---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 155.160"
title: "45"
number: "155.160"
heading: "Financial support for continued operations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/155.160"
---

# §155.160. Financial support for continued operations.

- (a) **Definition.** For purposes of this section, participating issuers has the meaning provided in [§ 156.50](/cfr/45/156.50.md).
- (b) **Funding for ongoing operations.** A State must ensure that its Exchange has sufficient funding in order to support its ongoing operations beginning January 1, 2015, as follows:
  - (1) States may generate funding, such as through user fees on participating issuers, for Exchange operations; and
  - (2) No Federal grants under section 1311 of the Affordable Care Act will be awarded for State Exchange establishment after January 1, 2015.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 18021-18024, 18031-18033, 18041-18042, 18051, 18054, 18071, and 18081-18083.

### Source

Source: 77 FR 11718, Feb. 27, 2012, unless otherwise noted.