Division of the Budget
Landon State Office Building Phone: (785) 296-2436
900 SW Jackson Street, Room 504 adam.c.proffitt@ks.gov
Topeka, KS 66612 http://budget.kansas.gov
Adam C. Proffitt, Director Laura Kelly, Governor
Division of the Budget
March 18, 2024
The Honorable Jeff Longbine, Chairperson
Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance
300 SW 10th Avenue, Room 546-S
Topeka, Kansas 66612
Dear Senator Longbine:
SUBJECT: Fiscal Note for SB 553 by Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs
In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning SB 553 is
respectfully submitted to your committee.
SB 553 would allow a plan sponsor of a health benefit plan, on behalf of a covered person,
to provide consent to electronic delivery of communications related to the plan and health
insurance identification cards. Before providing consent on behalf of a covered person, a plan
sponsor must confirm that the covered person routinely, at least once every 24 hours during the
work week, uses electronic communications during the normal course of employment. Before
utilizing electronic means to deliver any plan communications or health insurance identification
cards, the health benefit plan must provide the covered person with an opportunity to opt out of
electronic delivery and select United States mail as the preferred method of delivery for such health
benefit plan covered person and document that all applicable requirements have been met.
The Department of Administration and the Insurance Department indicate enactment of the
bill would not have a fiscal effect on operations of either agency.
Sincerely,
Adam C. Proffitt
Director of the Budget
cc: Bobbi Mariani, Insurance Department
Tamara Emery, Department of Administration