the grounds to be relied on by the applicant.
(B) If the commissioner finds the application is made in good faith, that the applicant would be so aggrieved if the applicant’s grounds are established, and that such grounds otherwise justify holding such a hearing, the commissioner shall, within 30 days after receipt of the application, hold a hearing on not less than 10 days’ written notice to the applicant and every insurer and rating organization that made such filing.
(C) Every rating organization receiving a notice of hearing or copy of an order under this section, shall promptly notify all its members or subscribers affected by the hearing or order. Notice to a rating organization of a hearing or order shall be deemed notice to its members or subscribers.
(g) No insurer shall make or issue a contract or policy except in accordance with filings which have been filed or approved for such insurer as provided in this act.
(1) On an application for personal motor vehicle insurance where the applicant has applied for collision or comprehensive coverage, the applicant shall be allowed to identify a lienholder listed on the certificate of title for the motor vehicle described in the application.
(2) On an application for property insurance on real property, the applicant shall be allowed to identify a mortgagee listed on a mortgage for the real property described in the application.
(h) The commissioner may adopt rules and regulations to allow suspension or modification of the requirement of filing and approval of rates as to any kind of insurance, subdivision or combination thereof, or as to classes of risks, the rates for which cannot practicably be filed before they are used.
(i) Except for workers compensation and employer’s liability line, the following categories of commercial lines risks are considered special risks which are exempt from the filing requirements in this section: (1) Risks that are written on an excess or umbrella basis; (2) commercial risks, or portions thereof, that are not rated according to manuals, rating plans, or schedules including “a” rates; (3) large risks; and (4) special risks designated by the commissioner, including but not limited to risks insured under highly protected risks rating plans, commercial aviation, credit insurance, boiler and machinery, inland marine, fidelity, surety and guarantee bond insurance risks.
(j) For the purposes of this subsection, “large risk” means: (1) An insured that has total insured property values of $5,000,000 or more; (2) an insured that has total annual gross revenues of $10,000,000 or more; or (3) an insured that has in the preceding calendar year a total paid premium of $50,000 or more for property insurance, $50,000 or more for general liability insurance, or $100,000 or more for multiple lines policies.
(k) The exemption for any large risk contained in subsection (h) (i) shall not apply to workers compensation and employer’s liability insurance, insurance purchasing groups, and the basic coverage required by K.S.A. 40-3401 et seq., and amendments thereto.
(l) Underwriting files, premium, loss and expense statistics, financial and other records pertaining to special risks written by any insurer shall be maintained by the insurer and shall be subject to examination by the commissioner.
(m) (1) Any entity that purchases a workers compensation policy for the covered employees of more than one employer pursuant to a shared employment relationship with each employer must purchase the workers compensation policy on a separate multiple coordinate policy basis. Such workers compensation policies must be issued pursuant to K.S.A. 44-501 et seq., and amendments thereto, from an insurer holding a certificate of authority to do business in this state and providing workers compensation coverage.
(2) The commissioner of insurance may allow an insurer to issue coverage through a master policy if the commissioner is satisfied that the insurer is able to track and report individual client experience to the advisory organization in an acceptable fashion. All such master policies must be filed with the commissioner for prior approval.
(3) The commissioner of insurance shall be authorized to adopt such rules and regulations as are reasonable and necessary to carry out the purpose and the provisions of this subsection.
Sec. 8. K.S.A. 40-3203 is hereby amended to read as follows: 40-3203. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this act, it shall be unlawful for any person to provide health care services in the manner prescribed in subsection (n) or subsection (r) of K.S.A. 40-3202(n) or (r), and amendments thereto, without first obtaining a certificate of authority from the commissioner.
(b) Applications for a certificate of authority shall be made in the form required by the commissioner and shall be verified by an officer or authorized representative of the applicant and shall set forth or be accompanied by:
(1) A copy of the basic organizational documents of the applicant such as articles of incorporation, partnership agreements, trust agreements or other applicable documents;
(2) a copy of the bylaws, regulations or similar document, if any, regulating the conduct of the internal affairs of the applicant;
(3) a list of the names, addresses, official capacity with the organization and biographical information for all of the persons who are to be responsible for the conduct of its affairs, including all members of the governing body, the officers and directors in the case of a corporation and the partners or members in the case of a partnership or corporation;
(4) a sample or representative copy of any contract or agreement made or to be made between the health maintenance organization or medicare provider organization and any class of providers and a copy of any contract made or agreement made or to be made, excluding individual employment contracts or agreements, between third party administrators, marketing consultants or persons listed in subsection (3) and the health maintenance organization or medicare provider organization;
(5) a statement generally describing the organization, its enrollment process, its operation, its quality assurance mechanism, its internal grievance procedures, in the case of a health maintenance organization the methods it proposes to use to offer its enrollees an opportunity to participate in matters of policy and operation, the geographic area or areas to be served, the location and hours of operation of the facilities at which health care healthcare services will be regularly available to enrollees in the case of staff and group practices, the type and specialty of health care healthcare personnel and the number of personnel in each specialty category engaged to provide health care healthcare services in the case of staff and group practices, and a records system providing documentation of utilization rates for enrollees. In cases other than staff and group practices, the organization shall provide a list of names, addresses and telephone numbers of providers by specialty;
(6) copies of all contract forms the organization proposes to offer enrollees together with a table of rates to be charged;
(7) the following statements of the fiscal soundness of the organization:
(A) Descriptions of financing arrangements for operational deficits and for developmental costs if operational one year or less;
(B) a copy of the most recent unaudited financial statements of the health maintenance organization or medicare provider organization;
(C) financial projections in conformity with statutory accounting practices prescribed or otherwise permitted by the department of insurance of the state of domicile for a minimum of three years from the anticipated date of certification and on a monthly basis from the date of certification through one year from the date of application. If the health maintenance organization or medicare provider organization is expected to incur a deficit, projections shall be made for each deficit year and for one year thereafter, up to a maximum of five years. All financial projections shall include:
(i) Monthly statements of revenue and expense for the first year on a gross dollar as well as per-member-per-month basis, with quarters consistent with standard calendar year quarters;
(ii) quarterly Statements of revenue and expense for each subsequent year;
(iii)(ii) a quarterly balance sheet for each year; and
(iv)(iii) a statement and justification of assumptions;
(8) a description of the procedure to be utilized by a health maintenance organization or medicare provider organization to provide for:
(A) Offering enrollees an opportunity to participate in matters of policy and operation of a health maintenance organization;
(B) monitoring of the quality of care provided by such organization including, as a minimum, peer review; and
(C) resolving complaints and grievances initiated by enrollees;
(9) a written irrevocable consent duly executed by such applicant, if the applicant is a nonresident, appointing the commissioner as the person upon whom lawful process in any legal action against such organization on any cause of action arising in this state may be served and that such service of process shall be valid and binding in the same extent as if personal service had been had and obtained upon said nonresident in this state;
(10) a plan, in the case of group or staff practices, that will provide for maintaining a medical records system which that is adequate to provide an accurate documentation of utilization by every enrollee, such system to identify clearly, at a minimum, each patient by name, age and sex and to indicate clearly the services provided, when, where, and by whom, the diagnosis, treatment and drug therapy, and in all other cases, evidence that contracts with providers require that similar medical records systems be in place;
(11) evidence of adequate insurance coverage or an adequate plan for self-insurance to respond to claims for injuries arising out of the furnishing of health care healthcare;
(12) such other information as may be required by the commissioner to make the determinations required by K.S.A. 40-3204, and amendments thereto; and
(13) in lieu of any of the application requirements imposed by this section on a medicare provider organization, the commissioner may accept any report or application filed by the medicare provider organization with the appropriate examining agency or official of another state or agency of the federal government.
(c) The commissioner may promulgate rules and regulations the commissioner deems necessary to the proper administration of this act to require a health maintenance organization or medicare provider organization, subsequent to receiving its certificate of authority to submit the information, modifications or amendments to the items described in subsection (b) to the commissioner prior to the effectuation of the modification or amendment or to require the health maintenance organization to indicate the modifications to the commissioner. Any modification or amendment for which the approval of the commissioner is required shall be deemed approved unless disapproved within 30 days, except the commissioner may postpone the action for such further time, not exceeding an additional 30 days, as necessary for proper consideration.
Sec. 9. K.S.A. 40-201, 40-216, 40-241, 40-247, 40-2,125, 40-955 and 40-3203 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 40-2c01 are hereby repealed.
Sec. 10. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the statute book.
Approved April 19, 2023
