---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 800.101"
title: "45"
number: "800.101"
heading: "General requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/800.101"
---

# §800.101. General requirements.


An MSP issuer must:

- (a) **Licensed.** Be licensed as a health insurance issuer in each State where it offers health insurance coverage;
- (b) **Contract with OPM.** Have a contract with OPM pursuant to this part;
- (c) **Required levels of coverage.** Offer levels of coverage as required by [§ 800.107](/cfr/45/800.107.md) of this part;
- (d) **Eligibility and enrollment.** MSP options and MSP issuers must meet the same requirements for eligibility, enrollment, and termination of coverage as those that apply to QHPs and QHP issuers pursuant to [45 CFR part 155](/cfr/45/part155.md), subparts [D](/cfr/45/subpartD.md), [E](/cfr/45/subpartE.md), and H, and 45 CFR [156.250](/cfr/45/156.250.md), [156.260](/cfr/45/156.260.md), [156.265](/cfr/45/156.265.md), [156.270](/cfr/45/156.270.md), and [156.285](/cfr/45/156.285.md);
- (e) **Applicable to each MSP issuer.** Ensure that each of its MSP options meets the requirements of this part;
- (f) **Compliance.** Comply with all standards set forth in this part;
- (g) **OPM direction and other legal requirements.** Timely comply with OPM instructions and directions and with other applicable law; and
- (h) **Other requirements.** Meet such other requirements as determined appropriate by OPM, in consultation with HHS, pursuant to [section 1334(b)(4)](/cfr/45/1334.md?p=b-4) of the Affordable Care Act.
- (i) **Non-discrimination.** MSP options and MSP issuers must comply with applicable Federal and State non-discrimination laws, including the standards set forth in 45 CFR [156.125](/cfr/45/156.125.md) and [156.200(e)](/cfr/45/156.200.md?p=e).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 1334 of Pub. L. 111-148, 124 Stat. 119; Pub. L. 111-152, 124 Stat. 1029 (42 U.S.C. 18054).

### Source

Source: 80 FR 9655, Feb. 24, 2015; 80 FR 16577, Mar. 30, 2015, unless otherwise noted.