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K.S.A. § 65-4914 (2026)

Public policy relating to provision of health care

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65-4914. Public policy relating to provision of health care. It is the declared public policy of the state of Kansas that the provision of health care is essential to the well-being of its citizens as is the achievement of an acceptable quality of health care. Such goals may be achieved by requiring a system which combines a reasonable means to monitor the quality of health care with the provision of a reasonable means to compensate patients for the risks related to receiving health care rendered by health care providers licensed by the state of Kansas.

History: L. 1984, ch. 238, § 1; July 1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1985–2007 · leading case: Williamson v. Amrani, 152 P.3d 60 (Kan. 2007).
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Williamson v. Amrani, 152 P.3d 60 (Kan. 2007). · cites it 6× “65-4914, dealing with health care and peer review of medical and health care professionals in liability actions, explains that the touchstone of Kansas' regulatory treatment of health care is a balancing act based on "reasonableness": "It is the declared public policy of the…”
Sonnino v. Univ. of Kansas Hosp. Auth., 220 F.R.D. 633 (D. Kan. 2004). · cites it 2× “pursuant to KSA § 65-4914 et seq. and the personal privacy of physicians as well as, potentially, patients, that is protected and borrowed from disclosure by federal statute.”
Fretz v. Keltner, 109 F.R.D. 303 (D. Kan. 1985). · cites it 5× “On July 1, 1984, the Kansas Legislature passed K.S.A. 65-4914 and 65-4915, which created a privilege for hospital peer review committee records and declared them to be nondiscoverable.”
Hill v. Sandhu, 129 F.R.D. 548 (D. Kan. 1990). · cites it 2× “See Kan.Stat.Ann. § 65-4914 (1985). The court concludes the peer review privilege, being procedural in the aspects relevant to the instant motion, may be invoked to protect documents and information that were created before the effective date of the statute.”
Lloyd v. Quorum Health Resources, L.L.C., 77 P.3d 993 (Kan. Ct. App. 2003). “Under K.S.A. 65-4914, the public policy relating to provision of health care is as follows: “It is the declared public policy of the state of Kansas that the provision of health care is essential to the well-being of its citizens as is the achievement of an acceptable quality of…”
McVay v. Rich, 859 P.2d 399 (Kan. Ct. App. 1993). “K.S.A. 65-4914 reads in relevant part: “It is the declared public policy of the state of Kansas that the provision of health care is essential to the well-being of its citizens as is the achievement of an.”
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