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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1378 

To repeal the multi-State plan program. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 8, 2019 

Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, Mr. BARRASSO, Mr. BRAUN, Mr. WICKER, Mr. 

LEE, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. ENZI, Mr. CRAMER, and Mr. PAUL) 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 2019’’ 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 


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1 offer multi-State plan options pursuant to section 1334 

2 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public 

3 Law 111–148). 

4 (b) PROGRAM REPEAL.—Effective January 1, 2020, 

5 section 1334 of the Patient Protection and Affordable 

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

7 effect. 

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

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

10 the Office of Personnel Management shall provide the 

11 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af12 fairs of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight and 

13 Reform of the House of Representatives a briefing con14 cerning the efforts of the Office of Personnel Management 

15 (referred to in this section as ‘‘OPM’’) to wind down the 

16 multi-State program under section 1334 of the Patient 

17 Protection and Affordable Care Act. Such briefing shall 

18 contain such information as may be required, including 

19 information regarding— 

20 (1) the methods of communication OPM and an 

21 MSP issuer will use to notify current enrollees that 

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

23 next open season, including a timeline of the planned 

24 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 January 1, 2020. 

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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