Session of 1998
HOUSE BILL No. 2988
By Committee on Federal and State Affairs
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AN ACT concerning the state health care
benefits program; covered serv-
10 ices; amending K.S.A.
75-6501 and repealing the existing section.
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12 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Kansas:
13 Section 1. K.S.A.
75-6501 is hereby amended to read as follows:
14 75-6501. (a) Within the limits of
appropriations made or available therefor
15 and subject to the provisions of
appropriation acts relating thereto, the
16 Kansas state employees health care
commission shall develop and provide
17 for the implementation and administration
of a state health care benefits
18 program.
19 (b) The state health
care benefits program may provide benefits for
20 persons qualified to participate in the
program for hospitalization, medical
21 services, surgical services, nonmedical
remedial care and treatment ren-
22 dered in accordance with a religious method
of healing and other health
23 services. The program may include such
provisions as are established by
24 the Kansas state employees health care
commission, including but not
25 limited to qualifications for benefits,
services covered, schedules and
26 graduation of benefits, conversion
privileges, deductible amounts, limi-
27 tations on eligibility for benefits by
reason of termination of employment
28 or other change of status, leaves of
absence, military service or other
29 interruptions in service and other
reasonable provisions as may be estab-
30 lished by the commission. Covered
services under the state health care
31 benefits program shall not include
services for the performance or in-
32 ducement of an abortion as such term is
defined under K.S.A. 65-6701
33 and amendments thereto.
34 (c) The Kansas state
employees health care commission shall desig-
35 nate by rules and regulations those persons
who are qualified to partici-
36 pate in the state health care benefits
program, including active and retired
37 public officers and employees and their
dependents as defined by rules
38 and regulations of the commission. In
designating persons qualified to
39 participate in the state health care
benefits program, the commission may
40 establish such conditions, restrictions,
limitations and exclusions as the
41 commission deems reasonable. Each person
who was formerly elected or
42 appointed and qualified to an elective
state office and who was covered
43 immediately preceding the date such person
ceased to hold such office
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1 by the provisions of group health
insurance or a health maintenance or-
2 ganization plan under the law in
effect prior to August 1, 1984, or the
3 state health care benefits program in
effect after that date, shall continue
4 to be qualified to participate in the
state health care benefits program
5 and shall pay the cost of
participation in the program as established and
6 in accordance with the procedures
prescribed by the commission if such
7 person chooses to participate
therein.
8 (d) The state
health care benefits program established under this act
9 shall be effective on and after
August 1, 1984.
10 Sec. 2. K.S.A.
75-6501 is hereby repealed.
11 Sec. 3. This act
shall take effect and be in force from and after its
12 publication in the statute book.
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