(b) The Kansas turnpike authority may purchase group life, health and accident insurance or health care services of a health maintenance organization for its employees or members of the highway patrol assigned, by contract or agreement entered pursuant to K.S.A. 68-2025, and amendments thereto, to police toll or turnpike facilities, independent of the committee on surety bonds and insurance and of the provisions of K.S.A. 75-6501 through 75-6511, and amendments thereto. Such authority may purchase liability insurance covering all or any part of its operations and may purchase liability and related insurance upon all vehicles owned or operated by the authority independent of the committee on surety bonds and insurance and such insurance may be purchased without complying with K.S.A. 75-3738 through 75-3744, and amendments thereto. Any board of county commissioners may purchase such insurance or health care services, independent of such committee, for district court officers and employees any part of whose total salary is payable by the county. Nothing in any other provision of the laws of this state shall be construed as prohibiting members of the highway patrol so assigned to police toll or turnpike facilities from receiving compensation in the form of insurance or health maintenance organization coverage as herein authorized.
(c) The agencies of the state sponsoring a foster grandparent or senior companion program, or both, shall procure a policy of accident, personal liability and excess automobile liability insurance insuring volunteers participating in such programs against loss in accordance with specifications of federal grant guidelines. Such agencies may purchase such policy of insurance independent of the committee on surety bonds and insurance and without complying with K.S.A. 75-3738 through 75-3744, and amendments thereto.
(d) Any postsecondary educational institution as defined by K.S.A. 74-3201b[*], and amendments thereto, may purchase insurance of any kind or nature except employee health insurance. Such insurance shall be purchased on a competitively bid or competitively negotiated basis in accordance with procedures prescribed by the state board of regents. Such insurance may be purchased independent of the committee on surety bonds and insurance and without complying with K.S.A. 75-3738 through 75-3744, and amendments thereto. Such insurance shall be purchased from an insurance company authorized to transact business in the state of Kansas.
(e) The state board of regents may enter into one or more group insurance contracts to provide health and accident insurance coverage or health care services of a health maintenance organization for all students attending a state educational institution as defined in K.S.A. 76-711, and amendments thereto, and such students' dependents, except that such insurance shall not provide coverage for elective procedures that are not medically necessary as determined by a treating physician. The participation by a student in such coverage shall be voluntary. In the case of students who are employed by a state educational institution in a student position, the level of employer contributions toward such coverage shall be determined by the board of regents. The board of regents may adopt rules and regulations necessary to administer and implement the provisions of this section.
History: L. 1965, ch. 458, § 39; L. 1969, ch. 406, § 1; L. 1971, ch. 281, § 1; L. 1974, ch. 364, § 27; L. 1977, ch. 110, § 8; L. 1979, ch. 293, § 1; L. 1982, ch. 360, § 1; L. 1984, ch. 329, § 14; L. 1986, ch. 329, § 1; L. 1987, ch. 345, § 1; L. 1989, ch. 273, § 1; L. 2006, ch. 189, § 1; May 25.