[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2524 Introduced in House (IH)]
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116th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2524
To repeal the multi-State plan program.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 3, 2019
Mr. Meadows introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce
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A BILL
To repeal the multi-State plan program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Repeal Insurance Plans of the Multi-
State Program Act'' or the ``RIP MSP Act''.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF MULTI-STATE PLAN PROGRAM.
(a) Definitions.--In this section, the terms ``multi-State plan
issuer'' and ``MSP issuer'' mean a health insurance issuer or group of
health insurance issuers that has a contract with the Office of
Personnel Management to offer multi-State plan options pursuant to
section 1334 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public
Law 111-148).
(b) Program Repeal.--Effective January 1, 2020, section 1334 of the
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148) shall
have no force or effect.
(c) Termination of External Review.--The administration of external
review pursuant to section 1334 of the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act shall conclude upon the issuance by the Director of
Office of Personnel Management (referred to in this section as ``OPM'')
of all final decisions for enrollees enrolled in a multi-State plan
during or before the 2019 plan year.
(d) Required Reporting.--Not later than 60 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Director of OPM shall provide the Committee
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee
on Oversight and Government Reform and the Committee on Energy and
Commerce of the House of Representatives a briefing concerning the
efforts of the OPM to wind down the multi-State program under section
1334 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Such briefing
shall contain such information as may be required, including
information regarding--
(1) the methods of communication OPM and an MSP issuer will
use to notify current enrollees that the multi-State plan will
not be offered during the next open season, including a
timeline of the planned communications;
(2) a description of how the Director of OPM will work with
the Secretary of Health and Human Services to ensure that no
plans previously offered pursuant to such section 1334 are
offered on State or Federal Exchanges; and
(3) a timeline detailing how OPM will close down the
information technology portal that MSP issuers utilize.
(e) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) In general.--Title I of the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act is amended--
(A) in section 1301(a) (42 U.S.C. 18021(a))--
(i) in paragraph (2)--
(I) in the heading, by striking
``and multi-state qualified health
plans''; and
(II) by striking ``and a multi-
State plan under section 1334,''; and
(ii) in paragraph (4), by striking ``,
including a multi-State qualified health
plan,''; and
(B) in section 1324(a) (42 U.S.C. 18044(a)), by
striking ``, or a multi-State qualified health plan
under section 1334,''.
(2) Effective date.--The amendments made by paragraph (1)
shall take effect on January 1, 2020.
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