{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-40-2249","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 40-2249","heading":"Same; contents.","body":"The report required under K.S.A. 40-2248 for assessing the impact of a proposed mandate of health coverage shall include at the minimum and to the extent that information is available, the following:\n(a) The social impact, including:\n(1) The extent to which the treatment or service is generally utilized by a significant portion of the population;\n(2) the extent to which such insurance coverage is already generally available;\n(3) if coverage is not generally available, the extent to which the lack of coverage results in persons being unable to obtain necessary health care treatment;\n(4) if the coverage is not generally available, the extent to which the lack of coverage results in unreasonable financial hardship on those persons needing treatment;\n(5) the level of public demand for the treatment or service;\n(6) the level of public demand for individual or group insurance coverage of the treatment or service;\n(7) the level of interest of collective bargaining organizations in negotiating privately for inclusion of this coverage in group contracts; and\n(8) the impact of indirect costs which are costs other than premiums and administrative costs, on the question of the costs and benefits of coverage.\n(b) The financial impact, including:\n(1) The extent to which insurance coverage of the kind proposed would increase or decrease the cost of the treatment or service;\n(2) the extent to which the proposed coverage might increase the use of the treatment or service;\n(3) the extent to which the mandated treatment or service might serve as an alternative for more expensive treatment or service;\n(4) the extent to which insurance coverage of the health care service or provider can be reasonably expected to increase or decrease the insurance premium and administrative expenses of policyholders; and\n(5) the impact of this coverage on the total cost of health care.","path":["Chapter 40.—INSURANCE","Article 22.—UNIFORM POLICY PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch40/040_022_0049.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-15T06:15:01Z","sha256":"430772126c9ac58f9d96bc5504bfd7de761b9859f797a8227357f5033442c660","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-40-2248","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-40-2249a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}