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House Journal: Page 1953: Wednesday, April 26, 1995

House File 530, a bill for an act relating to and making
appropriations to the department for the blind, the Iowa state
civil rights commission, the department of elder affairs, the
Iowa department of public health, the department of human
rights, the commission of veterans affairs, and the governor's
alliance on substance abuse.
JOHN F. DWYER, Secretary
SENATE AMENDMENTS CONSIDERED
Halvorson of Clayton called up for consideration House File 247,
a bill for an act relating to the regulation of insurance,
including the authority of the insurance division to regulate
certain policies and contracts and parties to such policies and
contracts, establishing fees, and providing civil penalties,
amended by the following Senate amendment H-4102:
H-4102
 1     Amend House File 247, as amended, passed, and
 2   reprinted by the House, as follows:
 3     1.  Page 1, by inserting before line 1 the
 4   following:
 5     "Sec. ___.  Section 87.4, Code 1995, is amended by
 6   adding the following new unnumbered paragraph:
 7     NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH.  The workers'
 8   compensation premium written on a municipality which
 9   is a member of an insurance pool which provides
10   workers' compensation insurance coverage to a
11   statewide group of municipalities, as defined in
12   section 670.1, shall not be considered in the
13   determination of any assessments levied pursuant to an
14   agreement established under section 515A.15."
15     2.  Page 1, by inserting after line 5 the
16   following:
17     "Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  505.22  CERTAIN RELIGIOUS
18   ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES EXEMPT FROM REGULATION.
19     A religious organization which, through its
20   publication to subscribers, solicits funds for the
21   payment of medical expenses of other subscribers,
22   shall not be considered to be engaging in the business
23   of insurance for purposes of this chapter or any other
24   provision of Title XIII, and shall not be subject to
25   the jurisdiction of the commissioner of insurance, if
26   all of the following apply:
27     1.  The religious publication is provided by a
28   nonprofit charitable organization described in section
29   501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
30     2.  Participation is limited to subscribers who are
31   members of the same denomination or religion.
32     3.  The publication is registered with the United
33   States postal service and acts as an organizational
34   clearinghouse for information between subscribers who
35   have financial, physical, or medical needs, and
36   subscribers who choose to assist with those needs,

Iowa General Assembly

Index: House Journal (76th General Assembly: Session 1)

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