AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to health insurance; updating certain definitions pertaining to small employer health plans; amending K.S.A. 40-2209b and K.S.A. 2018 Supp. 40-2209d and repealing the existing sections. The purpose and intent of this the small employer health
insurance availability act are to promote the availability of health insurance coverage to small employers regardless of their health status or claims experience, to prevent abusive rating practices, to require disclosure of rating practices to purchasers, to establish rules regarding renewability
of coverage, to establish limitations on the use of pre-existing condition exclusions, to provide for development of “basic” and “standard” health benefit plans to be offered to all small employers, to provide for establishment of a reinsurance program, and to improve the overall fairness and efficiency of the small group health insurance market.