,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bbba  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #ab1 
#bjag ,mr4 ,johnson introduced the      
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security and ,governmental ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to repeal the multi-,state  
plan program4  #a4 ,short title  ,this  
,act may be cited as the ,repeal        
,insurance ,plans of the ,multi-,state  
,program ,act of #bjag or the ,,rip     
,,msp ,act4  #b4 ,repeal of multi-,state
 plan program  7a7 ,definitions ,in this
 section1 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 #accd of the
 ,patient ,protection and ,affordable   
,care ,act 7,public ,law #aaa-adh74  7b7
 ,program ,repeal ,effective ,october   
#a1 #bjah1 section #accd of the ,patient

 ,protection and ,affordable ,care ,act 
7,public ,law #aaa-adh7 shall have no   
force or effect4  7c7 ,required         
reporting ,not later than #fj days after
 the date of enactment of this ,act1 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    
,government ,reform of the ,house of    
,representatives a briefing concerning  
the efforts of the ,office of ,personnel
 ,management 7referred to in this       
section as ,,opm7 to wind down the      
multi-,state program under section #accd
 of the ,patient ,protection and        
,affordable ,care ,act4 ,such briefing  
shall contain such information as may be
 required1 including information        
regarding--  7#a7 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 season1    

including a timeline of the planned     
communications2  7#b7 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 #accd are offered on ,state or  
,federal ,exchanges2 and  7#c7 a        
timeline detailing how ,,opm will close 
down the information technology portal  
that ,,msp issuers utilize4  7d7        
,rescission of ,unused ,funds ,of the   
amounts made available to ,,opm for the 
purposes of staffing and administering  
the program under section #accd of the  
,patient ,protection and ,affordable    
,care ,act1 the unobligated balance is  
rescinded1 effective ,october #a1 #bjah4
  7e7 ,sense of ,congress ,it is the    
sense of ,congress that-- 7#a7 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
 #accd of the ,patient ,protection and  

,affordable ,care ,act 7,public ,law    
#aaa-adh7 to duties relating to         
processing appeals brought by           
individuals or employers pursuant to    
such section #accd2 and  7#b7 no        
additional amounts should be            
appropriated for salaries and expenses  
relating to processing such appeals4