RIP MSP Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2524 To repeal the multi-State plan program. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 3, 2019 Mr. MEADOWS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To repeal the multi-State plan program. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Repeal Insurance 4 Plans of the Multi-State Program Act’’ or the ‘‘RIP MSP 5 Act’’. 6 SEC. 2. REPEAL OF MULTI-STATE PLAN PROGRAM. 7 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘multi- 8 State plan issuer’’ and ‘‘MSP issuer’’ mean a health insur- 9 ance issuer or group of health insurance issuers that has 10 a contract with the Office of Personnel Management to 11 offer multi-State plan options pursuant to section 1334 12 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:03 May 09, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2524.IH H2524 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 2524 IH of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public 1 Law 111–148). 2 (b) PROGRAM REPEAL.—Effective January 1, 2020, 3 section 1334 of the Patient Protection and Affordable 4 Care Act (Public Law 111–148) shall have no force or 5 effect. 6 (c) TERMINATION OF EXTERNAL REVIEW.—The ad- 7 ministration of external review pursuant to section 1334 8 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act shall 9 conclude upon the issuance by the Director of Office of 10 Personnel Management (referred to in this section as 11 ‘‘OPM’’) of all final decisions for enrollees enrolled in a 12 multi-State plan during or before the 2019 plan year. 13 (d) REQUIRED REPORTING.—Not later than 60 days 14 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of 15 OPM shall provide the Committee on Homeland Security 16 and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Health, 17 Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the 18 Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the 19 Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 20 Representatives a briefing concerning the efforts of the 21 OPM to wind down the multi-State program under section 22 1334 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. 23 Such briefing shall contain such information as may be 24 required, including information regarding— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:03 May 09, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2524.IH H2524 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HR 2524 IH (1) the methods of communication OPM and an 1 MSP issuer will use to notify current enrollees that 2 the multi-State plan will not be offered during the 3 next open season, including a timeline of the planned 4 communications; 5 (2) a description of how the Director of OPM 6 will work with the Secretary of Health and Human 7 Services to ensure that no plans previously offered 8 pursuant to such section 1334 are offered on State 9 or Federal Exchanges; and 10 (3) a timeline detailing how OPM will close 11 down the information technology portal that MSP 12 issuers utilize. 13 (e) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the Patient Pro- 15 tection and Affordable Care Act is amended— 16 (A) in section 1301(a) (42 U.S.C. 17 18021(a))— 18 (i) in paragraph (2)— 19 (I) in the heading, by striking 20 ‘‘AND MULTI-STATE QUALIFIED 21 HEALTH PLANS’’; and 22 (II) by striking ‘‘and a multi- 23 State plan under section 1334,’’; and 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:03 May 09, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2524.IH H2524 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 4 •HR 2524 IH (ii) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘, 1 including a multi-State qualified health 2 plan,’’; and 3 (B) in section 1324(a) (42 U.S.C. 4 18044(a)), by striking ‘‘, or a multi-State quali- 5 fied health plan under section 1334,’’. 6 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 7 by paragraph (1) shall take effect on January 1, 8 2020. 9 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:03 May 09, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2524.IH H2524 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS