75-5367. Matching child support debtors and insurance claimants; requirements; procedure. (a) As used in K.S.A. 75-5366 and 75-5367, and amendments thereto:
(1) "Insurer" means any entity regulated under chapter 40 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, that provides coverage for liability insurance.
(2) "Claimant" means any individual who has submitted a claim for payment under a liability insurance contract.
(b) An insurer shall be required to comply with the provisions of this section only after the secretary for children and families has entered into an agreement pursuant to K.S.A. 75-5366, and amendments thereto. The secretary for children and families shall make available to insurers information about the data matching process, including instructions for disclosing claimant information.
(c) (1) An insurer shall have the option of receiving request for information about an identified claimant from either the secretary for children and families or from the entity responsible for the data matching pursuant to K.S.A. 75-5366, and amendments thereto.
(2) An insurer shall respond by disclosing the requested information about the claimant only if the amount of the claim totals $1,000 or more.
(d) A disclosure required pursuant to subsection (c) shall be made as soon as reasonably possible after the first submission of the claim.
(e) An insurer, including any agent of the insurer, shall not be liable under any state law to any person for any disclosure required or authorized by this section, or for any other action taken in good faith in accordance with this section.
(f) At the insurer's discretion, an insurer may disclose information as provided in this section about a claimant whose aggregate claim is less than $1,000.
(g) Nothing in K.S.A. 75-5366 or 75-5367, and amendments thereto, shall require an insurer to make any payment that is not otherwise required under the contract of insurance. An insurer shall not be assessed any fee by the secretary for children and families or by any entity that has entered into an agreement pursuant to K.S.A. 75-5366, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 2008, ch. 136, § 2; L. 2014, ch. 115, § 361; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees
Article 53 - Department For Children And Families
75-5309 Appointment of subordinate officers and employees; classified service.
75-5310a Service contracts for preparation of expert testimony; exempt from competitive bidding.
75-5313 Advisory committees; creation; allowances and expenses.
75-5316a Secretary may organize department; powers and duties of personnel.
75-5319 Custody of records, memoranda and writings of departmental transactions.
75-5321a Transfer of certain long-term care programs and services to secretary of aging.
75-5328a Purchase of insurance insuring volunteers in family foster care program.
75-5331 Officers and employees; rights preserved; application of civil service law.
75-5338 Officers and employees; rights preserved; application of civil service law.
75-5344 Special fund for the developmentally disabled; authorized uses; administration.
75-5345 Employees at industries for the blind workshop, civil service status.
75-5365 Acquisition of certain support enforcement services; competitive bid procedure.
75-5367 Matching child support debtors and insurance claimants; requirements; procedure.
75-5375 Drug abuse treatment and prevention duties of secretary for aging and disability services.
75-5376 Cooperation of other state agencies.
75-5381 Kansas citizens' committee on alcohol and other drug abuse; establishment.
75-5383 Same; composition; terms; vacancies.
75-5384 Same; members to be representative of various groups and organizations; definitions.
75-5386 Same; organization; records and minutes; meetings; bylaws.
75-5394 Same; cooperation by state agencies.
75-5395 Same; arrangements and contracts authorized for carrying out purposes.
75-5396 Same; reception of funds, gifts, grants, bequests; expenditures.
75-5397 Same; state agencies to provide services to deaf and hard of hearing.
75-5397a Same; fees for interpreter services and sign language instruction.
75-5397c Rights saved in legal actions and proceedings.
75-5397d Motor vehicle symbol for deaf and hard of hearing; requirements.
75-5399 Transition planning services for individuals with disabilities; definitions.
75-53,100 Same; transition planning required.
75-53,101 Same; compilation of background information.
75-53,102 Same; transition councils.
75-53,111 Foster child educational assistance act; purpose.
75-53,112 Foster child educational assistance act; definitions.
75-53,113 Same; eligibility for assistance continuous where eligible under preexisting law.
75-53,114 Same; waiver of tuition or fees; reimbursement of other qualified expenses.
75-53,115 Same; continuing requirements for program participation.
75-53,116 Same; enrollment not contingent on available appropriations.
75-53,117 Same; rules and regulations.
75-53,118 Same; annual report to legislature.
75-53,120 Same; eligibility for tuition waiver continuing, when.