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#Kansas Department of Labor

Workplace Laws and Requirements

Read Kansas law pertaining to wages, minimum wage, overtime, child labor and private employment agencies.

Link to all the provisions of the wage law.

What to expect before, during and after a wage hearing.

Download posters required by state and federal law.

Contact our office to prompt an investigation. Learn more about child labor laws and link to resources for teen workers.

Obtain a license to operate a private employment agency.

Non Workers Compensation Medical Fees

K.S.A. 65-6827, enacted in 2011, directed the Secretary of KDHE to set the fee providers could charge for medical records. However, K.S.A. 65-6827 was repealed effective July 1, 2013.

The reason for the repeal was the HIPAA Privacy Rule dictates how such fees were to be determined: "[T]he covered entity may impose a reasonable, cost-based fee…." As the cost basis necessarily varies among providers, KDHE decided that a standard set fee could not meet HIPAA's requirement. [See, 45 CFR 164.524 (c)(4)]

The only guidance as to what a provider can charge is that the provider’s charge be: 1) cost-based, i.e. bear a relationship to the actual cost of re-producing the record; and 2) that the amount charged be reasonable. Failure to comply with this criteria could constitute a HIPAA violation.

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