2016 Iowa Code
Title XIII - COMMERCE
Chapter 505 - INSURANCE DIVISION
Section 505.22 - Certain religious organization activities exempt from regulation.

505.22

Certain religious organization activities exempt from regulation.

A religious organization which, through its publication to subscribers, solicits funds for the payment of medical expenses of other subscribers, shall not be considered to be engaging in the business of insurance for purposes of this chapter or any other provision of this title, and shall not be subject to the jurisdiction of the commissioner of insurance, if all of the following apply:

1. The religious publication is provided by a nonprofit charitable organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

2. Participation is limited to subscribers who are members of the same denomination or religion.

3. The publication is registered with the United States postal service and acts as an organizational clearinghouse for information between subscribers who have financial, physical, or medical needs, and subscribers who choose to assist with those needs, matching subscribers with the present ability to pay with subscribers with a present financial or medical need.

4. The organization, through its publication, provides for the payment for subscriber financial or medical needs through direct payments from one subscriber to another.

5. The organization, through its publication, suggests amounts to contribute that are voluntary among the subscribers, with no assumption of risk or promise to pay either among the subscribers or between the subscribers and the publication.

95 Acts, ch 185, §3