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‘‘SEC. 808. NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR VOLUNTARY TER-
MINATION. 
‘‘Except as provided in section 809(b), an association 
health plan which is or has been certified under this part 
may terminate (upon or at any time after cessation of ac-
cruals in benefit liabilities) only if the board of trustees, 
not less than 60 days before the proposed termination 
date— 
‘‘(1) provides to the participants and bene-
ficiaries a written notice of intent to terminate stat-
ing that such termination is intended and the pro-
posed termination date, 
‘‘(2) develops a plan for winding up the affairs 
of the plan in connection with such termination in 
a manner which will result in timely payment of all 
benefits for which the plan is obligated, and 
‘‘(3) submits such plan in writing to the appli-
cable authority. 
Actions required under this section shall be taken in such 
form and manner as may be prescribed by the applicable 
authority by regulation. 
‘‘SEC. 809. CORRECTIVE ACTIONS AND MANDATORY TERMI-
NATION. 
‘‘(a) ACTIONS
TO
AVOID
DEPLETION
OF
RE-
SERVES.—An association health plan which is certified 
under this part and which provides benefits other than 
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health insurance coverage shall continue to meet the re-
quirements of section 806, irrespective of whether such 
certification continues in effect. The board of trustees of 
such plan shall determine quarterly whether the require-
ments of section 806 are met. In any case in which the 
board determines that there is reason to believe that there 
is or will be a failure to meet such requirements, or the 
applicable authority makes such a determination and so 
notifies the board, the board shall immediately notify the 
qualified actuary engaged by the plan, and such actuary 
shall, not later than the end of the next following month, 
make such recommendations to the board for corrective 
action as the actuary determines necessary to ensure com-
pliance with section 806. Not later than 30 days after re-
ceiving from the actuary recommendations for corrective 
actions, the board shall notify the applicable authority (in 
such form and manner as the applicable authority may 
prescribe by regulation) of such recommendations of the 
actuary for corrective action, together with a description 
of the actions (if any) that the board has taken or plans 
to take in response to such recommendations. The board 
shall thereafter report to the applicable authority, in such 
form and frequency as the applicable authority may speci-
fy to the board, regarding corrective action taken by the 
board until the requirements of section 806 are met. 
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‘‘(b) MANDATORY TERMINATION.—In any case in 
which— 
‘‘(1) the applicable authority has been notified 
under subsection (a) (or by an issuer of excess/stop 
loss insurance or indemnity insurance pursuant to 
section 806(a)) of a failure of an association health 
plan which is or has been certified under this part 
and is described in section 806(a)(2) to meet the re-
quirements of section 806 and has not been notified 
by the board of trustees of the plan that corrective 
action has restored compliance with such require-
ments, and 
‘‘(2) the applicable authority determines that 
there is a reasonable expectation that the plan will 
continue to fail to meet the requirements of section 
806, 
the board of trustees of the plan shall, at the direction 
of the applicable authority, terminate the plan and, in the 
course of the termination, take such actions as the appli-
cable authority may require, including satisfying any 
claims referred to in section 806(a)(2)(B)(iii) and recov-
ering for the plan any liability under subsection 
(a)(2)(B)(iii) or (e) of section 806, as necessary to ensure 
that the affairs of the plan will be, to the maximum extent 
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possible, wound up in a manner which will result in timely 
provision of all benefits for which the plan is obligated. 
‘‘SEC. 810. TRUSTEESHIP BY THE SECRETARY OF INSOL-
VENT ASSOCIATION HEALTH PLANS PRO-
VIDING HEALTH BENEFITS IN ADDITION TO 
HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE. 
‘‘(a) APPOINTMENT OF SECRETARY AS TRUSTEE FOR 
INSOLVENT PLANS.—Whenever the Secretary determines 
that an association health plan which is or has been cer-
tified under this part and which is described in section 
806(a)(2) will be unable to provide benefits when due or 
is otherwise in a financially hazardous condition, as shall 
be defined by the Secretary by regulation, the Secretary 
shall, upon notice to the plan, apply to the appropriate 
United States district court for appointment of the Sec-
retary as trustee to administer the plan for the duration 
of the insolvency. The plan may appear as a party and 
other interested persons may intervene in the proceedings 
at the discretion of the court. The court shall appoint such 
Secretary trustee if the court determines that the trustee-
ship is necessary to protect the interests of the partici-
pants and beneficiaries or providers of medical care or to 
avoid any unreasonable deterioration of the financial con-
dition of the plan. The trusteeship of such Secretary shall 
continue until the conditions described in the first sen-
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tence of this subsection are remedied or the plan is termi-
nated. 
‘‘(b) POWERS AS TRUSTEE.—The Secretary, upon 
appointment as trustee under subsection (a), shall have 
the power— 
‘‘(1) to do any act authorized by the plan, this 
title, or other applicable provisions of law to be done 
by the plan administrator or any trustee of the plan, 
‘‘(2) to require the transfer of all (or any part) 
of the assets and records of the plan to the Sec-
retary as trustee, 
‘‘(3) to invest any assets of the plan which the 
Secretary holds in accordance with the provisions of 
the plan, regulations prescribed by the Secretary, 
and applicable provisions of law, 
‘‘(4) to require the sponsor, the plan adminis-
trator, any participating employer, and any employee 
organization representing plan participants to fur-
nish any information with respect to the plan which 
the Secretary as trustee may reasonably need in 
order to administer the plan, 
‘‘(5) to collect for the plan any amounts due the 
plan and to recover reasonable expenses of the trust-
eeship, 
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‘‘(6) to commence, prosecute, or defend on be-
half of the plan any suit or proceeding involving the 
plan, 
‘‘(7) to issue, publish, or file such notices, state-
ments, and reports as may be required by the Sec-
retary by regulation or required by any order of the 
court, 
‘‘(8) to terminate the plan (or provide for its 
termination in accordance with section 809(b)) and 
liquidate the plan assets, to restore the plan to the 
responsibility of the sponsor, or to continue the 
trusteeship, 
‘‘(9) to provide for the enrollment of plan par-
ticipants and beneficiaries under appropriate cov-
erage options, and 
‘‘(10) to do such other acts as may be nec-
essary to comply with this title or any order of the 
court and to protect the interests of plan partici-
pants and beneficiaries and providers of medical 
care. 
‘‘(c) NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT.—As soon as prac-
ticable after the Secretary’s appointment as trustee, the 
Secretary shall give notice of such appointment to— 
‘‘(1) the sponsor and plan administrator, 
‘‘(2) each participant, 
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‘‘(3) each participating employer, and 
‘‘(4) if applicable, each employee organization 
which, for purposes of collective bargaining, rep-
resents plan participants. 
‘‘(d) ADDITIONAL DUTIES.—Except to the extent in-
consistent with the provisions of this title, or as may be 
otherwise ordered by the court, the Secretary, upon ap-
pointment as trustee under this section, shall be subject 
to the same duties as those of a trustee under section 704 
of title 11, United States Code, and shall have the duties 
of a fiduciary for purposes of this title. 
‘‘(e) OTHER PROCEEDINGS.—An application by the 
Secretary under this subsection may be filed notwith-
standing the pendency in the same or any other court of 
any bankruptcy, mortgage foreclosure, or equity receiver-
ship proceeding, or any proceeding to reorganize, conserve, 
or liquidate such plan or its property, or any proceeding 
to enforce a lien against property of the plan. 
‘‘(f) JURISDICTION OF COURT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Upon the filing of an appli-
cation for the appointment as trustee or the issuance 
of a decree under this section, the court to which the 
application is made shall have exclusive jurisdiction 
of the plan involved and its property wherever lo-
cated with the powers, to the extent consistent with 
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the purposes of this section, of a court of the United 
States having jurisdiction over cases under chapter 
11 of title 11, United States Code. Pending an adju-
dication under this section such court shall stay, and 
upon appointment by it of the Secretary as trustee, 
such court shall continue the stay of, any pending 
mortgage foreclosure, equity receivership, or other 
proceeding to reorganize, conserve, or liquidate the 
plan, the sponsor, or property of such plan or spon-
sor, and any other suit against any receiver, conser-
vator, or trustee of the plan, the sponsor, or prop-
erty of the plan or sponsor. Pending such adjudica-
tion and upon the appointment by it of the Sec-
retary as trustee, the court may stay any proceeding 
to enforce a lien against property of the plan or the 
sponsor or any other suit against the plan or the 
sponsor. 
‘‘(2) VENUE.—An action under this section 
may be brought in the judicial district where the 
sponsor or the plan administrator resides or does 
business or where any asset of the plan is situated. 
A district court in which such action is brought may 
issue process with respect to such action in any 
other judicial district. 
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‘‘(g) PERSONNEL.—In accordance with regulations 
which shall be prescribed by the Secretary, the Secretary 
shall appoint, retain, and compensate accountants, actu-
aries, and other professional service personnel as may be 
necessary in connection with the Secretary’s service as 
trustee under this section. 
‘‘SEC. 811. STATE ASSESSMENT AUTHORITY. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 514, a 
State may impose by law a contribution tax on an associa-
tion health plan described in section 806(a)(2), if the plan 
commenced operations in such State after the date of the 
enactment of this part. 
‘‘(b) CONTRIBUTION TAX.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, the term ‘contribution tax’ imposed by a State on 
an association health plan means any tax imposed by such 
State if— 
‘‘(1) such tax is computed by applying a rate to 
the amount of premiums or contributions, with re-
spect to individuals covered under the plan who are 
residents of such State, which are received by the 
plan from participating employers located in such 
State or from such individuals, 
‘‘(2) the rate of such tax does not exceed the 
rate of any tax imposed by such State on premiums 
or contributions received by insurers or health main-
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tenance organizations for health insurance coverage 
offered in such State in connection with a group 
health plan, 
‘‘(3) such tax is otherwise nondiscriminatory, 
and 
‘‘(4) the amount of any such tax assessed on 
the plan is reduced by the amount of any tax or as-
sessment otherwise imposed by the State on pre-
miums, contributions, or both received by insurers or 
health maintenance organizations for health insur-
ance coverage, aggregate excess/stop loss insurance 
(as defined in section 806(g)(1)), specific excess/stop 
loss insurance (as defined in section 806(g)(2)), 
other insurance related to the provision of medical 
care under the plan, or any combination thereof pro-
vided by such insurers or health maintenance organi-
zations in such State in connection with such plan. 
‘‘SEC. 812. DEFINITIONS AND RULES OF CONSTRUCTION. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this part— 
‘‘(1) GROUP HEALTH PLAN.—The term ‘group 
health plan’ has the meaning provided in section 
733(a)(1) (after applying subsection (b) of this sec-
tion). 
‘‘(2) MEDICAL CARE.—The term ‘medical care’ 
has the meaning provided in section 733(a)(2). 
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‘‘(3) HEALTH
INSURANCE
COVERAGE.—The 
term ‘health insurance coverage’ has the meaning 
provided in section 733(b)(1). 
‘‘(4) HEALTH INSURANCE ISSUER.—The term 
‘health insurance issuer’ has the meaning provided 
in section 733(b)(2). 
‘‘(5) APPLICABLE AUTHORITY.—The term ‘ap-
plicable authority’ means the Secretary, except that, 
in connection with any exercise of the Secretary’s 
authority regarding which the Secretary is required 
under section 506(d) to consult with a State, such 
term means the Secretary, in consultation with such 
State. 
‘‘(6) HEALTH STATUS-RELATED FACTOR.—The 
term ‘health status-related factor’ has the meaning 
provided in section 733(d)(2). 
‘‘(7) INDIVIDUAL MARKET.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘individual 
market’ means the market for health insurance 
coverage offered to individuals other than in 
connection with a group health plan. 
‘‘(B) 
TREATMENT
OF
VERY
SMALL 
GROUPS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause 
(ii), such term includes coverage offered in 
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connection with a group health plan that 
has fewer than 2 participants as current 
employees or participants described in sec-
tion 732(d)(3) on the first day of the plan 
year. 
‘‘(ii) STATE
EXCEPTION.—Clause (i) 
shall not apply in the case of health insur-
ance coverage offered in a State if such 
State regulates the coverage described in 
such clause in the same manner and to the 
same extent as coverage in the small group 
market (as defined in section 2791(e)(5) of 
the Public Health Service Act) is regulated 
by such State. 
‘‘(8) PARTICIPATING
EMPLOYER.—The term 
‘participating employer’ means, in connection with 
an association health plan, any employer, if any indi-
vidual who is an employee of such employer, a part-
ner in such employer, or a self-employed individual 
who is such employer (or any dependent, as defined 
under the terms of the plan, of such individual) is 
or was covered under such plan in connection with 
the status of such individual as such an employee, 
partner, or self-employed individual in relation to the 
plan. 
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