Session of 1998
                   
SENATE BILL No. 409
         
By Senators Jones and Becker
         
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            9             AN ACT relating to accident and health insurance; providing coverage
10             for prostate cancer screening; amending K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 40-19c09
11             and repealing the existing section; also repealing K.S.A. 1997 Supp.
12             40-1909.
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14       Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
15           New Section 1. Any individual or group health insurance policy,
16       medical service plan, contract, hospital service corporation contract, hos-
17       pital and medical service corporation contract, fraternal benefit society
18       or health maintenance organization which provides coverage for accident
19       and health services and which is delivered, issued for delivery, amended
20       or renewed on or after July 1, 1998, also, shall provide coverage for pros-
21       tate cancer screening for men 40 years of age or over who are sympto-
22       matic or in a high-risk category and for all men 50 years of age or older.
23       The screening shall consist, at a minimum, of a prostate-specific antigen
24       blood test and a digital rectal examination. A policy, provision, contract,
25       plan or agreement may apply to prostate cancer screening the same de-
26       ductibles, coinsurance and other limitations as apply to other covered
27       services.
28           Sec. 2. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 40-19c09 is hereby amended to read as
29       follows: 40-19c09. (a) Corporations organized under the nonprofit med-
30       ical and hospital service corporation act shall be subject to the provisions
31       of the Kansas general corporation code, articles 60 to 74, inclusive, of
32       chapter 17 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, applicable to nonprofit cor-
33       porations, to the provisions of K.S.A. 40-214, 40-215, 40-216, 40-218, 40-
34       219, 40-222, 40-223, 40-224, 40-225, 40-226, 40-229, 40-230, 40-231, 40-
35       235, 40-236, 40-237, 40-247, 40-248, 40-249, 40-250, 40-251, 40-252,
36       40-254, 40-2,100, 40-2,101, 40-2,102, 40-2,103, 40-2,104, 40-2,105, 40-
37       2,116, 40-2,117, 40-2a01 et seq., 40-2111 to 40-2116, inclusive, 40-2215
38       to 40-2220, inclusive, 40-2221a, 40-2221b, 40-2229, 40-2230, 40-2250,
39       40-2251, 40-2253, 40-2254, 40-2401 to 40-2421, inclusive, and 40-3301
40       to 40-3313, inclusive, K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 40-2,153, 40-2,154, 40-2,160 and
41       40-2,161, and amendments thereto, and section 1, except as the context
42       otherwise requires, and shall not be subject to any other provisions of the
43       insurance code except as expressly provided in this act.

SB 409

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  1           (b) No policy, agreement, contract or certificate issued by a corpo-
  2       ration to which this section applies shall contain a provision which ex-
  3       cludes, limits or otherwise restricts coverage because medicaid benefits
  4       as permitted by title XIX of the social security act of 1965 are or may be
  5       available for the same accident or illness.
  6           (c) Violation of subsection (b) shall be subject to the penalties pre-
  7       scribed by K.S.A. 40-2407 and 40-2411, and amendments thereto.
  8           Sec. 3. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 40-1909 and 40-19c09 are hereby re-
  9       pealed.
10           Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
11       publication in the statute book.
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