Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 40-2229

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of insurance. See Kansas Statutes 40-2227
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Long-term care insurance: includes group and individual policies or riders whether issued by insurers, fraternal benefit societies, nonprofit medical and hospital service corporations, prepaid health plans, health maintenance organizations, or any similar organization. See Kansas Statutes 40-2227
  • Policy: means , except as otherwise provided in subsection (e), any individual or group policy, contract, subscriber agreement, rider or endorsement delivered or issued for delivery in this state by an insurer, fraternal benefit society, nonprofit medical and hospital service corporation, prepaid health plan, health maintenance organization or any similar organization. See Kansas Statutes 40-2227
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201

Except as otherwise provided, this act applies to any individual, group or blanket policy of accident and sickness, medical or surgical expense coverage and any provision of a policy, contract, plan or agreement for medical service including any contract of a health maintenance organization as defined by Kan. Stat. Ann. § 40-3202, and amendments thereto, delivered, renewed or issued for delivery on or after the effective date of this act within or outside of this state or used within this state by or for an individual who resides or is employed in this state. The provisions of this act shall not apply to any medicare supplement policy of insurance, as defined by the commissioner of insurance by rule and regulation, any policy of long-term care insurance, as defined by Kan. Stat. Ann. § 40-2227, and amendments thereto, any specified disease or specified accident coverage or any accident only coverage as defined by the commissioner of insurance by rule and regulation whether written on a group, blanket or individual basis.