Section 65-67a01 - Fetal organs or tissue; definitionsAs used in this act:
(a) "Abortion" means an abortion as defined by K.S.A. 65-6701, and amendments thereto.(b)(1) "Consideration" means: (A) Any payment made or debt incurred;(B) any gift, honorarium or recognition of value bestowed;(C) any price, charge or fee which is waived, forgiven, reduced or indefinitely delayed;(D) any loan or debt which is canceled or otherwise forgiven; or(E) the transfer of any item from one person to another or provision of any service or granting of any opportunity for which a charge is customarily made, without charge or for a reduced charge.(2) "Consideration" shall not mean: (A) A payment in an amount not to exceed $25 for the cost of transporting, processing, preserving and storing fetal tissue; or(B) a payment in an amount not to exceed the actual cost, as documented by the delivery service, of transporting fetal tissue.(c) "Delivery service" means a common carrier as defined by K.S.A. 66-105, and amendments thereto, or other person or entity used to transport fetal tissue.(d) "Fetal tissue" means any tissue, cells or organs obtained from a dead human embryo or fetus after an abortion or after a stillbirth.(e) "Person" means a person as defined by K.S.A. 65-425, and amendments thereto.(f) "Stillbirth" means a stillbirth as defined by K.S.A. 65-2401, and amendments thereto. L. 2000, ch. 148, § 1; May 25.