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KS HB2128

Bill

Status

Engrossed

2/20/2025

Primary Sponsor

Insurance

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Commissioner of insurance authorized to select and announce by December 1 each year the version of NAIC insurance calculations, instructions, and documents (including risk-based capital instructions and group capital calculation instructions) that will be in effect for the upcoming calendar year, with publication in the Kansas register

  • Life and health insurers licensed under article 4 of chapter 40 that predominantly report health lines of business may now be classified as "health organizations" and follow health financial reporting requirements rather than life insurer requirements

  • Insurance holding company systems must file annual group capital calculations with the lead state commissioner, with exemptions for single-insurer systems writing only in their domestic state, those supervised by the Federal Reserve, and those with non-U.S. supervisors in reciprocal jurisdictions

  • Insurers meeting NAIC liquidity stress test framework scope criteria (reviewed annually by the Financial Stability Task Force) must file liquidity stress test results with the lead state commissioner

  • Group capital calculations, ratios, and liquidity stress test results are designated as confidential regulatory tools that cannot be publicly disclosed or used to rank insurers, with prohibitions on misleading public statements about these figures

Legislative Description

Authorizing the commissioner of insurance to select and announce the version of certain instructions, calculations and documents in effect for the upcoming calendar year and cause such announcement to be published in the Kansas register, allowing certain life insurers to follow health financial reports and adopting certain provisions from the national association of insurance commissioners holding company system regulatory act relating to group capital calculations and liquidity stress testing.

Last Action

Senate Motion to accede adopted; Senator Dietrich, Senator Fagg and Senator Francisco appointed as conferees

3/24/2025

Committee Referrals

Financial Institutions and Insurance2/26/2025
Insurance1/28/2025

Full Bill Text

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