Kan. Stat. § 74-4927d
Commencing with the first day of the first payroll period of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1983, the optional death benefit plan established by the board of trustees of the Kansas public employees retirement system under subsection (6) of K.S.A. 74-4927 and amendments thereto shall be made available to all persons who are in service as judges, who are members of the retirement system for judges and who have not retired thereunder, subject to and in accordance with all provisions of that statute and in the same manner that the plan is made available to other employees of the state under that statute, notwithstanding any provision of K.S.A. 40-433 or other section of the insurance code of the state of Kansas, or any acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto. As used in this section, "judges" has the meaning ascribed thereto in K.S.A. 20-2601 and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. 74-4927d