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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2221 

To repeal the multi-State plan program. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 12, 2017 

Mr. JOHNSON introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

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 

11 a contract with the Office of Personnel Management to 

12 offer multi-State plan options pursuant to section 1334 


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1 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public 

2 Law 111–148). 

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

4 section 1334 of the Patient Protection and Affordable 

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

6 effect. 

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

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

9 the Office of Personnel Management shall provide the 

10 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af11 fairs of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight and 

12 Government Reform of the House of Representatives a 

13 briefing concerning the efforts of the Office of Personnel 

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

15 wind down the multi-State program under section 1334 

16 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Such 

17 briefing shall contain such information as may be re18 quired, including information regarding— 

19 (1) the methods of communication OPM and an 

20 MSP issuer will use to notify current enrollees that 

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

22 next open season, including a timeline of the planned 

23 communications; 

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

25 will work with the Secretary of Health and Human 


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1 Services to ensure that no plans previously offered 

2 pursuant to such section 1334 are offered on State 

3 or Federal Exchanges; and 

4 (3) a timeline detailing how OPM will close 

5 down the information technology portal that MSP 

6 issuers utilize. 

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

8 amounts made available to OPM for the purposes of staff9 ing and administering the program under section 1334 of 

10 the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the unob11 ligated balance is rescinded, effective October 1, 2018. 

12 (e) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con13 gress that— 

14 (1) the Director of the Office of Personnel 

15 Management should assign employees of the Office 

16 whose duties on the date of enactment relate to car17 rying out section 1334 of the Patient Protection and 

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

19 relating to processing appeals brought by individuals 

20 or employers pursuant to such section 1334; and 

21 (2) no additional amounts should be appro22 priated for salaries and expenses relating to proc23 essing such appeals. 

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