A Kansas qualified LTC insurance contract is one that meets the definition of a federal qualified LTC insurance contract. This subtraction modification is in addition to any federal deduction.

The federal definition of a qualified LTC insurance contract can be found on the IRS website and is currently defined as follows:

Long-term care insurance contracts generally are treated as accident and health insurance contracts. Amounts you receive from them (other than policyholder dividends or premium refunds) generally are excludable from income as amounts received for personal injury or sickness. To claim an exclusion for payments made on a per diem or other periodic basis under a long-term care insurance contract, you must file Form 8853 with your return.

A long-term care insurance contract is an insurance contract that only provides coverage for qualified long-term care services. The contract must:

• Be guaranteed renewable,
• Not provide for a cash surrender value or other money that can be paid, assigned, pledged, or borrowed,
• Provide that refunds, other than refunds on the death of the insured or complete surrender or cancellation of the contract, and dividends under the contract may be used only to reduce future premiums or increase future benefits, and
• Generally not pay or reimburse expenses incurred for services or items that would be reimbursed under Medicare, except where Medicare is a secondary payer or the contract makes per diem or other periodic payments without regard to expenses.