Identical to H 578, filed 3/21/11.

Adds new GS 55-49-12 exempting a health care sharing organization from health insurance regulatory laws, as long as the organization (1) maintains nonprofit status under the Internal Revenue Code; (2) limits participants to those sharing similar interests; (3) provides for participants' needs through contributions from one participant to another in accordance with criteria established by the organization; (4) provides amounts that participants may contribute with no assumption of risk or promise to pay among participants or by the organization; (5) publishes monthly statements to participants; and (6) provides a written disclaimer on or with all applications and guideline materials, reading substantially as the notice set forth in the act. Effective October 1, 2011.