Kansas Statutes 40-4609. Same; gynecological care
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Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 40-4609
- Health insurer: means any insurance company, nonprofit medical and hospital service corporation, municipal group-funded pool, fraternal benefit society, health maintenance organization, or any other entity which offers a health benefit plan subject to the Kansas Statutes Annotated. See Kansas Statutes 40-4602
- Insured: means a person who is covered by a health benefit plan. See Kansas Statutes 40-4602
- Provider: means a physician, hospital or other person which is licensed, accredited or certified to perform specified health care services. See Kansas Statutes 40-4602
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
(a) Each health insurer and the state health care benefits program shall permit a woman insured by the health insurer or such program to visit an in-network obstetrician or gynecologist for routine gynecological care from an in-network obstetrician or gynecologist one time each calendar year without requiring such woman to first visit or receive a referral from a primary care provider, so long as the care is medically necessary, including, but not limited to, care that is routine.
(b) This section shall be part of and supplemental to the patient protection act, cited at Kan. Stat. Ann. § 40-4601 et seq., and amendments thereto.