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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4664 

To repeal the multi-State plan program. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 15, 2017 

Mr. MEADOWS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 

Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To repeal the multi-State plan program. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Repeal Insurance 

5 Plans of the Multi-State Program Act of 2017’’ or the 

6 ‘‘RIP MSP Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. REPEAL OF MULTI-STATE PLAN PROGRAM. 

8 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘multi9 State plan issuer’’ and ‘‘MSP issuer’’ mean a health insur10 ance issuer or group of health insurance issuers that has 


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1 a contract with the Office of Personnel Management to 

2 offer multi-State plan options pursuant to section 1334 

3 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public 

4 Law 111–148). 

5 (b) PROGRAM REPEAL.—Effective October 1, 2018, 

6 section 1334 of the Patient Protection and Affordable 

7 Care Act (Public Law 111–148) shall have no force or 

8 effect. 

9 (c) REQUIRED REPORTING.—Not later than 60 days 

10 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of 

11 the Office of Personnel Management shall provide the 

12 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af13 fairs of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight and 

14 Government Reform of the House of Representatives a 

15 briefing concerning the efforts of the Office of Personnel 

16 Management (referred to in this section as ‘‘OPM’’) to 

17 wind down the multi-State program under section 1334 

18 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Such 

19 briefing shall contain such information as may be re20 quired, including information regarding— 

21 (1) the methods of communication OPM and an 

22 MSP issuer will use to notify current enrollees that 

23 the multi-State plan will not be offered during the 

24 next open season, including a timeline of the planned 

25 communications; 


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1 (2) a description of how the Director of OPM 

2 will work with the Secretary of Health and Human 

3 Services to ensure that no plans previously offered 

4 pursuant to such section 1334 are offered on State 

5 or Federal Exchanges; and 

6 (3) a timeline detailing how OPM will close 

7 down the information technology portal that MSP 

8 issuers utilize. 

9 (d) RESCISSION OF UNUSED FUNDS.—Of the 

10 amounts made available to OPM for the purposes of staff11 ing and administering the program under section 1334 of 

12 the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the unob13 ligated balance is rescinded, effective October 1, 2018. 

14 (e) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con15 gress that— 

16 (1) the Director of the Office of Personnel 

17 Management should assign employees of the Office 

18 whose duties on the date of enactment relate to car19 rying out section 1334 of the Patient Protection and 

20 Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111–148) to duties 

21 relating to processing appeals brought by individuals 

22 or employers pursuant to such section 1334; and 


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1 (2) no additional amounts should be appro2 priated for salaries and expenses relating to proc3 essing such appeals. 

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