Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 40-2226

  • 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
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • 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

The requirements of this act shall apply to policies delivered or issued for delivery in this state on or after the effective date of this act. This act is not intended to supersede the obligation of entities subject to this act to comply with the substance of other applicable insurance laws insofar as they do not conflict with this act, except that laws and rules and regulations designed and intended to apply to medicare supplement insurance policies shall not be applied to long-term care insurance. A policy which is not primarily advertised, marketed or offered as long-term care insurance need not meet the requirements of this act.