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                                                       Calendar No. 190
116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1378

                          [Report No. 116-86]

                To repeal the multi-State plan program.


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                   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

                           September 10, 2019

               Reported by Mr. Johnson, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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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,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Repeal Insurance Plans of 
the Multi-State Program Act of 2019'' or the ``RIP MSP Act''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. REPEAL OF MULTI-STATE PLAN PROGRAM.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (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).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Required Reporting.--Not later than 60 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Personnel 
Management shall provide the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight and 
Reform of the House of Representatives a briefing concerning the 
efforts of the Office of Personnel Management (referred to in this 
section as ``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--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) a timeline detailing how OPM will close down 
        the information technology portal that MSP issuers 
        utilize.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Rescission of Unused Funds.--Of the amounts made 
available to OPM for the purposes of staffing and administering the 
program under section 1334 of the Patient Protection and Affordable 
Care Act, the unobligated balance is rescinded, effective January 1, 
2020.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) the Director of the Office of Personnel 
        Management should assign employees of the Office whose duties 
        on the date of enactment relate to carrying out section 1334 of 
        the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-
        148) to duties relating to processing appeals brought by 
        individuals or employers pursuant to such section 1334; 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) no additional amounts should be appropriated 
        for salaries and expenses relating to processing such 
        appeals.</DELETED>

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 
the 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 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.
                                                       Calendar No. 190

116th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                S. 1378

                          [Report No. 116-86]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

                To repeal the multi-State plan program.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           September 10, 2019

                       Reported with an amendment