65-6805. Same; medical, health care and other entities to file health care data; exception.
Each medical care facility as defined by K.S.A. 65-425, and amendments thereto; health care provider as defined in K.S.A. 40-3401, and amendments thereto; providers of health care as defined in K.S.A. 65-5001, and amendments thereto; health care personnel as defined in K.S.A. 65-5001, and amendments thereto; home health agency as defined by K.S.A. 65-5101, and amendments thereto; psychiatric hospitals licensed under K.S.A. 2020 Supp. 39-2001 et seq., and amendments thereto; state institutions for people with intellectual disability; community facilities for people with intellectual disability as defined under K.S.A. 65-4412, and amendments thereto; community mental health center as defined under K.S.A. 65-4432, and amendments thereto; adult care homes as defined by K.S.A. 39-923, and amendments thereto; laboratories described in K.S.A. 65-1,107, and amendments thereto; pharmacies; board of nursing; Kansas dental board; board of examiners in optometry; state board of pharmacy; state board of healing arts and third-party payors, including, but not limited to, licensed insurers, medical and hospital service corporations, health maintenance organizations, fiscal intermediaries for government-funded programs and self-funded employee health plans, shall file health care data with the department of health and environment as prescribed by the secretary of health and environment. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any individual, facility or other entity under this section that uses spiritual means through prayer alone in accordance with the tenets and practices of a recognized church or religious denomination for the treatment or cure of disease.
History: L. 1993, ch. 174, § 5; L. 1994, ch. 90, § 4; L. 2005, ch. 187, § 33; L. 2012, ch. 91, § 54; L. 2012, ch. 166, § 13; L. 2017, ch. 17, § 10; L. 2018, ch. 71, § 26; July 1.