The director of accounts and reports shall accept for payment from an agent or intermediary authorized to make medical payment reviews and to determine the amount due to medical vendors for the care of inmates, in accordance with agreements entered into by the secretary of corrections under the provisions of K.S.A. 75-5205 and amendments thereto, claims for medical services provided for the care of inmates even though such claims were not submitted or processed for payment within the fiscal year in which the services were rendered, except that no claim filed more than six months after the time the service was rendered shall be allowed or paid.
K.S.A. 75-52,126