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1	1	Session of 2025
2	2	HOUSE BILL No. 2245
3	3	By Committee on Insurance
4	4	Requested by Representative Sutton
5	5	2-4
6	6	AN ACT concerning the commissioner of insurance; relating to the
7	7	division of the state employee health benefits plan; transferring
8	8	officers, employees, powers, duties and functions relating to the state
9	9	health care benefits program and the state workers compensation self-
10	10	insurance fund from the division of the state employee health benefits
11	11	plan of the department of administration to the insurance department;
12	12	establishing the commissioner of insurance as the chairperson of the
13	13	Kansas state employees health care commission; providing that all
14	14	management functions of such commission shall be administered by the
15	15	commissioner of insurance; eliminating a pilot program regarding
16	16	employer contributions for certain children; amending K.S.A. 44-575,
17	17	44-577, 44-578 and 75-6503 and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 75-6502 and
18	18	K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 44-512 and repealing the existing sections.
19	19	Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
20	20	New Section 1. All powers, duties and functions of the staff of the
21	21	division of the state employee health benefits plan of the department of
22	22	administration established in K.S.A. 75-6501 et seq. and 75-7405(c)(7),
23	23	and amendments thereto, and any other statute involving the
24	24	administration of the state health care benefits program are hereby
25	25	transferred to and imposed upon the insurance department under the
26	26	direction of the commissioner of insurance.
27	27	New Sec. 2. (a) All officers and employees of the division of the state
28	28	employee health benefits plan of the department of administration who,
29	29	immediately prior to July 1, 2025, are engaged in the exercise and
30	30	performance of the powers, duties and functions involving the
31	31	administration of the state employee health benefits plan, as well as all
32	32	officers and employees of the department of administration who are
33	33	determined by the commissioner of insurance to be engaged in providing
34	34	administrative, technical or other support services that are essential to the
35	35	exercise and performance of the powers, duties and functions transferred
36	36	by section 1, and amendments thereto, are hereby transferred to the
37	37	insurance department. All classified officers and employees so transferred
38	38	shall retain their status as classified employees.
39	39	(b) Officers and employees of the division of the state employee
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75	75	health benefits plan of the department of administration transferred by this
76	76	section shall retain all retirement benefits and leave balances and rights
77	77	that had accrued or vested prior to the date of transfer. The service of each
78	78	such officer and employee so transferred shall be deemed to have been
79	79	continuous. Any subsequent transfers, layoffs or abolition of classified
80	80	service positions under the Kansas civil service act shall be made in
81	81	accordance with the civil service laws and any rules and regulations
82	82	adopted thereunder. Nothing in this section shall affect the classified status
83	83	of any transferred person employed by the division of the state employee
84	84	health benefits plan of the department of administration prior to the date of
85	85	transfer.
86	86	(c) Notwithstanding the effective date of this section, the provisions
87	87	of this section prescribing the transfer of officers and employees from the
88	88	division of the state employee health benefits plan of the department of
89	89	administration to the insurance department shall commence at the start of a
90	90	payroll period.
91	91	New Sec. 3. (a) The insurance department shall be the successor in
92	92	every way to the powers, duties and functions of the division of the state
93	93	employee health benefits plan of the department of administration
94	94	involving the administration of the state health care benefits program that
95	95	were vested pursuant to K.S.A. 75-37,162 through 75-37,168, prior to their
96	96	repeal.
97	97	(b) Every act performed in the exercise of such transferred powers,
98	98	duties and functions by or under the authority of the insurance department
99	99	and the commissioner of insurance involving the administration of the
100	100	state health care benefits program shall be deemed to have the same force
101	101	and effect as if performed by the division of the state employee health
102	102	benefits plan, the secretary of administration or the director of the state
103	103	employee health benefits plan in which the same were vested pursuant to
104	104	K.S.A. 75-37,162 through 75-37,168, prior to their repeal.
105	105	(c) Whenever the division of the state employee health benefits plan
106	106	of the department of administration or words of like effect are referred to
107	107	or designated by a statute, contract, memorandum of agreement or other
108	108	document and such reference is in regard to any of the powers, duties and
109	109	functions transferred to the insurance department pursuant to section 1,
110	110	and amendments thereto, such reference or designation shall be deemed to
111	111	apply to the insurance department.
112	112	(d) All rules and regulations, orders and directives of the division of
113	113	the state employee health benefits plan of the department of administration
114	114	that relate to the powers, duties and functions transferred by section 1, and
115	115	amendments thereto, and are in effect on July 1, 2024, shall continue to be
116	116	effective and shall be deemed to be rules and and regulations, orders and
117	117	directives of the commissioner of insurance until revised, amended,
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162	162	New Sec. 4. (a) The balances of all funds or accounts thereof
163	163	appropriated or reappropriated for the division of the state employee health
164	164	benefits plan of the department of administration relating to the powers,
165	165	duties and functions involving the administration of the state health care
166	166	benefits program are hereby transferred within the state treasury to the
167	167	insurance department and shall be used only for the purpose for which the
168	168	appropriation or reappropriation was originally made.
169	169	(b) Liability for all accrued compensation or salaries of officers and
170	170	employees who are transferred to the insurance department pursuant to
171	171	section 2, and amendments thereto, shall be assumed and paid by the
172	172	insurance department.
173	173	New Sec. 5. (a) The insurance department shall succeed to all
174	174	property, property rights, contracts and records that were used for or
175	175	pertain to the performance of powers, duties and functions involving the
176	176	administration of the state health care benefits program that were
177	177	transferred to the division of the state employee health benefits plan of the
178	178	department of administration pursuant to K.S.A. 75-37,162 through 75-
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180	180	(b) When any conflict arises as to the disposition of any personnel,
181	181	property, property right, contract, record, power, duty, function or the
182	182	unexpended balance of any appropriation as result of any transfer made by
183	183	or under the provisions of sections 1 through 5, and amendments thereto,
184	184	such conflict shall be resolved by the commissioner of insurance, whose
185	185	decision shall be final.
186	186	New Sec. 6. (a) No suit, action or other proceeding, judicial or
187	187	administrative, lawfully commenced, or that could have been commenced,
188	188	by or against the division of the state employee health benefits plan of the
189	189	department of administration or by or against the secretary of
190	190	administration in such secretary's official duties, shall abate by reason of
191	191	the transfer effected under the provisions of sections 1 through 5, and
192	192	amendments thereto. The court may allow any such suit, action or other
193	193	proceeding to be maintained by or against the insurance department or the
194	194	commissioner of insurance.
195	195	(b) No criminal action commenced or that could have been
196	196	commenced by the state shall abate by reason of the transfer effected under
197	197	the provisions of sections 1 through 5, and amendments thereto.
198	198	New Sec. 7. (a) All powers, duties and functions of the staff of the
199	199	division of the state employee health benefits plan of the department of
200	200	administration established in K.S.A. 44-575 through 44-580, and 75-
201	201	7405(c)(8), and amendments thereto, and any other statute involving the
202	202	administration of the state workers compensation self-insurance fund are
203	203	hereby transferred to and imposed upon the insurance department, under
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248	248	(b) The balances of all funds or accounts thereof appropriated or
249	249	reappropriated for the division of the state employee health benefits plan
250	250	of the department of administration or any state agency, department, board,
251	251	commission or council, relating to the powers, duties and functions
252	252	involving the administration of the state workers compensation self-
253	253	insurance fund are hereby transferred within the state treasury to the
254	254	insurance department and shall be used only for the purpose for which the
255	255	appropriation or reappropriation was originally made. Liability for all
256	256	accrued compensation or salaries of officers and employees who are
257	257	transferred to the insurance department pursuant to this section shall be
258	258	assumed and paid by the insurance department.
259	259	(c) Except as provided in this section, the commissioner of insurance
260	260	shall be the successor in every way to the powers, duties and functions of
261	261	the secretary of administration that relate to the state workers
262	262	compensation self-insurance fund, in which the same were vested prior to
263	263	July 1, 2025.
264	264	(d) All orders and directives of the secretary of administration that
265	265	relate to the state workers compensation self-insurance fund in existence
266	266	immediately prior to July 1, 2025, shall continue to be effective and shall
267	267	be deemed to be the orders or directives of the commissioner of insurance,
268	268	until revised, amended, repealed or nullified pursuant to law.
269	269	(e) The commissioner of insurance shall succeed to all property,
270	270	property rights, contracts and records that were used for or pertain to the
271	271	performance of the powers, duties and functions transferred to the
272	272	commissioner of insurance from the division of the state employee health
273	273	benefits plan of the department of administration pursuant to this section.
274	274	Any conflict as to the proper disposition of property, property rights,
275	275	contracts and records arising under this section shall be resolved by the
276	276	commissioner of insurance, whose decision shall be final.
277	277	(f) All officers and employees of the division of the state employee
278	278	health benefits plan of the department of administration who, immediately
279	279	prior to July 1, 2024, are engaged in the exercise and performance of the
280	280	powers, duties and functions involving the administration of the state
281	281	workers compensation self-insurance fund and transferred by this section,
282	282	as well as all officers and employees of the department of administration
283	283	who are determined by the commissioner of insurance to be engaged in
284	284	providing administrative, technical or other support services that are
285	285	essential to the exercise and performance of the powers, duties and
286	286	functions transferred by this section, are hereby transferred to the
287	287	insurance department, under the direction of the commissioner of
288	288	insurance. All classified officers and employees so transferred shall retain
289	289	their status as classified employees.
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333	333	(g) Officers and employees of the division of the state employee
334	334	health benefits plan of the department of administration transferred by this
335	335	section shall retain all retirement benefits and leave balances and rights
336	336	that had accrued or vested prior to the date of transfer. The service of each
337	337	such officer or employee so transferred shall be deemed to have been
338	338	continuous. Any subsequent transfers, layoffs or abolition of classified
339	339	service positions under the Kansas civil service act shall be made in
340	340	accordance with the civil service laws and any rules and regulations
341	341	adopted thereunder. Nothing in this section shall affect the classified status
342	342	of any transferred person employed by the division of the state employee
343	343	health benefits plan of the department of administration prior to the date of
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345	345	Sec. 8. K.S.A. 44-512 is hereby amended to read as follows: 44-512.
346	346	Workers compensation payments shall be made at the same time, place and
347	347	in the same manner as the wages of the worker were payable at the time of
348	348	the accident, but upon the application of either party the administrative law
349	349	judge may modify such requirements in a particular case as the
350	350	administrative law judge deems just, except that: (a) Payments from the
351	351	workers compensation fund established by K.S.A. 44-566a, and
352	352	amendments thereto, shall be made in the manner approved by the
353	353	commissioner of insurance; (b) payments from the state workers
354	354	compensation self-insurance fund established by K.S.A. 44-575, and
355	355	amendments thereto, shall be made in a manner approved by the secretary
356	356	of health and environment commissioner of insurance; and (c) whenever
357	357	temporary total disability compensation is to be paid under the workers
358	358	compensation act, payments shall be made only in cash, by check or in the
359	359	same manner that the employee is normally compensated for salary or
360	360	wages and not by any other means, except that any such compensation
361	361	may be paid by warrant of the director of accounts and reports issued for
362	362	payment of such compensation from the workers compensation fund or the
363	363	state workers compensation self-insurance fund under the workers
364	364	compensation act.
365	365	Sec. 9. K.S.A. 44-575 is hereby amended to read as follows: 44-575.
366	366	(a) As used in K.S.A. 44-575 through 44-580, and amendments thereto,
367	367	"state agency" means the state, or any department or agency of the state,
368	368	but not including the Kansas turnpike authority, the university of Kansas
369	369	hospital authority, any political subdivision of the state or the district court
370	370	with regard to district court officers or employees whose total salary is
371	371	payable by counties.
372	372	(b) For the purposes of providing for the payment of compensation
373	373	for claims arising on and after July 1, 1974, and all other amounts required
374	374	to be paid by any state agency as a self-insured employer under the
375	375	workers compensation act and any amendments or additions thereto, there
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419	419	is hereby established the state workers compensation self-insurance fund
420	420	in the state treasury. The name of the state workmen's compensation self-
421	421	insurance fund is hereby changed to the state workers compensation self-
422	422	insurance fund. Whenever the state workmen's compensation self-
423	423	insurance fund is referred to or designated by any statute, contract or other
424	424	document, such reference or designation shall be deemed to apply to the
425	425	state workers compensation self-insurance fund.
426	426	(c) The state workers compensation self-insurance fund shall be liable
427	427	to pay: (1) All compensation for claims arising on and after July 1, 1974,
428	428	and all other amounts required to be paid by any state agency as a self-
429	429	insured employer under the workers compensation act and any
430	430	amendments or additions thereto; (2) the amount that all state agencies are
431	431	liable to pay of the "carrier's share of expense" of the administration of the
432	432	office of the director of workers' compensation as provided in K.S.A. 74-
433	433	712 through 74-719, and amendments thereto, for each fiscal year; (3) all
434	434	compensation for claims remaining from the self-insurance program which
435	435	existed prior to July 1, 1974, for institutional employees of the commission
436	436	of community services and programs of the Kansas department for aging
437	437	and disability services; (4) the cost of administering the state workers
438	438	compensation self-insurance fund including the defense of such fund and
439	439	any costs assessed to such fund in any proceeding to which it is a party;
440	440	and (5) the cost of establishing and operating the state workplace health
441	441	and safety program under subsection (f). For the purposes of K.S.A. 44-
442	442	575 through 44-580, and amendments thereto, all state agencies are hereby
443	443	deemed to be a single employer whose liabilities specified in this section
444	444	are hereby imposed solely upon the state workers compensation self-
445	445	insurance fund and such employer is hereby declared to be a fully
446	446	authorized and qualified self-insurer under K.S.A. 44-532, and
447	447	amendments thereto, but such employer shall not be required to make any
448	448	reports thereunder.
449	449	(d) The secretary of health and environment commissioner of
450	450	insurance shall administer the state workers compensation self-insurance
451	451	fund and all payments from such fund shall be upon warrants of the
452	452	director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by
453	453	the secretary of health and environment commissioner of insurance or a
454	454	person or persons designated by the secretary commissioner. The director
455	455	of accounts and reports may issue warrants pursuant to vouchers approved
456	456	by the secretary commissioner of insurance for payments from the state
457	457	workers compensation self-insurance fund notwithstanding the fact that
458	458	claims for such payments were not submitted or processed for payment
459	459	from money appropriated for the fiscal year in which the state workers
460	460	compensation self-insurance fund first became liable to make such
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505	505	(e) The secretary of health and environment commissioner of
506	506	insurance shall remit all moneys received by or for the secretary
507	507	commissioner in the capacity as administrator of the state workers
508	508	compensation self-insurance fund, to the state treasurer in accordance with
509	509	the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt
510	510	of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount
511	511	in the state treasury to the credit of the state workers compensation self-
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513	513	(f) There is hereby established the state workplace health and safety
514	514	program within the state workers compensation self-insurance program of
515	515	the insurance department of health and environment. The secretary of
516	516	health and environment commissioner of insurance shall implement and
517	517	the division of industrial health and safety of the Kansas department of
518	518	labor shall assist in administering the state workplace health and safety
519	519	program for state agencies. The state workplace health and safety program
520	520	shall include, but not be limited to:
521	521	(1) Workplace health and safety hazard surveys in all state agencies,
522	522	including onsite interviews with employees;
523	523	(2) workplace health and safety hazard prevention services, including
524	524	inspection and consultation services;
525	525	(3) procedures for identifying and controlling workplace hazards;
526	526	(4) development and dissemination of health and safety informational
527	527	materials, plans, rules and work procedures; and
528	528	(5) training for supervisors and employees in healthful and safe work
529	529	practices.
530	530	Sec. 10. K.S.A. 44-577 is hereby amended to read as follows: 44-577.
531	531	(a) All claims for compensation under the workers compensation act
532	532	against any state agency for claims arising on and after July 1, 1974, and
533	533	claims for compensation remaining from the self-insurance program which
534	534	existed prior to July 1, 1974, for institutional employees of the commission
535	535	of community services and programs of the Kansas department for aging
536	536	and disability services shall be made against the state workers
537	537	compensation self-insurance fund. Such claims shall be served upon the
538	538	secretary of health and environment commissioner of insurance in the
539	539	secretary's commissioner's capacity as administrator of the state workers
540	540	compensation self-insurance fund in the manner provided for claims
541	541	against other employers under the workers compensation act. The chief
542	542	attorney for the insurance department of health and environment, or
543	543	another attorney of the insurance department of health and environment
544	544	designated by the chief attorney, shall represent and defend the state
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591	591	insurance shall investigate, or cause to be investigated, each claim for
592	592	compensation against the state workers compensation self-insurance fund.
593	593	For the purposes of such investigations, the secretary of health and
594	594	environment commissioner of insurance is authorized to obtain expert
595	595	medical advice regarding the injuries, occupational diseases and
596	596	disabilities involved in such claims. If, based upon such investigation and
597	597	any other available information, the secretary of health and environment
598	598	commissioner of insurance finds that there is no material dispute as to any
599	599	issue involved in the claim, that the claim is valid and that the claim
600	600	should be settled by agreement, the secretary of health and environment
601	601	commissioner of insurance may proceed to enter into such an agreement
602	602	with the claimant, for the state workers compensation self-insurance fund.
603	603	Any such agreement may provide for lump-sum settlements subject to
604	604	approval by the director and all such agreements shall be filed in the office
605	605	of the director for approval as provided in K.S.A. 44-527, and amendments
606	606	thereto. All other claims for compensation against such fund shall be paid
607	607	in accordance with the workers compensation act pursuant to final awards
608	608	or orders of an administrative law judge or the board or pursuant to orders
609	609	and findings of the director under the workers compensation act.
610	610	(c) For purposes of the workers compensation act, a volunteer
611	611	member of a regional emergency medical response team as provided in
612	612	K.S.A. 48-928, and amendments thereto, shall be considered a person in
613	613	the service of the state in connection with authorized training and upon
614	614	activation for emergency response, except when such duties arise in the
615	615	course of employment or as a volunteer for an employer other than the
616	616	state.
617	617	Sec. 11. K.S.A. 44-578 is hereby amended to read as follows: 44-578.
618	618	The secretary of health and environment commissioner of insurance may
619	619	adopt rules and regulations necessary for the administration of the state
620	620	workers compensation self-insurance fund, including the processing and
621	621	settling of claims for compensation made against such fund.
622	622	Sec. 12. K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 75-6502 is hereby amended to read as
623	623	follows: 75-6502. (a) There is hereby established the Kansas state
624	624	employees health care commission which is composed of seven members
625	625	as follows: (1) The commissioner of insurance; (2) the secretary of
626	626	administration; (3) a current state employee who is currently enrolled in
627	627	the state healthcare benefits program group health insurance medical plan,
628	628	appointed by the governor; (4) a person who retired from a position in
629	629	state service and who is currently enrolled in the state healthcare benefits
630	630	program group health insurance medical plan, appointed by the governor;
631	631	(5) a representative of the general public, appointed by the governor; (6) a
632	632	member of the senate ways and means committee, appointed by the
633	633	president of the senate; and (7) a member of the house of representatives
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677	677	appropriations committee, appointed by the speaker of the house of
678	678	representatives. A state officer or employee may not be appointed as the
679	679	member representative of the general public.
680	680	(b) Each member appointed under this section by the governor shall
681	681	serve at the pleasure of the governor. The member appointed by the
682	682	president of the senate shall serve at the pleasure of the president of the
683	683	senate, and the member appointed by the speaker of the house of
684	684	representatives shall serve at the pleasure of the speaker of the house of
685	685	representatives. Not more than five members of the commission shall be
686	686	members of the same political party.
687	687	(c) The chairperson of the commission shall be designated by the
688	688	governor commissioner of insurance. The commission shall meet at least
689	689	once each calendar quarter and at such other times as may be required on
690	690	call of the chairperson or any three members thereof.
691	691	(d) A quorum of the Kansas state employees health care commission
692	692	shall be four. All actions of the commission shall be taken by a majority of
693	693	all of the members of the commission.
694	694	(e) Members of the Kansas state employees health care commission
695	695	attending meetings of such commission, or attending a subcommittee
696	696	meeting thereof authorized by such commission, shall be paid
697	697	compensation, subsistence allowances, mileage and other expenses as
698	698	provided in K.S.A. 75-3223, and amendments thereto.
699	699	Sec. 13. K.S.A. 75-6503 is hereby amended to read as follows: 75-
700	700	6503. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this act, all budgeting,
701	701	purchasing and related management functions of the Kansas state
702	702	employees health care commission shall be administered by the secretary
703	703	of administration under the direction and supervision of the chairperson of
704	704	the commission commissioner of insurance. All vouchers for expenditures
705	705	and all payrolls of the Kansas state employees health care commission
706	706	shall be approved by the chairperson of the commission or by a person or
707	707	persons designated by the chairperson.
708	708	(b) There is hereby created the position of technical administrator for
709	709	the state health care benefit benefits program. Under the direction and
710	710	supervision of the secretary of administration commissioner of insurance,
711	711	the technical administrator shall provide primary staffing assistance to the
712	712	commission and perform such other functions and duties as may be
713	713	prescribed by the commission. The technical administrator shall be in the
714	714	classified or unclassified service under the Kansas civil service act as
715	715	specified by the secretary of administration and shall be appointed by the
716	716	secretary of administration commissioner of insurance. Within the limits of
717	717	available appropriations, the secretary of administration commissioner of
718	718	insurance shall provide such additional assistance as may be requested by
719	719	the commission.
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763	763	Sec. 14. K.S.A. 44-575, 44-577, 44-578 and 75-6503 and K.S.A.
764	764	2023 Supp. 75-6502 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 44-512 are hereby repealed.
765	765	Sec. 15. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
766	766	publication in the statute book.
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