40-2,165. Coverage of general anesthesia in conjunction with dental care for certain individuals. (a) Any individual or group health insurance policy, medical service plan, contract, hospital service corporation contract, hospital and medical service corporation contract, fraternal benefit society or health maintenance organization which provides coverage for accident and health services and which is delivered, issued for delivery, amended or renewed on or after July 1, 1999, also, shall provide coverage for the administration of general anesthesia and medical care facility charges for dental care provided to the following covered persons:
(1) A child five years of age and under; or
(2) a person who is severely disabled; or
(3) a person has a medical or behavioral condition which requires hospitalization or general anesthesia when dental care is provided.
(b) A policy, provision, contract, plan or agreement may:
(1) Apply to the covered procedures under this section the same deductibles, coinsurance, network requirements and other limitations, including but not limited to medical necessity determinations, as apply to other covered services;
(2) require prior authorization for hospitalization for the covered procedures under this section in the same manner that prior authorization is required for hospitalization for other covered diseases or conditions.
(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any policy or certificate providing coverage for any specified disease, specified accident or accident-only coverage, credit, dental, disability income, hospital indemnity, long-term care, as defined by K.S.A. 40-2227, and amendments thereto, medicare supplement, as defined by the commissioner of insurance by rules and regulations, vision care or other limited-benefit supplemental insurance, nor any coverage issued as a supplement to liability insurance, workers' compensation or similar insurance, automobile medical-payment insurance, or any insurance under which benefits are payable with or without regard to fault, whether written on a group, blanket or individual basis.
(d) Nothing herein shall be construed to require any individual or group health insurance policy, medical service plan, contract, hospital service corporation contract, fraternal benefit society or health maintenance organization to provide benefits for any dental procedures.
(e) The provisions of this section shall apply to the state health care benefits program and municipal self-funded pools.
(f) As used in this section "medical care facility" shall have the meaning ascribed to the term in K.S.A. 65-425, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 1999, ch. 162, ยง 1; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Article 2 - General Provisions
40-201 Insurance company defined.
40-201a Service contract; definitions; exemption from regulation.
40-202 Code inapplicable to certain lodges, societies, persons and associations.
40-203 Name of company or society; submission of name to commissioner.
40-204 Unlawful to offer stock for sale without permit from commissioner; void shares, when.
40-205b Denial of application to sell stock as agent; hearing.
40-205c Revocation of agent's license; hearing.
40-205d Appeal of commission's decision.
40-207 Secretary and certain officers to give bond.
40-208 Examination by commissioner before issuance of certificate.
40-209b Same; act supplemental.
40-210 Foreign companies outside United States; permission to transact business; assets; condition.
40-211 Amount of deposit of foreign company outside United States.
40-212 Credit for reinsured risks.
40-213 Unlawful transfer of premium notes.
40-215 Duration of licenses and certificates.
40-217 Contents of policies of foreign company.
40-219 Failure of company to pay judgment.
40-220 Action against insurance company to be brought in this state; injunction.
40-221a Reinsurance of risks of and by Kansas companies; procedure; requirements.
40-221b Reinsurance of risks of and by Kansas companies; procedure; requirements; definitions.
40-222a Examination of corporations organizing domestic insurance companies.
40-222c Same; insurance company defined.
40-222d Same; company deemed to be in hazardous financial condition, when.
40-222e Same; suspension, revocation or refusal to renew certificate.
40-222f Examination of condition of company; definitions.
40-223 Fees for examinations; compensation and expenses for examiners.
40-223a Insurance company annual statement examination fund established; purpose.
40-223b Same; compensation and expenses of examiners.
40-223c Same; duties of commissioner; warrants of director of accounts and reports.
40-223d Same; insufficiency of fund; transfer from general fund, limitation; files.
40-223f Same; compensation and expenses of persons receiving training.
40-223g Same; payments from revolving fund.
40-223h Property and casualty actuarial opinion letter law; citation of act.
40-223i Same; actuarial opinion, contents; procedure.
40-223j Same; authority of commissioner; rules and regulations.
40-224 When disbursements to be made only on voucher or affidavit.
40-229 Valuation of securities.
40-230a Deposit of securities purchased from sale of stock during organization period.
40-231 Dealing in goods, wares and merchandise prohibited; exceptions.
40-232 Sale of stock with insurance.
40-233 Dividends, interest or bonus; payment from earned surplus.
40-234a Reserves required for accident and health policies; unearned premium reserves.
40-234b Unearned premium reserves required for domestic title insurance companies.
40-234c Unearned premium reserves required of foreign title insurance company.
40-236 Statements made with intent to injure company.
40-237 Contracts and promissory notes by minors.
40-238 Resident general agents of foreign companies.
40-239 Definition; insurance agent.
40-240g Rules and regulations.
40-241h Waiver of examination in certain cases.
40-241j Annual report of agents contracted with and payment of certification fees; audit.
40-241k Rules and regulations; establishing fees for agents.
40-244 Representations without complying with code.
40-246a Penalties for violating 40-246; hearings.
40-246c Same; accounting of gross premiums and tax thereon; penalty.
40-246d Same; revocation or suspension of license, when.
40-246g Surplus lines producer; exempt commercial purchaser.
40-246h Commissioner; rules and regulations.
40-247 Insurance agent or broker failing to pay premium to company; penalty.
40-248 Discontinuance of business.
40-249 Policies to be issued within two years.
40-250 Companies subject to act.
40-251 Insurance commissioner; legal representation; judicial review of actions.
40-252c Same; credits; definitions.
40-252d Credit against premium tax for salaries paid to Kansas employees.
40-252e Small insurance company credit against premium tax.
40-252g Same; expiration of act.
40-253 Payment of fees and taxes in other states by Kansas companies; retaliatory measures, when.
40-253a Same; effect of certain tax credits.
40-256 Attorney fees in actions on insurance policies; exception.
40-257 Invalidity of code of 1927.
40-258 Actions to recover death benefits based on certain policies; distribution.
40-259 Continuity of management of domestic companies in national emergency; declaration of purpose.
40-260 Same; adoption of emergency bylaws; effect.
40-261 Same; effective provisions of law if emergency bylaws not adopted at time emergency occurs.
40-262 Same; succession national emergency lists; basis; conditions.
40-263 Same; home or principal office; alternate locations.
40-266 Unlawful acts in connection with sale of equity securities.
40-267 Provisions of 40-265, 40-266 inapplicable to certain sales; rules and regulations.
40-268 Provisions of 40-264 to 40-266 inapplicable to arbitrage transactions; exception.
40-269 Equity security defined.
40-270 Provisions of 40-264 to 40-266 inapplicable to equity securities of domestic companies, when.
40-271 Rules and regulations by commissioner.
40-272 Same; proxies, consents or authorization concerning securities of domestic companies.
40-273 Joint underwriting and joint reinsurance; filing requirements; changes; prohibitions.
40-274 Same; solicitation; countersignature requirements.
40-276 Cancellation of automobile liability insurance; definitions.
40-276a Automobile liability insurance policies; denial of renewal; notice; conditions; exceptions.
40-277 Same; limitations on policy conditions for cancellation.
40-281 Hearings by commissioner on any matter relating to insurance; procedure; subpoena.
40-283 Same; interest not subject to certain provisions.
40-285 Same; uninsured motor vehicle includes vehicle whose insurer is insolvent.
40-286 Same; extent of insurer's insolvency protection.
40-287 Same; subrogation rights.
40-288 Same; provisions of article 22 of chapter 40 not required.
40-296 Same; offer of insurance by one of group of affiliated insurors, effect.
40-297 Same; group of affiliated insurors defined.
40-298 Sale of insurance in connection with sale and financing of automobile; definitions.
40-2,103 Application of designated statutes.
40-2,105b Same; insurance coverage for psychotherapeutic drugs used for treatment of mental illness.
40-2,108 Same; rules and regulations by commissioner.
40-2,109 Mental or physical handicaps; rate discrimination prohibited; enforcement.
40-2,110 Reporting fire losses; rules and regulations; report forms.
40-2,113 Nonliability for information relating to adverse underwriting decision.
40-2,115 Liability insurance coverage for punitive damages assessed against certain persons.
40-2,117 Provision of health services by professional provider; allowable charges.
40-2,119 Same; immunity from civil liability for certain persons.
40-2,120 Business or professional property or casualty insurance; cancellation, when.
40-2,121 Same; nonrenewal; notice required.
40-2,122 Cancellation or nonrenewal of policy; written explanation required.
40-2,123 Insurers authorized to discontinue certain business in state, when; enforcement.
40-2,126 Interest due on insurance settlements, when.
40-2,127 Same; application to multiple payments.
40-2,128 Same; rules and regulations.
40-2,129 Managing general agents; title of act.
40-2,131 Same; licensure requirements; bond.
40-2,133 Same; utilization by insurer; acts required to be performed by and prohibitions on insurer.
40-2,134 Same; acts deemed to be acts of insurer; examination.
40-2,136 Same; rules and regulations.
40-2,137 Assessment of costs of certain administrative hearings, guidelines, procedure.
40-2,153 Insurance coverage to allow choice of pharmacy providers.
40-2,154 Medicaid eligibility and coverage; prohibitions.
40-2,155 Motor vehicle glass replacement; prohibitions; rights of the insured.
40-2,159 Reports on a nonconsolidated basis; exception.
40-2,160 Coverage for minimum inpatient care following birth of child.
40-2,161 Coverage for children in the custody of the commissioner of juvenile justice.
40-2,164 Coverage of prostate cancer screening.
40-2,165 Coverage of general anesthesia in conjunction with dental care for certain individuals.
40-2,166 Coverage of reconstructive breast surgery.
40-2,166a Coverage for osteoporosis.
40-2,167 Off-label use of prescription drugs; definitions.
40-2,168 Same; coverage for cancer treatment; exclusion from coverage prohibited.
40-2,169 Same; commissioner of insurance, powers.
40-2,170 Same; coverage not affected, when.
40-2,184 Coverage for orally administered anticancer medication.
40-2,185 Dental health insurance; fee setting provision, limitation on.
40-2,190 Abortion coverage; separate coverage; when required.
40-2,191 Same; severability clause.
40-2,192 Mandate lite health benefit plan act.
40-2,193 Specially designed policies; short-term policies.
40-2,194 Coverage for autism spectrum disorder.
40-2,195 Exclusive provider organization policy; requirements; exceptions; definitions.
40-2,201 Property and casualty insurance; group affiliated insurers; renewal of policy.
40-2,202 Same; limited lines; self-service storage units.
40-2,203 CGAD report required; contents; filing; rules and regulations.
40-2,210 Kansas telemedicine act; citation.
40-2,212 Same; confidentiality.
40-2,213 Same; application of; coverage parity established.
40-2,214 Same; prescribing of drugs via telemedicine.
40-2,215 Same; abortions delivered via telemedicine not authorized.