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45 CFR §156.815

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  1. (a)Suppression means temporarily making a QHP certified to be offered through the Federally-facilitated Exchange unavailable for enrollment through the Federally-facilitated Exchange.
  2. (b)Grounds for suppression. A QHP may be suppressed as described in paragraph (a) of this section on one or more of the following grounds:
    1. (1)The QHP issuer notifies HHS of its intent to withdraw the QHP from a Federally-facilitated Exchange when one of the exceptions to guaranteed renewability of coverage related to discontinuing a particular product or discontinuing all coverage under § 147.106(c) or (d) of this subchapter applies;
    2. (2)Data submitted for the QHP is incomplete or inaccurate;
    3. (3)The QHP is in the process of being decertified as described in § 156.810(c) or (d), or the QHP issuer is appealing a completed decertification as described in subpart J of this part;
    4. (4)The QHP issuer offering the QHP is the subject of a pending, ongoing, or final State regulatory or enforcement action or determination that could affect the issuer's ability to enroll consumers or otherwise relates to the issuer offering QHPs in the Federally-facilitated Exchanges; or
    5. (5)One of the exceptions to guaranteed availability of coverage related to special rules for network plans or financial capacity limits under § 147.104(c) or (d) of this subchapter applies.
  3. (c)A multi-State plan as defined in § 155.1000(a) of this subchapter may be suppressed as described in paragraph (a) of this section if OPM notifies the Exchange that:
    1. (1)OPM has found a compliance violation within the multi-State plan, or
    2. (2)One of the grounds for suppression in paragraph (b) of this section exists for the multi-State plan.