(a) A hospital provider that is a state agency, the authority, as defined in K.S.A. 76-3304 , and amendments thereto, a state educational institution, as defined in K.S.A. 76-711 , and amendments thereto, a critical access hospital, as defined in K.S.A. 65-468 , and amendments thereto, with revenues below the threshold determined by the healthcare access improvement panel, or a rural emergency hospital licensed under the rural emergency hospital act, K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 65-481 et seq., and amendments thereto, with revenues below the threshold determined by the healthcare access improvement panel, is exempt from the assessment imposed by K.S.A. 65-6208 , and amendments thereto.
(b) A hospital operated by the department in the course of performing its mental health or developmental disabilities functions is exempt from the assessment imposed by K.S.A. 65-6208 , and amendments thereto.