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Health Care Provider Insurance

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Section
40-3401

Definitions.

Section
40-3402

Professional liability insurance to be maintained by health care providers as condition of active licensure to render services in state, exception, limits of coverage; information to be furnished by insurer; termination of coverage, notice; contents of policies issued in state; duties of certain insurance companies; surcharge and information required of certain health care providers; occurrence form policy as alternative to required claims made policy for certain persons.

Section
40-3403

Health care stabilization fund, establishment and administration; board of governors, membership, organization, meetings, executive director and staff and general powers and duties; duties of commissioner of insurance; liability of fund; payments from fund; qualification of health care provider for coverage under fund, termination; liability of provider for acts of other providers; university of Kansas medical center private practice foundation reserve fund, establishment, transfers from; provider coverage options, election; eligibility of psychiatric hospitals and certain inactive providers for coverage; termination of fund liability for certain providers.

Section
40-3403a

Termination of fund coverage; equivalent insurance required.

Section
40-3403b

Health care stabilization fund oversight committee; members, compensation and expenses; duties; legislative staff assistance; information provided for actuarial review, confidentiality, exemption from legal process.

Section
40-3404

Annual premium surcharge; collection by insurer; penalty for failure of insurer to comply; basis of amount of premium surcharge.

Section
40-3406

Investment of health care stabilization fund moneys.

Section
40-3407

Payments from fund; claim payments.

Section
40-3407a

Same; expenditures irrespective of time liability incurred or judgment or settlement made.

Section
40-3408

Liability of insurer or self-insurer for injury or death arising out of act or omission of healthcare provider, limitation; fund coverage excess over liability insurance coverage; permissive exclusions from coverage.

Section
40-3409

Service upon board of governors required in action filed in state for injury or death arising out of act or omission of health care provider; time for filing; effect of failure to make service; notification of board of governors required in action filed outside of state; copy of petition involving certain health care providers forwarded to state board of healing arts; defense of action; costs; submission of certain information to board of healing arts.

Section
40-3410

Negotiation of amount of claim to be paid from fund; settlement; procedure for court approval.

Section
40-3411

Commencement of actions upon failure to reach settlement or obtain court approval thereof on amount to be paid from fund; defense of action; attorneys' fees; obligation of provider to attend hearings and trial and give evidence.

Section
40-3412

Actions against health care providers or inactive health care providers; no direct action against fund or insurer; inadmissible evidence; fund not liable for certain damages.

Section
40-3413

Apportionment of risk among insurers; preparation of plan; contents; approval or disapproval; amendment; preparation by commissioner of insurance, when; order to discontinue unfair or unreasonable activities or activities inconsistent with act; governing board, membership; commissions on insurance written under plan; prior acts liability insurance for certain providers, policy limits.

Section
40-3414

Qualification of health care provider or system as self-insurer; cancellation of certificate of self-insurance, grounds; payment of surcharge; Kansas soldiers' home, Kansas veterans' home and persons engaged in residency training and persons engaged in a postgraduate training program as self-insurers; health maintenance organizations and related groups; private practice foundations and faculty of university of Kansas medical center.

Section
40-3415

Consultation and assistance in maintaining compliance with act.

Section
40-3416

Report of suspected violations to regulatory agencies; investigation; report to attorney general; injunctive relief.

Section
40-3417

Rules and regulations.

Section
40-3418

Severability of act.

Section
40-3418a

Severability of act.

Section
40-3419

Title of act.

Section
40-3420

Professional corporation which reorganizes as not-for-profit corporation is continuing concern for purposes of obtaining basic coverage under health care provider insurance availability act.

Section
40-3421

Reports by insurers of claims and actions, confidentiality; failure to report, civil penalty; liability of insurers in civil actions.

Section
40-3422

Appeal bond.

Section
40-3423

Annuities purchased by fund.

Section
40-3424

Fund liability for judgments or settlements against inactive healthcare providers.

Section
40-3425

Fund not liable for certain claims.