514B.32  Construction.
  1.  Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, laws regulating the insurance business in this state and the operations of corporations authorized under chapter 514 shall not be applicable to any health maintenance organization granted a certificate of authority under this chapter with respect to its health maintenance organization activities authorized and regulated pursuant to this chapter.
  2.  Solicitation of enrollees by a health maintenance organization granted a certificate of authority or its representatives does not violate any provision of law prohibiting solicitation or advertising by health professionals. Upon a prospective enrollee’s request, a list of locations of services and a list of providers who have current agreements with the health maintenance organization shall be made available.
  3.  Any health maintenance organization authorized under this chapter is not practicing medicine and shall not be subject to the limitations provided in section 135B.26 on types of contracts entered into between doctors and hospitals.
  4.  A health maintenance organization authorized under this chapter shall be considered a person for purposes of chapter 507B.
  5.  The provisions of this chapter shall be applicable to a managed care organization acting pursuant to a contract with the department of health and human services to administer the medical assistance program under chapter 249A, or the healthy and well kids in Iowa (Hawki) program under chapter 514I, only with respect to licensure and solvency standards as evidenced by the managed care organization obtaining and maintaining a certificate of authority, and maintaining compliance with the solvency standards set forth in this chapter.
[C75, 77, 79, 81, §514B.32]
83 Acts, ch 28, §1; 93 Acts, ch 88, §16; 2022 Acts, ch 1131, §64; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1196