Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass an bill that exempts a healthcare sharing ministry from state insurance regulation.

Highlights:

• Defines "healthcare sharing ministry" as a faith-based, non-profit organization that (Sec. 1):
• Is tax-exempt under the Internal Revenue Code;
• Limits its participants to those who are of a similar faith;
• Acts as a facilitator between those who require financial or medical assistance and those who can assist such people;
• Provides financial or medical assistance, through contributions from participants, to those that need it; and
• Specifies the monetary amounts that participants may contribute.

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