40-4202. Plan required to enter agreements with providers and members; provider agreement, retention and guarantee of services; membership agreement, terms. - Kansas Statutes

40-4202

Chapter 40.--INSURANCE Article 42.--PREPAID LEGAL AND DENTAL SERVICE PLANS

      40-4202.   Plan required to enter agreements with providers and members;provider agreement, retention and guarantee of services; membership agreement,terms.(a) A prepaid service plan shall not operate in Kansas withoutentering into a provider agreement with the provider and a membership agreementwith each member in accordance with the provisions of this section.

      (b)   Each provider agreement shall be retained as part of the officialrecords of both the provider and the prepaid service plan for the durationof the agreement and five years thereafter. Each provider agreement shallcontain provisions which include the requirements of K.S.A.40-4203 through 40-4207 and shall include a guarantee for the provision ofservices to the memberfor the duration of the membership agreement regardless of whether the prepaidservice plan ceases doing business for any reason.

      (c)   Each membership agreement shall contain the terms of the agreement,including a list of the benefits to be provided.

      History:   L. 1987, ch. 157, § 2; Jan. 1, 1988.