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House Committee on Insurance

  • Committee Assistant: Carol Robertson 785-296-7676
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    • Meeting Day: Mon/Wed Time: 3:30 pm Location: 218-N

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    Bills, Resolutions and Appointments

    Sponsored Bills
    HB2089 - Modifying the requirement to report individuals who solicit memberships on behalf of prepaid service plans from semi-annually to annually and upon application for registration and discontinuing payment of annual registration fees for such plans.
    HB2090 - Authorizing the commissioner of insurance to set the amount of certain fees, specifying permissible uses of information obtained from background checks, fingerprinting and criminal history records checks; discontinuing annual registration fees for prepaid service plans and modifying reporting requirements related to such plans; and decreasing the premium tax rate imposed on surplus lines insurance.
    HB2093 - Discontinuing payments to certain group-funded insurance pools, refunding existing balances thereof and abolishing such funds and establishing the group-funded pools refund fund; adjusting the basis upon which certain premium tax calculations are made, requiring such premium taxes to be paid 90 days after each calendar year and basing such premium taxes upon the gross premiums collected for the previous calendar year; and adding fire districts to the definition of "municipality" for purposes of the the payment of COBRA premiums under certain circumstances.
    HB2094 - Requiring work registrants ages 50-59 to complete an employment and training program to receive food assistance, establishing periods of ineligibility for child care subsidy based on cooperation with child support services and requiring the secretary to conduct reviews of cooperation with child support.
    HB2095 - Changing the required number of employees contained in the definitions of "large employer" and "small employer" for purposes of coverage of autism spectrum disorder.
    HB2096 - Establishing the veterans' valor property tax relief act providing for an income tax credit or refund for eligible individuals, increasing the tax credit amount for household and dependent care expenses, modifying the definition of household income and increasing the appraised value threshold for eligibility of seniors and disabled veterans related to increased property tax claims and citing the section as the homeowners' property tax freeze program, providing a property tax rebate for certain business property operated in competition with property owned or operated by a governmental entity, providing property tax exemptions for certain personal property including watercraft, marine equipment, off-road vehicles, motorized bicycles and certain trailers, excluding internal revenue code section 1031 exchange transactions as indicators of fair market value, providing for certain exclusions from the prohibition of paying taxes under protest after a valuation notice appeal and providing four prior years' values on the annual valuation notice.
    HB2097 - Enacting the Kansas film and digital media industry production development act, providing a tax credit, sales tax exemption and loans and grants to incentivize film, video and digital media production in Kansas, establishing a program to be administered by the secretary of commerce for the purpose of developing such production in Kansas, requiring the secretary of commerce to issue reports on the economic impact, providing sales tax exemptions for purchases by a certain community theaters and purchases and sales made by the friends of cedar crest association and establishing an income, privilege and premium tax credit for employers that employ members of the Kansas army and air national guard and establishing an income tax credit for employees that are members thereof.
    HB2098 - Providing a deduction from sales or compensating use tax when selling and buying different motor vehicles within 120 days, providing an exemption for certain purchases by disabled veterans of the armed forces of the United States, excluding manufacturers' coupons from the sales or selling price for sales tax purposes, providing sales tax exemptions for custom meat processing services and purchases for the construction or repair of buildings used for human habitation by the Kansas state school for the blind and the Kansas state school for the deaf, providing sales tax exemptions for certain purchases by doorstep inc., exploration place, inc., Kansas children's discovery center, inc. and the Kansas fairgrounds foundation and providing for a sales tax exemption for sales of property and services used in the provision of communications services.
    HB2099 - Discontinuing certain exemptions from the pharmacy benefits manager licensure act.
    HB2100 - Enacting the Kansas public investments and contracts protection act concerning environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria, prohibiting the state and political subdivisions from giving preferential treatment to or discriminating against companies based on such ESG criteria in procuring or letting contracts, requiring KPERS fiduciaries to act solely in the financial interest of the participants and beneficiaries of the system, indemnifying KPERS with respect to actions taken in compliance with such act, restricting state agencies from adopting ESG criteria or requiring any person or business to operate in accordance with such criteria and providing for enforcement of such act by the attorney general.
    HB2283 - Enacting the ensuring transparency in prior authorization act to impose requirements and limitations on the use of prior authorization in healthcare.
    HB2284 - Providing an income tax rate of 5.25% for individuals, exempting all social security benefits from Kansas income tax, increasing the standard deduction by a cost-of-living adjustment, increasing the Kansas personal exemption, decreasing the privilege tax normal tax, establishing a 0% state rate for sales and use taxes for food and food ingredients on April 1, 2024, and increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy.
    HB2285 - Requiring the secretary of health and environment to study drug overdose death cases and providing for the confidentiality of related records, restricting the authority of the secretary of health and environment and local health officers to control the spread of infectious or contagious diseases, repealing the authority of the secretary to quarantine individuals and impose penalties for violations thereof and prohibiting the secretary of health and environment from requiring COVID-19 vaccination for children attending a child care facility or school.
    HB2325 - Amending the definition of "healthcare provider" for purposes of the healthcare provider insurance availability act to include maternity centers and not include facilities where elective abortions are performed.
    HB2530 - Relating to the wildlife and parks commission, granting appointment authority to multiple state officers and authorizing the election of the chairperson thereof.
    HB2531 - Establishing the Kansas purple alert plan to provide public notice of missing persons 18 years of age or older who have been diagnosed with an intellectual disability and are in certain dangerous circumstances.
    HB2532 - Regarding the distribution of the tax on parimutuel wagering on historic horse races; providing 1/3 of the amount collected shall be credited to the Kansas horse breeding development fund and 2/3 of the amount collected shall be credited to the horse fair racing benefit fund.
    HB2533 - Requiring that per diem amounts, expenses and funding for examinations be reasonable and establishing a tiered fee structure for examinations of insurance companies and societies based on gross premiums.
    HB2663 - Allowing title insurance agents to submit escrow, settlement or closing funds through certain real-time or instant payment systems.
    HB2712 - Prohibiting dental health insurance contracts from limiting the fee a dentist may charge for a noncovered service, disallowing an otherwise covered service or preventing a dentist from billing and collecting for a service that is a dental necessity.
    HB2713 - Enacting the ensuring transparency in prior authorization act to impose requirements and limitations on the use of prior authorization in healthcare.
    HB2714 - Reducing the number of appointed board members on certain insurance-related governing boards and the frequency of meetings of the committee on surety bonds and insurance.
    HB2715 - Authorizing the commissioner of insurance to set the amount of certain fees and requiring the publication of such fees in the Kansas register.
    HB2752 - Establishing the dental loss ratio act.
    HB2787 - Updating certain definitions, terms, conditions and provisions related to the Kansas insurance guaranty association act and Kansas life and health insurance guaranty association act.
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