KansasInsurers could file some travel policies under accident and health insurance
If enacted, Kansas insurers could file certain travel insurance policies under accident and health insurance, subject to inland marine underwriting standards.
What it does
If enacted, insurers could file certain travel policies under accident and health insurance as well as inland marine insurance, while still meeting inland marine underwriting standards.
Argument forAllowing either filing category could give insurers more flexibility to design and submit travel policies covering illness, injuries, disability, or death during trips.
Argument againstRequiring plans to meet inland marine underwriting standards could limit which travel policies insurers can offer through different sales channels.
More detail
If enacted, insurers could file certain travel insurance policies under either the accident and health or inland marine line of insurance. This covers travel insurance for sickness, accident, disability, or death during travel, including policies that also cover emergency evacuation or returning remains home. Travel insurance could be sold as an individual, group, or blanket policy. Insurers could set eligibility and underwriting standards for specific travel plans or marketing and distribution channels. Those standards would also have to meet the state's inland marine underwriting standards. If enacted, the law would take effect after publication in the Kansas Register.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- Died
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Apr 10Died on CalendarDied
- Mar 27Rep. Adam Smith, Rep. Carl Turner, and Rep. Tom Sawyer are appointed to replace Rep. Bill Sutton, Rep. Brian Bergkamp, and Rep. Cindy Neighbor on the Conference Committee
- Mar 27Sen. Caryn Tyson, Sen. Virgil Peck, and Sen. Ethan Corson are appointed to replace Sen. Brenda Dietrich, Sen. Michael Fagg, and Sen. Marci Francisco on the Conference Committee
- 2025
- Mar 20Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Bill Sutton, Rep. Brian Bergkamp and Rep. Cindy Neighbor
- Mar 20Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Brenda Dietrich, Sen. Michael Fagg and Sen. Marci Francisco appointed as conferees
- Mar 19Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0Major
- Vote recorded Final Action Amended. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 18Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adoptedMajor
- Mar 18Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amendedMajor
- Mar 11Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and InsuranceMinor
- Feb 18Referred to Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and InsuranceMinor
- Feb 17Received and IntroducedMinor
- Feb 14Final Action - Passed; Yea 118, Nay 0, Absent 7Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Final Action - Passed. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 13Committee of the Whole - Be passedPassed House
- Feb 4Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on InsuranceMinor
- Jan 21IntroducedMinor
- Jan 21Referred to House Committee on InsuranceIntroduced
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